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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On February 5, 2025, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the immediate dissolution of the KleptoCapture Task Force, a critical anti-corruption initiative established in 2022 to enforce sanctions on Russian oligarchs following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The shutdown marks a significant …
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Attorney General Pam Bondi eliminates journalist protection guidelines established by Merrick Garland, reverting to a pre-2021 ‘balancing test’ that allows the Department of Justice to more aggressively pursue journalist records in leak investigations. The policy change removes key …
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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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Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on September 4, 2024 that the Justice Department seized 32 internet domains used in Russian government-directed foreign malign influence campaigns known as “Doppelganger.” The operation, established in 2022 by Russian IT firm Social Design …
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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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Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, sold 2,000 shares of Visa worth between $500,000 and $1 million on July 1, 2024. This transaction became controversial when the Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Visa on September 24, alleging monopolization of …
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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 agents executed an unprecedented search warrant at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence,
recovering 33 boxes containing 11 sets of classified documents, including top secret and
sensitive compartmented information. The search followed Trump’s failure to return all
classified materials …
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Attorney General Merrick Garland establishes Task Force KleptoCapture, an interagency law enforcement unit dedicated to enforcing sanctions and seizing assets of Russian kleptocrats following Ukraine invasion. The initiative represents a major expansion of US anti-corruption enforcement …
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Attorney General Merrick Garland established Task Force KleptoCapture, an unprecedented interagency law enforcement unit dedicated to enforcing sanctions and seizing assets of Russian kleptocrats following the Ukraine invasion. The initiative represents a major expansion of US anti-corruption …
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On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick B. Garland, the widely respected Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death one month earlier. Garland was considered a …