At her confirmation hearing in January, Attorney General Pam Bondi tried to reassure senators about the job she would do as the nation’s top federal law-enforcement officer. Her “overriding objective,” Bondi said, would be to “return the Department of Justice to its core mission of keeping Americans safe and vigorously enforcing the law.” Her stated […]
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The DOJ Lawyer Who Quit the Job He Loved to Sound the Alarm on Trump
It was about 500 outrages ago, but the dropping of all charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a move that was ordered just three weeks into the new administration, still ranks up there as among the lowest moments of the Trump 2.0 regime. The Southern District of New York, after a lengthy investigation, […]
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The Emil Bove Saga Isn’t Over Yet
Americans can have widely different views on the ideal traits of a federal judicial nominee. Some Americans prefer conservatives; others want a liberal mindset on the bench. They want tough-on-crime jurists or reform-oriented ones, originalists or living constitutionalists, disciples of Antonin Scalia or admirers of William Brennan, and so on. At the very minimum, however, […]
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Senate Confirms Judge Who Thinks Trump Should Say “F*** You” to Courts
“Epstein has a certain reputation obviously. I’m just curious, were some of the workers that were taken from you, were some of them young women?” asked one reporter. “Well, I don’t want to say, but everyone knows the people that were taken, and the concept of taking people that work for me is bad. But […]
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New Whistleblower Says Trump Judicial Nominee Lied in Senate Hearing
Just two weeks after they were filed, prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss the charges against four people, “in the interest of justice,” due to a litany of errors that were discovered in the officers’ testimony. Social media footage documenting the arrest of two sisters, Ashley and Joceline Rodriguez, directly contradicted the criminal complaint submitted […]
Read MorePam Bondi Thinks Lying to a Federal Judge Makes You a Great Person
Trump gave more noncommittal responses when asked about his current view on Russia’s war against Ukraine at Tuesday’s NATO Summit at The Hague. “You once said that you would end the Ukraine war in 24 hours. You later said you said that sarcastically,” said Austrian reporter Johannes Petrov. “Of course I said that sarcastically,” Trump […]
Read MoreTrump Judicial Nominee Torched for Refusing to Answer Basic Questions
Trump gave more noncommittal responses when asked about his current view on Russia’s war against Ukraine at Tuesday’s NATO Summit at The Hague. “You once said that you would end the Ukraine war in 24 hours. You later said you said that sarcastically,” said Austrian reporter Johannes Petrov. “Of course I said that sarcastically,” Trump […]
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Justice Department Official Wanted to Tell Courts: “F—You”
President Trump went on a wordy, meandering rant against Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after the congresswoman called for his impeachment. “Stupid AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the ‘dumbest’ people in Congress, is now calling for my Impeachment, despite the fact that the Crooked and Corrupt Democrats have already done that twice before. The reason for her […]
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Top Justice Department Official Crafted Dark Plan to Ignore Courts
President Trump went on a wordy, meandering rant against Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after the congresswoman called for his impeachment. “Stupid AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the ‘dumbest’ people in Congress, is now calling for my Impeachment, despite the fact that the Crooked and Corrupt Democrats have already done that twice before. The reason for her […]
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Whistleblower Exposes Top DOJ Official’s Plan to Ignore the Courts
President Trump went on a wordy, meandering rant against Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after the congresswoman called for his impeachment. “Stupid AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the ‘dumbest’ people in Congress, is now calling for my Impeachment, despite the fact that the Crooked and Corrupt Democrats have already done that twice before. The reason for her […]
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