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Justice Department eyes combining ATF and DEA as part of broad restructuring

Justice Department leadership is proposing cutting some offices and dramatically restructuring the department, including combining the two agencies responsible for enforcing drug and gun laws, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press

The Independent UK

Bondi signals probe into Signal chat is unlikely, despite a long history of similar inquiries

FBI Director Kash Patel may not have been part of a Signal chat in which other Trump administration national security officials discussed detailed attack plans

The Independent UK

Judge says Justice Department attacked her character to 'impugn the integrity' of US judicial system

A federal judge accused the Justice Department of attacking her character in an effort to undermine the integrity of the judicial system, forcefully pushing back against the Trump administration’s criticism of the courts for blocking parts of the president’s agenda

The Independent UK

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US Judge Sets June 23 Trial Date Over Boeing Crashes

A US federal judge on Tuesday set a trial date of June 23 in the Justice Department's criminal case against aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing over two deadly 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019.

International Business Times

Justice Department Invokes State Secrets Privilege Over Deportation Flights

The move is an escalation of the White House's attempt to claim an unchallengeable and unreviewable amount of power.

Reason

‘This shouldn’t happen in a democracy’: Trump tries to arrest academic suing administration over antisemitism executive order

A Cornell student asked a federal court for protection from deportation while he challenged a Trump administration policy on foreign student protest. Two days later, he got an email saying Immigration and Customs Enforcement wanted to arrest him reports Josh Marcus

The Independent UK

Judge rails against DOGE for ‘terrorizing’ U.S. Institute of Peace after using ‘guns and threats’ to shut it down

Judge Beryl Howell delivers withering rebuke of Trump administration’s ‘offensive’ attempts to shutter independent agency

The Independent UK

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Legal showdown as Justice Department resists judge's demand for more details on deportation flights

The Justice Department is resisting a federal judge’s demand for more information about flights that took deportees to to El Salvador

The Independent UK

‘Heckuva stretch’: Skeptical judge questions Trump’s defiance over deportation order

Trump administration attorneys stonewall federal judge as he grills them about deportation flights that he ordered not to leave

The Independent UK

The Justice Department and FBI announce a new task force to target Hamas over Oct. 7 attack

The Justice Department has announced the creation of a task force to investigate Hamas for its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel as well as potential civil rights violations and acts of antisemitism by anyone supporting the militant group

The Independent UK

Donald Trump threatens opponents with jail in Justice Department speech

US president took aim at journalists, judges, prosecutors and Biden officials in a speech calling for ‘accountability’.

Al Jazeera

Trump accuses the press of ‘illegal’ reporting in Justice Department remarks

Trump argues that press criticism of judges should be criminalized despite the president and his allies’ ongoing attacks against the judiciary

The Independent UK

Trump tells Justice Department his win gives ‘mandate’ for ‘far reaching investigation’ into Democrats and news organizations

Trump called for prosecutors to investigate multiple news organizations in a rabidly partisan speech at the justice department’s headquarters

The Independent UK

Trump says he will stop FBI headquarters move to Maryland - Roll Call

President Donald Trump threw cold water on the plans to build a new FBI headquarters in Maryland on Friday.

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DOJ drops fight against Texas political maps as Trump administration retreats from voting rights cases

The Biden administration had challenged a Republican-led redistricting plan that diluted the political power of minorities. Other legal challenges will continue.

The Independent UK

India arrests Russia-linked crypto exchange admin wanted by US

Crypto kingpin Aleksej Besciokov arrested from Varkala in south India

The Independent UK

Trump admin drops Biden-era lawsuit over sexual abuse of migrant children

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced this week that the Trump administration is dropping its lawsuit against Southwest Key, a service that works with migrant children.

The Independent UK

Trump administration lawyers tie themselves in knots trying to defend trans military ban to judge

‘You're going to get rid of all these very qualified people who the military has spent millions of dollars into training specialized jobs for no other reason than they have had gender dysphoria or they transition,’ the judge summarized

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Reason

Justice Department Doubles Down Against Google

The government's demands would reduce competition and harm consumer welfare.

Latin Times

DOJ Area Overseeing Government Corruption Set To Be Slashed: Report

The Public Integrity Section of the Justice Department, which is tasked with overseeing prosecutions of public officials accused of corruption, is set to be slashed

The Conversation

The parallels between Kash Patel and William J. Burns, a scandal-mongering 1920s FBI director — an FBI historian explains

After winning the 2024 election, President Donald Trump said on Nov. 30 that his new FBI director would be Kash Patel, a controversial lawyer and former Trump aide known for backing right-wing conspiracies.

International Business Times

Trump Admin Scales Back Justice Department's Public Corruption Unit, Shifts Cases Nationwide: Reports

Prosecutors in the Public Integrity Section, once home to dozens of attorneys, have reportedly been informed that the unit will no longer directly handle investigations or prosecutions.

The Independent UK

Justice Department is expected to slash public corruption unit, AP sources say

Prosecutors in the Justice Department section that handles public corruption cases have been told the unit will be being significantly reduced in size, and that its cases will be transferred to U.S. attorney’s offices around the country, according to two people familiar with the matter

The Independent UK

Judge weighing dismissal of NYC mayor's case cancels hearing, suggesting a ruling could be near

The judge weighing the Justice Department’s request to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has canceled a hearing scheduled for Friday, indicating a ruling could be imminent

Latin Times

DOJ Attorney Fired After Denying Trump Friend Mel Gibson Gun Rights Over Previous Domestic Violence Charges

The Justice Department's former pardon attorney alleges that she was recently fired from her post due to her refusal to reinstate gun ownership rights of actor, director and Trump ally Mel Gibson.

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