The Justice Department has had discussions about the future of the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
About a dozen Justice Department employees who worked for former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation of Donald Trump are being fired.
The Trump Justice Department says it has fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.
More than a dozen officials who worked on the criminal investigations into Donald Trump have been fired, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Walt Nauta, an aide to President Trump, and Carlos de Oliveira, former property manager at Mar-a-Lago, were charged alongside the president in 2023. They all pleaded not guilty.
The Justice Department under President Donald Trump moved to drop an appeal by former special counsel Jack Smith in his classified documents case, tying up one of the final loose ends in the case.
Kash Patel to face deeply skeptical questioning from Democratic senators about his loyalty to the president and stated desire to overhaul the bureau
Photo: Alamy President Donald Trump’s FBI Director nominee Kash Patel is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, concluding a weeks-long effort to win over lawmakers that has seen most Senate Republicans him.
Later, speaking from the Senate floor, Durbin expressed “grave concerns” about Patel’s fitness to lead the F.B.I., calling him a “staunch political loyalist who has repeatedly peddled false conspiracy theories and threatened to retaliate against those who have slighted him personally and politically.
The F.B.I. nominee has not only cast his political lot with the president, he has also used the connection to the Trump brand, Truth Social and other Trump-linked entities as a significant source of income over the past several years.
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) might be cozying up to President Donald Trump for a pardon after being sentenced to 11 years in prison for taking bribes and acting as an agent of Egypt.