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Sources told CBS News that among those fired were paralegals who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith's office, finance and support staff, and two additional Justice Department prosecutors in North Carolina and Florida.
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Axios on MSNBondi fires 20 DOJ employees from Jan. 6, Trump documents casesAttorney General Pam Bondi has fired more than 20 Justice Department employees who worked on cases involving the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and Donald Trump's handling of classified documents, sources told Axios.
Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly fired several Department of Justice (DOJ) employees this week with ties to former special counsel Jack Smith, who probed President Trump’s handling of
Despite that, the DOJ said it closed its investigation into the merger and will not ask a court for an injunction to prevent T-Mobile from buying US Cellular assets. US Cellular is being carved up among the three major wireless firms,
Attorney General Pam Bondi fired at least nine Justice Department prosecutors and staffers who worked on criminal cases against President Donald Trump this week, according to multiple reports, the latest terminations of administration staff believed to be against the president—and coming as Bondi herself also comes under fire from the right.
The Justice Department filed a motion on Friday to dissolve a restraining order preventing the Trump administration from blocking Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood clinics as mandated by the GOP megabill signed into law last week.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNTexas leaders have repeatedly claimed the state’s voting maps are race blind. Until the Trump DOJ disagreed.Gov. Greg Abbott has acknowledged DOJ concerns that some districts were drawn “along strict racial lines.” Critics say it’s a political ploy.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta denied an injunction against the DOJ's cancellation of over 360 grant awards, despite acknowledging potential harm to vulnerable communities.
The Justice Department pushed back Thursday against a former employee-turned-leaker who alleged senior officials instructed attorneys to disregard federal court orders, calling him a “disgruntled” ex-staffer engaged in a politically timed smear campaign against President Donald Trump‘s federal appeals court nominee Emil Bove.
The Department of Justice opens an investigation into Minnesota's hiring practices, the third legal or administrative action the Trump administration has taken against the Democratic-led state in just over two weeks.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche sent some MAGA supporters into a tailspin on Friday after he defended a new memo released earlier this week about disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.