In a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday, Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker said he has not been involved in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance President Donald Trump’s nomination of William Barr to U.S. attorney general to the full Senate for consideration as early as next week.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have subpoenaed documents from President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee relating to donors, foreign contributions, vendors, contractors, spending and federal disclosure filings.
Confidence in the judiciary has declined, although it’s still the most trusted branch of government, according to a Fox News poll taken during the partial government shutdown.
The government shutdown has ended, at least until Feb. 15. That’s good news for the federal judiciary, but there are still some lasting effects in court cases, particularly in immigration courts where backlogs are intensifying.
In two late resolutions, the ABA House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly to condemn government shutdowns and oppose withholding or diversion of emergency relief funds.
Updated: President Donald Trump on Friday announced a deal to end the government shutdown for three weeks while negotiations continue on funds for a border wall.
Updated: Political consultant Roger Stone, an adviser to President Donald Trump, is accused in an indictment of making false statements to a House committee and trying to persuade a witness to provide false testimony to obstruct investigations of Russian influence in the election.
Updated: For the third time, the federal judiciary has pushed back the date it expects funds for federal court operations to run out. The funds are expected to be depleted on Jan. 31, according to a press release.
One of President Donald Trump’s lawyers, Rudy Giuliani, defended his ethics and clarified his comments about the timing of talks over a Trump Tower project in Moscow in an interview…
Updated: In a rare public statement, the office of Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller said Friday evening that a report implicating President Donald Trump in obstruction of justice is not accurate.
Lawyers with the U.S. General Services Administration were aware of constitutional concerns raised by the ongoing lease of a government building for a Trump hotel, but they decided to “punt,”…
Federal appeals court nominee Neomi Rao wrote about how to avoid date rape (“stay reasonably sober”) and “touchy-feely talk of tolerance” in a series of controversial opinion articles published during…
Updated: The federal judiciary will be able to keep paying its employees until about Jan. 25, thanks to efforts to defer and delay expenses for noncritical functions.