Category Archives: Department of Justice
“DOJ’s New Top Voting Lawyer Worked for Leading Anti-Voting Law Firm”
Democracy Docket:
The new top voting lawyer at the Department of Justice was until recently an attorney and activist for a leading anti-voting legal group that has worked for years to spread fear about illegal voting and press election officials… Continue reading
DOJ files first voting complaint of new Administration – and it’s a follow-up to the Riggs/Griffin judicial race in NC
The Civil Rights Division is out with its first new voting case of the new Administration, and it comes directly out of the long-contested Riggs/Griffin race for the North Carolina Supreme Court.
In the Riggs/Griffin contest, there were three main … Continue reading
“Trump wants an investigation of Democrats’ fundraising. His own campaign has issues”
The AP’s lede:
When President Donald Trump directed his attorney general last month to investigate online fundraising, he cited concerns that foreigners and fraudsters were using elaborate “schemes“ and “dummy accounts” to funnel illegal contributions to politicians and causes.… Continue reading
“What Just Happened: The Trump Administration’s Dismissal of Voting Rights Lawsuits”
Hot off the presses at Just Security, Chiraag Bains — a former colleague at both DOJ and the White House — walks through in impressive detail the current Administration’s dismissal of “all salient pending cases” brought by the decimated… Continue reading
“If Justice Dept. Can’t Prosecute Trump’s Foes, It Will ‘Shame’ Them, Official Says”
NYT:
President Trump has kept up a steady bombardment of suggestions, requests and demands to arrest, investigate or prosecute targets of his choosing — the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, various Democrats, officials who refuted his election lies, Beyoncé,… Continue reading
“Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Cuomo, Singling Out Another Political Target”
NYT:
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation of Andrew M. Cuomo, a front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, after Republicans accused him of lying to Congress about decisions he made during the coronavirus pandemic as governor,… Continue reading
“Feds charge New Jersey congressmember with assault”
Politico:
The Justice Department announced an assault charge Monday against Rep. LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat who was involved in a chaotic confrontation with officials outside a federal immigration facility earlier this month.
The criminal charge follows a May… Continue reading
“U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs”
ProPublica:
Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares of Trump Media the same day that President Donald Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that caused the stock market to plummet, according to records obtained… Continue reading
“US justice department asks civil rights division attorneys to stay after mass exits”
The Guardian:
Justice department officials have asked civil rights division attorneys to reconsider their decision to leave the department in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign that the agency may have been caught off-guard by… Continue reading
“DOJ ‘weaponization’ group will shame individuals it can’t charge with crimes, new head says”
Ryan Reilly for NBC News:
The conservative activist named by President Donald Trump as the head of the Justice Department’s “Weaponization Working Group” said Tuesday he planned to “name” and “shame” individuals the department determines it is unable to charge… Continue reading
“DOJ Voting Section Has Just Three Lawyers Left, Watchdog Estimates”
Democracy Docket:
The voting section of the U.S. Department of Justice has only three attorneys left on staff, according to an estimate provided by a group working to support the department’s remaining staff.
It’s a severe reduction in the voting… Continue reading
“Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump’s elections order, memo says”
Missed this Nick Riccardi AP story from the other day:
The Justice Department unit that ensures compliance with voting rights laws will switch its focus to investigating voter fraud and ensuring elections are not marred by “suspicion,” according to an… Continue reading
“Justice Department lawyers face skeptical judges upset by ‘shoddy work'”
WaPo:
Justice Department lawyers defending the Trump administration’s policies are encountering mounting criticism and frustration from federal judges, a sign of deepening tension between the executive branch and courts weighing its aggressive uses of power.
In recent hearings and… Continue reading