Conservative lawyer Mike Davis announced a federal grand jury in Florida will convene in January to investigate an alleged decade-long ‘conspiracy’ against Trump involving Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, Chris Wray, and Jack Smith. Court filings confirm the grand jury’s existence, …
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President Trump publicly named Jack Smith, Andrew Weissmann, and Lisa Monaco as targets for federal prosecution while Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel stood silently beside him, signaling their complicity. The public targeting of former prosecutors and Justice Department …
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The FBI terminated two special agents involved in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s January 6 investigation after they reviewed Republican lawmakers’ phone records as part of the probe. A third agent may face similar action. The firings represent systematic retaliation against law enforcement …
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On September 16, 2025, former Special Counsel Jack Smith delivered his first public remarks since leaving the Department of Justice in a speech at George Mason University, warning that “the rule of law is under attack like in no other period in our lifetimes.” NPR exclusively obtained a …
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The U.S. Office of Special Counsel launched an investigation into former special counsel Jack Smith for alleged Hatch Act violations at the request of Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). Cotton claimed Smith ‘interfered’ with the 2024 election by filing court briefs within 60 days of Election …
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Attorney General Pam Bondi fired Joseph Tirrell, the Department of Justice’s top ethics director responsible for advising senior leadership on federal employee ethics, as part of a broader personnel purge affecting investigators of Trump-related cases.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi fired at least 20 Justice Department employees specifically linked to Jack Smith’s investigations of Trump, including prosecutors, support staff, litigation assistants, and U.S. marshals. This action is part of a broader systematic purge of DOJ personnel involved in …
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The FBI’s Washington Field Office disbanded its ‘CR15’ public corruption squad, a unit critical to investigating potential misconduct in the Trump administration. This move follows broader cuts to the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section and represents a significant …
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The Trump administration initiated a widespread purge of federal prosecutors, particularly those who previously investigated the president. Over 40 career prosecutors were fired without warning, with the acting attorney general claiming they could not be ’trusted to faithfully implement the …
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Acting Attorney General James McHenry systematically fired multiple Justice Department officials who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into Trump’s election interference and classified documents case. In termination letters, McHenry argued the officials could not be …
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Trump administration Justice Department fires at least 35 DOJ employees who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith investigations into Trump’s classified documents case and January 6th election interference. Fired prosecutors included career attorneys Molly Gaston, J.P. Cooney, Anne McNamara, …
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Special Counsel Jack Smith released his 137-page final report on Trump’s January 6 case, concluding Trump engaged in an “unprecedented criminal effort” to overturn the 2020 election through “deceit and knowingly false claims.” Smith stated Trump would have been …
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U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the classified documents case against Trump, ruling that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s appointment violated the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. Cannon, a Trump appointee, found Attorney General Garland lacked authority to appoint Smith …
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Special Counsel Jack Smith announced a federal grand jury indictment of former President Donald Trump on four criminal counts related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The indictment marked the most serious criminal charges …
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Special Counsel Jack Smith compelled at least two Republican fake electors to testify by granting them limited immunity, including Nevada GOP officials Michael McDonald and Jim DeGraffenreid. Multiple fake electors admitted they would not have participated “had they known the true extent of …
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Special Counsel Jack Smith’s grand jury indicted Donald Trump on 37 federal charges related
to mishandling classified documents, marking the first federal criminal indictment of a
former U.S. president. Charges included 31 counts of willful retention of national defense
information under the …
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Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as Special Counsel to oversee DOJ’s
criminal investigations of Donald Trump, three days after Trump announced his 2024
presidential campaign. Smith was tasked with investigating Trump’s role in the January 6
Capitol attack and his …
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FBI forensic analysis of Trump’s iPhone revealed he spent the afternoon of January 6 in the White House dining room watching TV coverage of the Capitol riot while using Twitter, refusing to call off the attack. Three witnesses testified the TV was tuned to news covering the riot in real time. …
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