Opinion | Can the Justice Department Survive a Trump Wrecking Ball?
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Opinion | Can the Justice Department Survive a Trump Wrecking Ball?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday delivered remarks for a grim anniversary: the fourth year since the assault on the Capitol. “The public servants of the Justice Department have sought to hold accountable those criminally responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on our…

Trump Again Hints at Jan. 6 Pardons, Including for Attacks on Police
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Trump Again Hints at Jan. 6 Pardons, Including for Attacks on Police

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday once again left open the possibility of offering pardons to some of his supporters who are serving prison time for assaulting police officers during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. Trump, who campaigned…

Trump Asks Appeals Court to Freeze His New York Criminal Sentencing
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Trump Asks Appeals Court to Freeze His New York Criminal Sentencing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday intensified a last-minute effort to avoid his criminal sentencing in New York, urging an appeals court to intervene and halt the proceeding. In a filing with the First Department of the state’s Appellate Division, Mr. Trump’s lawyers…

Defense Lawyers Seek to Block Special Counsel Report in Trump Documents Case
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Defense Lawyers Seek to Block Special Counsel Report in Trump Documents Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Defense lawyers asked both the Justice Department and a federal judge on Monday night to stop the special counsel, Jack Smith, from publicly releasing a report detailing his investigation into President-elect Donald J. Trump’s mishandling of classified documents after he left office in…

Pentagon Reaches Settlement With Veterans Dismissed Over Sexuality
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Pentagon Reaches Settlement With Veterans Dismissed Over Sexuality

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Defense Department has reached a sweeping settlement with tens of thousands of people who were dismissed from military service because of their sexual identity, potentially paving the way for veterans to upgrade their discharge status and receive a range of benefits they…

Legal Issues Will Follow Trump Into Office, With New York Sentencing Set
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Legal Issues Will Follow Trump Into Office, With New York Sentencing Set

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares for his inauguration, some of the legal cases that spilled out of Mr. Trump’s first presidency will follow him into the second. Mr. Trump has signaled he plans to fight to postpone the scheduled sentencing for his…

Opinion | John Bolton: For Donald Trump, the Only Loyalty Is Fealty
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Opinion | John Bolton: For Donald Trump, the Only Loyalty Is Fealty

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Asking the Senate to perform as Hamilton envisioned is not hard. Recently, 38 House Republicans dealt Mr. Trump his first legislative loss as president-elect by defeating a continuing resolution he backed. Surely senators are at least as independent as House members. How does…

Justice Dept. Reaches Deal to Monitor Troubled Atlanta Jail
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Justice Dept. Reaches Deal to Monitor Troubled Atlanta Jail

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Justice Department has struck a deal with officials in Fulton County, Georgia, to appoint a monitor to try to ensure its troubled jail addresses long-running problems with safety, staffing and sanitation. The tentative agreement, which was announced Friday, must still be approved…

Hunter Biden special counsel fires back at president’s claim that the first son was ‘selectively and unfairly prosecuted’ 
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Hunter Biden special counsel fires back at president’s claim that the first son was ‘selectively and unfairly prosecuted’ 

Special counsel David Weiss on Monday dismissed President Biden’s claim that his troubled son, Hunter Biden, was “selectively and unfairly prosecuted” for federal tax and gun crimes.   “The Government does not challenge that the defendant has been the recipient of an act of mercy. But that does not mean the…

Donald Trump vows to overhaul ‘Democrat-controlled DOJ’ after Biden pardons son Hunter
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Donald Trump vows to overhaul ‘Democrat-controlled DOJ’ after Biden pardons son Hunter

President-elect Donald Trump vowed to overhaul the “Democrat-controlled” Department of Justice after President Biden pardoned his troubled son Hunter Sunday. “The failed witch hunts against President Trump have proven that the Democrat-controlled DOJ and other radical prosecutors are guilty of weaponizing the justice system,” Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said in…