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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Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James filed coordinated motions challenging the constitutional authority of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan to prosecute their cases, with both challenges consolidated before Judge Cameron McGowan Currie of the District of …
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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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A public Truth Social post from Trump intended as a private message to Attorney General Pam Bondi exposed direct presidential control over specific criminal prosecutions. The post explicitly demanded investigations of political enemies, revealing Trump’s hands-on direction of Justice …
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The Justice Department reassigned prosecutors from North Carolina to lead the case against James Comey following internal upheaval after Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan pushed through the indictment over career prosecutors’ objections. The reassignment followed the purge of two senior …
Two senior prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia were purged after Trump allies targeted their past work and they resisted pressure to charge political enemies. One national security attorney was removed within hours after right-wing activists flagged his résumé; another resisted pressure …
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