Author: Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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DOJ charges 31, including alleged Tren de Aragua members, in nationwide ATM jackpotting scheme
The Justice Department announced Monday that it has charged 31 additional individuals in a sprawling nationwide ATM fraud scheme that prosecutors say funneled millions of dollars to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization. Federal prosecutors say many of the newly charged defendants are affiliated with Tren de Aragua, bringing the…
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California judge becomes first to dismiss DOJ suit seeking voter data
A federal judge in California handed the Trump administration its first major legal defeat on Thursday in a nationwide effort to force states to turn over sensitive voter registration information. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit that sought access to California’s unredacted voter…
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Seven things to know about the criminal case against Maduro and his wife
Captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in Manhattan federal court on Monday after their dramatic capture by U.S. forces, opening one of the most consequential criminal prosecutions ever brought against a foreign head of state and his spouse. The couple was seized in Caracas during a surprise U.S. military…
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Justice Department sues Virginia over tuition assistance for illegal immigrants
The Justice Department sued Virginia on Monday over a state law that allows illegal immigrants to qualify for in-state tuition and financial aid at public colleges and universities, arguing the policy violates federal immigration law and unlawfully discriminates against U.S. citizens. The 13-page complaint, filed in federal district court in Richmond, challenges a provision of…
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Trump matches Biden’s first year of US attorney nominees despite high-profile setbacks
President Donald Trump has matched the number of U.S. attorneys confirmed during former President Joe Biden’s first year in office, even as his administration has faced a string of high-profile defeats over controversial prosecutor appointments and clashes with the Senate over confirmation rules. With the Senate’s approval of a year-end nominations package last week, lawmakers…
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DOJ should not have dropped Trump codefendant charges: Jack Smith
Former special counsel Jack Smith told House lawmakers that the Justice Department under President Donald Trump should not have dismissed federal charges against two of Trump’s codefendants in the classified documents case, according to Democrats who spoke to reporters during a break in Smith’s closed-door deposition Wednesday. Democrats revealed the claim during a press conference…
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Dan Bongino to leave FBI in January: ‘He wants to go back to his show’
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino confirmed Wednesday that he will leave the bureau in January, officially ending weeks of speculation about his future in the Trump administration. “I will be leaving my position with the FBI in January,” Bongino wrote in a statement posted on X. “I want to thank President Trump, AG Bondi, and…
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Jack Smith sits for House deposition over Trump prosecutions
Former special counsel Jack Smith is expected to sit for a closed-door deposition on Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, marking the first time lawmakers will directly question him about the federal prosecutions he brought against President Donald Trump. The deposition, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ET, comes as House Republicans continue a sweeping…
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FBI had doubts about probable cause for Mar-a-Lago raid, emails show
The FBI under the Biden administration questioned whether it had established probable cause to search President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in 2022, but moved forward with the raid anyway after pressure from senior Justice Department officials, according to newly declassified emails released Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA). The emailed communications, which…
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DOJ thwarts ‘horrific’ New Year’s Eve terrorist plot in LA by left-wing, pro-Palestinian group
Federal authorities disrupted what the Justice Department described as a “massive and horrific” terrorist plot targeting Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve, arresting multiple alleged members of a left-wing extremist group accused of planning coordinated bombings across Southern California. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Monday that the DOJ, working with the FBI, prevented a…