Author: Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
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Trump DOJ intensifies scrutiny of California as ballot counting continues
The Justice Department under the Trump administration is ramping up scrutiny of California‘s election system amid dramatic shifts in the outcomes of several closely watched races, even as the state’s election officials were still counting ballots nearly a week after voters cast their primary votes. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have now opened multiple election…
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DOJ says Bondi won’t appear for House deposition over Epstein files
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not comply with a subpoena to appear before the House oversight committee as part of its investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to a statement from the panel’s Republican leadership. “The Department of Justice has stated Pam Bondi will not appear on April 14 for a deposition since…
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Ghislaine Maxwell hints she’d help Clinton and Trump in exchange for clemency
Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of the disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is interested in a clemency-for-cooperation deal that her attorney said could help clear President Donald Trump and former President Bill Clinton from unsavory allegations. Maxwell’s lawyer, David Oscar Markus, said his client is “prepared to speak fully and honestly if granted…
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FBI arrests key participant behind Benghazi attack
Federal authorities announced Friday that the FBI has captured and extradited Zubayr al Bakoush, one of the key participants behind the 2012 terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, bringing him to American soil to face long-pending criminal charges. Attorney General Pam Bondi said al Bakoush arrived at Joint Base Andrews around 3 a.m. and…
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DOJ to release 3.5 million new Epstein documents and 2,000 videos
The Justice Department will soon release an additional 3.5 million pages of investigative material related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including roughly 2,000 videos and more than 180,000 images, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday. Blanche announced the disclosure at a news conference, describing it as part of the department’s effort to comply…
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DOJ thwarts ‘horrific’ New Year’s Eve terrorist plot in LA by left-wing, pro-Palestinian group
Federal authorities disrupted what the Justice Department described as a “massive and horrific” terrorist plot targeting Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve, arresting multiple alleged members of a left-wing extremist group accused of planning coordinated bombings across Southern California. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Monday that the DOJ, working with the FBI, prevented a…
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New Jersey county ordered to fix ‘unlawful ballot design’ that favored Democrats
A New Jersey county that could play a decisive role in the next month’s statewide elections will be reprinting its general election ballots after the Republican National Committee successfully argued that a ballot redesign unlawfully favored Democrats. The dispute began late last month when Democratic County Clerk James Hogan replaced Gloucester County’s legally required party-column ballot format, where each political…
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Letitia James handled mortgage and bank fraud cases similar to the one she now faces
New York Attorney General Letitia James, long known for targeting mortgage and bank fraud, now finds herself accused of the very type of deception she once prosecuted. James, who built her career in part by exposing forged deeds and false loan applications in state court, was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Virginia on…
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FBI tracked GOP senators’ locations in addition to phone records, Hawley says
The FBI tracked the locations of Republican senators as part of a sweeping surveillance effort during former special counsel Jack Smith‘s investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said Tuesday, fueling concerns over political targeting that took place under the Biden administration. “I believe they also tracked our location over a…
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Judge finds Trump officials unlawfully targeted noncitizens for deportation over Gaza protests
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by targeting foreign nationals for deportation in response to pro-Palestinian advocacy and campus protests over the war in Gaza. U.S. District Judge William Young of Boston, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, found that the departments of state and homeland security implemented…