A senior DOJ official in Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s office directed prosecutors to prepare investigations into George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, exploring potential charges including material support to terrorism, arson, wire fraud, and racketeering. The directive …
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On September 25, 2025, Aakash Singh, a senior official in Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s office, sent a directive to U.S. attorney’s offices in at least seven states—including California, New York, Illinois, Michigan, and Maryland—ordering them to prepare investigations into the …
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Justice Department releases 377-page transcript of July 2025 interview between convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and Deputy AG Todd Blanche (Trump’s former defense lawyer). Maxwell given limited immunity, denies client list exists, claims Trump never acted inappropriately, raising …
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Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred on August 1, 2025, from a low-security facility in Tallahassee, Florida to a minimum-security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas. The transfer came one week after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche met with Maxwell and her lawyer for nine …
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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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DOJ under the Trump administration has significantly reduced foreign corporate bribery investigations, closing about half of open cases and focusing narrowly on misconduct that directly harms US economic and national security interests.
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The Trump Administration’s Justice Department, led by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, disbanded the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), effectively ending federal prosecutorial oversight of complex crypto-related financial crimes. The move represents a significant …
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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft was pressured by the Trump White House to provide $100 million in pro bono legal services to avoid punitive executive orders. The firm negotiated under threat, joining other major law firms capitulating to similar White House demands. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse …
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The Justice Department fired Adam Cohen, director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, continuing the Trump administration’s pattern of sidelining career civil servants. The dismissal occurred shortly after the DOJ announced a reorganization combining the task force with the …
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Trump’s Justice Department under Attorney General Pam Bondi has systematically dismantled federal efforts to fight public corruption by pausing investigations into corporate bribery, weakening the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), and disbanding key enforcement units. Key actions …
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The first criminal trial of a former U.S. president in American history began in Manhattan Criminal Court as jury selection commenced in the prosecution of Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Judge Juan Merchan presided over the historic proceedings as prosecutors from …
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