Category Archives: Department of Justice

“DC Prosecutor Ed Martin Opens Election Accountability Unit”

March 18, 2025, 1:33 pmDepartment of JusticeDerek Muller

From Bloomberg Law: Washington’s top prosecutor, who has amplified false claims of election fraud, said he’s formed a special unit to uphold US election laws that has already started one investigation. Acting US Attorney Ed Martin announced the new… Continue reading

“U.S. Department of Justice Dismisses Biden-Era Lawsuit Against Alabama in order to have more Secure Elections”

March 17, 2025, 4:13 amDepartment of Justice, voter registrationDerek Muller

Press release from the Department of Justice: Today, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division filed a dismissal of the complaint in United States v. Alabama. The previous administration had filed the action in 2024 after the Secretary… Continue reading

“Trump calls his opponents ‘scum’ and lawbreakers in bellicose speech at Justice Department”

March 14, 2025, 3:36 pmauthoritarian threats in US, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

Politico: President Donald Trump on Friday walked into the Department of Justice and labeled his courtroom opponents “scum,” judges “corrupt” and the prosecutors who investigated him “deranged.” With the DOJ logo directly behind him, Trump called his political opponents lawbreakers… Continue reading

“Justice Dept. Moving to Downsize Units Investigating Fraud and Corruption”

March 13, 2025, 6:41 amchicanery, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

NYT: Justice Department officials are drafting plans to broadly restructure — and significantly downsize — several key units in Washington responsible for investigating cases of fraud and public corruption, according to three people briefed on the changes. The plans, which… Continue reading

Department of Insanity (and Inanity): “Warner, Who Said CIA Stole Election, Now Leads DOJ Civil Rights”

February 24, 2025, 9:53 amchicanery, Department of Justice, fraudulent fraud squadRick Hasen

Bloomberg Law: The Justice Department has inserted Mac Warner, who last year espoused false claims that the CIA stole Trump’s 2020 presidential victory with the FBI’s help, to run the civil rights division, replacing an ousted career official who’s started… Continue reading

“Order to Drop Adams Case Prompts Resignations in New York and Washington”

February 13, 2025, 2:10 pmchicanery, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

NYT: Manhattan’s U.S. attorney on Thursday resigned rather than obey an order from a top Justice Department official to drop the corruption case against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams. Then, when Justice Department officials sought to transfer the… Continue reading

“Push to Drop Adams Charges Reveals a Justice Dept. Under Trump’s Sway”

February 11, 2025, 7:07 amchicanery, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

NYT: The Justice Department on Monday ordered federal prosecutors to drop the corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, a remarkable incursion into a continuing criminal case that raises questions about the fair administration of justice during President… Continue reading

“Fiery Directives Under Trump’s Justice Dept. Signal a Significant Shift”

February 11, 2025, 7:05 amauthoritarian threats in US, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

NYT: Hours after being sworn in as President Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi declared to the entire Justice Department work force, “This shameful era ends today.” That assertion, in one of 14 memos she issued on Wednesday, underscored what many… Continue reading

“Advocate of Jan. 6 Rioters Now Runs Office That Investigated Them”

February 10, 2025, 7:29 amauthoritarian threats in US, chicanery, Department of Justice, election subversion riskRick Hasen

NYT: Ed Martin was in the mob outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, posting on social media that the violent riot that day was marked by “faith and joy.” He has often echoed President Trump’s false claims that… Continue reading

“Justice Dept.’s Weaponization Group Underscores Trump’s Quest for Retribution”

February 7, 2025, 7:40 amauthoritarian threats in US, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

NYT: The Justice Department’s newly formed “Weaponization Working Group,” announced in a memo this week by Attorney General Pam Bondi, was purportedly intended to root out “abuses of the criminal justice process” by local and federal law enforcement officers. But… Continue reading

New Attorney General Bondi, Who Was Once a Foreign Agent for Qatar, Diminishes DOJ Criminal Oversight of Foreign Agents

February 6, 2025, 7:20 amDepartment of Justice, lobbyingRick Hasen

Bloomberg Law: The Justice Department is scaling back enforcement of laws governing foreign lobbying transparency and bribes of foreign officials, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced. The Criminal Division’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit will prioritize investigations related to foreign bribery… Continue reading

Georgia: “Secretary of State asks Attorney General to drop DOJ lawsuit over controversial voting law”

February 6, 2025, 7:08 amDepartment of Justice, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

WSB: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is sending a letter to the newly sworn-in United States Attorney General Pam Bondi asking that she “reconsider and withdraw” the lawsuit the Department of Justice filed in 2021. “When she sees our… Continue reading

“D.C. U.S. attorney fires Jan. 6 prosecutors, launches new probes”

January 31, 2025, 7:38 pmauthoritarian threats in US, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

WaPo: Interim D.C. U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., on Friday dismissed about 30 federal prosecutors who have worked on Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot cases over the past four years, undertaking a housecleaning of the top prosecutor’s office… Continue reading

“Justice Dept. Is Said to Discuss Dropping Case Against Eric Adams”

January 30, 2025, 7:05 ambribery, chicanery, Department of JusticeRick Hasen

NYT: Senior Justice Department officials under President Trump have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping their corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, according to five people with knowledge of the matter.… Continue reading