Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into Shelters in New York
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Trump Administration Opens Investigation Into Shelters in New York

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the funding and management of New York City hotels operating as shelters for migrants, according to a copy of a federal subpoena sent to a Manhattan hotel. Federal prosecutors sent a subpoena to…

Aiding Trump Outweighs Prosecutions, Justice Dept. Official Suggests
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Aiding Trump Outweighs Prosecutions, Justice Dept. Official Suggests

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A senior Justice Department official suggested Wednesday that President Trump’s administration is justified in putting aside allegations of corruption against a public official if the official cooperates with the president’s political agenda. The Justice Department official, Emil Bove III, raised the idea during…

Opinion | Farewell, Justice Department Independence
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Opinion | Farewell, Justice Department Independence

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Over just a few days last week, the Trump administration made a laughingstock of the U.S. Department of Justice. The department’s decision to seek the dismissal of a corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams of New York led seven prosecutors handling the case…

Opinion | Trump’s Legal Shakedowns Won’t End With the Adams Case
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Opinion | Trump’s Legal Shakedowns Won’t End With the Adams Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration had other ways to make good on its corrupt bargain. Mr. Trump himself could have ordered the dismissal motion. Sure, such an intervention would be inadvisable, as Attorney General William Wirt warned President James Monroe in 1821, because “it is…

Judges Generally Let Prosecutors Drop Charges. Maybe Not for Adams.
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Judges Generally Let Prosecutors Drop Charges. Maybe Not for Adams.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Federal judges have almost no ability under the law to refuse a government request to drop criminal charges. The corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York may be the exception. On Thursday, Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, Danielle R. Sassoon, resigned rather…

Eric Adams Case Tests an Ambitious Prosecutor’s Independence
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Eric Adams Case Tests an Ambitious Prosecutor’s Independence

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Danielle R. Sassoon shot like a laser through the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, with stints fighting violent crime and securities fraud as well as handling appeals before she was elevated, at age 38, to be its interim head. There, just weeks into her…

From Day 1, Trump Shows He’ll Test Limits of What He Can Get Away With
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From Day 1, Trump Shows He’ll Test Limits of What He Can Get Away With

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines His vice president, JD Vance, said he “obviously” wouldn’t do it. His nominee for attorney general, Pam Bondi, agreed there was no way: “The president does not like people that abuse police officers,” she told senators last week. The Republican speaker of the…