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Trump Poised to Pardon Ex-Puerto Rico Governor

Wanda Vazquez Garced pardon would also cover co-defendants tied to 2020 campaign bribery plot

(Newser) - President Trump is preparing to wipe away the conviction of Puerto Rico's former governor and two co-defendants tied to a high-profile corruption case, according to multiple sources who spoke with CBS News . Former Gov. Wanda Vazquez Garced, who pleaded guilty last year in a federal public-corruption case, will receive...

Clintons Rebuff 'Invalid' Subpoenas for Epstein Probe

House GOP moves to hold former first couple in contempt, will vote next week

(Newser) - House Republicans are poised to escalate their clash with the Clintons over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. The GOP-led House Oversight Committee plans to vote next week on holding both Bill and Hillary Clinton in criminal contempt of Congress after they refused to sit for depositions, Chair James Comer announced on...

DOJ Rips Judge Over Disqualified US Attorney

Justice Department blasts judge's order regarding Lindsey Halligan as abuse of power

(Newser) - The Justice Department says Lindsey Halligan remains US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, despite a judge's order finding her appointment was invalid . In a filing Tuesday, Halligan and the DOJ pushed back hard against US District Judge David Novak, who'd ordered her to explain why she...

Blanche: DOJ Sees 'No Basis' for Rights Probe in ICE Shooting

This isn't normal, Minneapolis police chief says

(Newser) - The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday. The decision to keep the Justice Department's Civil Rights...

Jim Cramer: 'Only a Hack' Would Take Fed Post Now

CNBC host slams the Justice Department's investigation into Jerome Powell

(Newser) - Count CNBC's Jim Cramer as among those critical of the Justice Department's new criminal investigation of Fed chief Jerome Powell. "I think only a hack would want the job now," Cramer said on the network's Squawk on the Street show, reports the Hill . Cramer is...

DOJ's Criminal Probe of Fed Chair Not Going Over Well

GOP senators warn probe risks Fed independence, market stability, confirmations

(Newser) - Senate Republicans are lining up behind Jerome Powell, supporting the Fed chair in the face of a Justice Department probe . GOP senators are sharply questioning the criminal investigation into Powell's congressional testimony about renovation costs at the Fed's headquarters, warning it risks undermining the central bank's independence...

Report: Prosecutor Fired in Clash Over Comey

Robert McBride was Lindsey Halligan's top deputy

(Newser) - A behind-the-scenes fight over how far to push a renewed criminal case against James Comey has cost a senior federal prosecutor his job, insiders say. Robert K. McBride, a longtime federal prosecutor who recently became the top deputy in the US attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia,...

DOJ Opens Criminal Probe Into Jerome Powell

Fed chief says inquiry is pressure to lower interest rates

(Newser) - Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell says the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into him, and he's framing it as a direct threat to the central bank's independence, the Washington Post reports. The probe centers on the Fed's costly renovation of its Washington headquarters and Powell'...

Now Feds Are Probing Letitia James and Her Hairdresser: Sources

Probe centers on payments to hairdresser and comes after prior cases collapsed

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors are again circling New York Attorney General Letitia James, this time by scrutinizing her relationship with a longtime hairdresser now facing fraud charges. According to people familiar with the matter who spoke to the New York Times , investigators are examining past financial dealings between James, her political operation,...

Federal Judge Throws Out Louisville-DOJ Deal on Police

Agreement on changes followed killing of Breonna Taylor

(Newser) - A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed Louisville's proposed settlement with the US Department of Justice over police changes after the department withdrew its support of the plan. The Justice Department announced in May it was canceling proposed consent decrees with Louisville and Minneapolis that sought to curb police...

DC Pipe Bomb Suspect: 'Something Just Snapped'

Suspect allegedly targeted both parties over 2020 election grievances

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors say the man accused of planting pipe bombs near both major political parties' headquarters in Washington, DC, on Jan. 5, 2021, told investigators he was trying to "speak up" for people who believed the 2020 election was rigged and to strike at both parties because of how...

DOJ Says It Found 1M More Epstein Documents

Department says it will need a 'few more weeks' to release Epstein files

(Newser) - The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release all of its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after suddenly discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents, further delaying compliance with the deadline of last Friday set out in a...

Those Epstein Redactions Weren't So Redacted

Online sleuths use simple tricks to reveal payments to females, alleged cover-up tactics

(Newser) - Some of what the Justice Department tried to hide in newly released Jeffrey Epstein records apparently wasn't hidden very well. Online sleuths poring over the files say they've been able to overcome redactions using simple tricks—like copying and pasting the "redacted" lines into a document or...

Epstein Survivor Condemns DOJ for Exposing Her Name

'Jane Doe' signs statement accusing department of breaking the law

(Newser) - A woman who has long gone by "Jane Doe" in the Jeffrey Epstein case says the Justice Department just exposed the identity she has fought to protect, per CNN and the Daily Beast . The survivor told CNN she was stunned to discover her full name appears repeatedly in the...

Lawmakers Mull Impeachment, Contempt for Bondi Over Epstein

Politicians on both sides of the aisle weigh their options after DOJ failed to meet release deadline

(Newser) - Lawmakers from both parties say they're considering contempt proceedings against Attorney General Pam Bondi over the Justice Department's failure to meet a court-ordered deadline for releasing documents in the Jeffrey Epstein case. The DOJ on Friday released thousands of documents , but not all unclassified Epstein records as required...

Blanche Says Epstein Files Weren't Pulled to Protect Trump

Justice Department says it restored photo as lawmakers threaten to hold Bondi in contempt

(Newser) - With the Justice Department facing criticism over the initial, incomplete release of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that references to the president are not being excluded. "We are not redacting information around President Trump," Blanche said on NBC's...

At Least 16 Epstein Files Vanish From DOJ Site

More than a dozen posts released Friday were gone by Saturday

(Newser) - At least 16 files have disappeared from the Justice Department's public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein—including a photograph showing President Trump—less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public. The missing files, which were...

DOJ Taking Comey, James Indictments to Appeals Court

Case involving Trump adversaries could end up before SCOTUS

(Newser) - The Justice Department isn't letting two failed Trump administration prosecutions go quietly. Officials said Friday they will ask a federal appeals court to reinstate criminal cases against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, both favorite targets of President Trump, the New York Times...

DOJ Releases Files, Partly Complying With Epstein Law

Criticism follows incomplete trove, redactions

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday started putting out a massive batch of records tied to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, meeting part—but not all—of a disclosure mandate Congress imposed and President Trump signed into law last month. Officials said the release would ultimately total several hundred thousand pages, with...

DOJ Won't Make Deadline to Fully Release Epstein Files

Deputy AG says 'several hundred thousand' documents will be released Friday

(Newser) - The Justice Department is not going to release all of its files on Jeffrey Epstein before the deadline. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday that the Justice Department will release "several hundred thousand" documents related to the sex offender, but conceded the first batch will fall short of...

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