Attorney General

After failed AG bid, Gaetz will host TV show

Former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), president-elect Donald Trump’s failed choice for attorney general, plans to host a new show on the conservative network One America News starting next year.

Dec 10, 2024 1:25 PM CST

Justice Department IG seeks new protections on seizing communications of lawmakers, journalists

The Justice Department during Donald Trump’s first presidential term used concerning and surreptitious tactics to obtain communications from members of Congress, their staffers and news reporters as prosecutors investigated public leaks of sensitive government information, according to a report released Tuesday by the Justice Department’s inspector general.

Dec 10, 2024 1:15 PM CST

2 federal judges have changed their minds about senior status; will 2 appeals judges follow suit?

After President-elect Donald Trump won a second term in the White House, two Democratic-appointed federal judges announced that they no longer plan to take senior status.

Dec 5, 2024 10:02 AM CST

Must Hunter Biden’s indictment be dismissed after presidential pardon? Special counsel doesn’t think so

The special counsel’s office is opposing motions to dismiss the tax-fraud and gun indictments against Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, arguing that a presidential pardon does not require it.

Dec 3, 2024 12:48 PM CST

Amid worry about Trump, calls for career Justice Dept. staff to stay

Attorney General Merrick Garland and top Justice Department officials are encouraging career staffers to remain in their jobs through the next administration, stressing that institutional knowledge is important as new leaders take hold, according to people familiar with those conversations

Dec 2, 2024 2:30 PM CST

With D.C. case dismissed, Trump is no longer under federal indictment

A judge dismissed the federal election-obstruction charges against President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, ending a historic investigation that never went to trial but led to enduring changes in the legal landscape over a president’s immunity from prosecution.

Nov 25, 2024 1:15 PM CST

Trump plans to fire Jack Smith’s team, use DOJ to probe 2020 election

President-elect Donald Trump plans to fire the entire team that worked with special counsel Jack Smith to pursue two federal prosecutions against the former president, including career attorneys typically protected from political retribution, according to two individuals close to Trump’s transition. Trump is also planning to assemble investigative teams within the Justice Department to hunt for evidence in battleground states that fraud tainted the 2020 election, one of the people said.

Nov 25, 2024 12:15 PM CST

Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick for attorney general, is a longtime loyalist

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he plans to nominate former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi to become the next U.S. attorney general. Bondi, 59, is a longtime Trump loyalist who served on the defense team during his first impeachment trial.

Nov 22, 2024 8:15 AM CST

Matt Gaetz attorney general confirmation was in doubt ahead of withdrawal

Former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) has withdrawn from consideration to become attorney general in a new Trump administration, he announced Thursday, after facing steep opposition from fellow Republicans.

Nov 21, 2024 11:45 AM CST

Can Trump constitutionally install his nominees with recess appointments? Would Scalia be ‘aghast’?

Updated: Can President-elect Donald Trump use recess appointments to install his Cabinet nominees?

Nov 18, 2024 11:58 AM CST

House speaker moves to block Senate Judiciary Committee from seeing Gaetz ethics report

Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that he will urge the House Ethics Committee to suppress its report into attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz and block the Senate Judiciary Committee from viewing the investigation, an unusual intervention that could shape a divisive nomination fight.

Nov 15, 2024 2:15 PM CST

Gaetz’s AG nomination could face ‘steep’ climb, senators warn

Republican senators signaled Thursday that they plan to closely scrutinize allegations of wrongdoing dogging Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, former congressman Matt Gaetz, setting up a potential showdown between the president-elect and the GOP-controlled Senate.

Nov 14, 2024 4:21 PM CST

After failed AG bid, Gaetz will host TV show

Justice Department IG seeks new protections on seizing communications of lawmakers, journalists

2 federal judges have changed their minds about senior status; will 2 appeals judges follow suit?

Must Hunter Biden’s indictment be dismissed after presidential pardon? Special counsel doesn’t think so

Amid worry about Trump, calls for career Justice Dept. staff to stay

With D.C. case dismissed, Trump is no longer under federal indictment

Trump plans to fire Jack Smith’s team, use DOJ to probe 2020 election

Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick for attorney general, is a longtime loyalist

Matt Gaetz attorney general confirmation was in doubt ahead of withdrawal

Can Trump constitutionally install his nominees with recess appointments? Would Scalia be ‘aghast’?

House speaker moves to block Senate Judiciary Committee from seeing Gaetz ethics report

Gaetz’s AG nomination could face ‘steep’ climb, senators warn

Gaetz resigned days before ethics investigation report expected

Mississippi Senate paid Black lawyer ‘significantly less’ than white colleagues, DOJ suit alleges

Trump wants to expand death penalty to include these crimes

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