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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced the appointment of a special counsel to oversee two ongoing investigations involving former President Donald Trump.
Nov 18, 2022 2:07 PM CST
Cardozo Law will use $15M gift to fight junk science convictions
Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law plans to use a $15 million donation to create a justice clinic that…
Oct 28, 2022 2:13 PM CDT
Ex-prosecutor gets prison time for bulls proposal
Jeffrey Siegmeister, the former state attorney for Florida’s Third Judicial Circuit, was sentenced Tuesday to 40 months in federal prison, partly for…
Oct 21, 2022 2:40 PM CDT A jailhouse informant program in Orange County, California, violated the constitutional rights of criminal defendants because of jailers’ involvement, according to a long-awaited report by the U.S. Department of Justice. Oct 17, 2022 1:31 PM CDT Oct 13, 2022 3:33 PM CDT President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he will pardon people who have been convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal or Washington, D.C., laws. But the procedure won’t be automatic. Oct 6, 2022 3:15 PM CDT Sep 29, 2022 12:33 PM CDT The special master reviewing documents seized by the FBI from the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump wants both sides to state whether the inventory of items seized is complete and accurate. Sep 23, 2022 9:28 AM CDT Updated: The U.S. Department of Justice has succeeded in obtaining a partial stay of a ruling by U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon of the Southern District of Florida in litigation over documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Sep 22, 2022 9:28 AM CDT Sep 19, 2022 8:47 AM CDT Sep 16, 2022 10:53 AM CDT Sep 13, 2022 11:02 AM CDT Sep 6, 2022 12:35 PM CDT Don’t accept citizenship case, DOJ tells SCOTUS The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief Monday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to deny review in a case on citizenship rights…
Sep 2, 2022 1:40 PM CDT Aug 26, 2022 12:35 PM CDTDOJ report explains why jailhouse informant program violated defendants’ constitutional rights
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s ‘narrow, technical’ request in Mar-a-Lago classified documents case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to reinstate a federal judge’s order requiring classified documents seized from the residence of former President Donald Trump to be reviewed by a special master.
Biden announces pardons for simple pot possession, tasks DOJ with developing application procedure
2nd Circuit gives Trump chance to avoid rape defamation suit with ruling on employee status
Updated: A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump was a government employee when he denied rape claims by writer E. Jean Carroll, a decision that could shield Trump from personal liability in the woman’s defamation lawsuit.
After Trump makes claims about planted and declassified documents, special master seeks specifics
Classified documents seized from Trump can be used now in criminal investigation, 11th Circuit rules
Special counsel inquiry into origins of Russia probe appears to be nearing end
A special counsel appears to be wrapping up his work three years after former U.S. Attorney General William Barr first asked him to examine the origins of the government’s probe into Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election.
Meet Raymond Dearie, the judge picked to oversee Mar-a-Lago documents review
Senior U.S. District Judge Raymond J. Dearie will serve as the special master overseeing the review of records seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Did Trump’s DOJ pressure US attorney’s office to pursue his critics? Senate committee will investigate
The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to investigate claims that the U.S. Department of Justice pressured the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, New York City, to prosecute critics of former President Donald Trump and to protect his allies.
Unclean hands and executive-privilege scope debated after judge requires special master in Trump case
Updated: Legal experts are expressing surprise about two aspects of U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s decision to appoint a special master to review documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
Weekly Briefs: DOJ urges SCOTUS to turn down citizenship case; cop asks second justice to block vaccine mandate
Trump search-warrant affidavit, released on judge’s orders, cites sensitive documents, possible obstruction
Updated: Federal agents sought to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, after he turned over 15 boxes of documents in January that included “highly classified documents intermingled with other records,” according to a redacted affidavit released Friday based on a judge’s orders.
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