Department of Justice

White House backs ‘border czar’ Tom Homan after reports he accepted cash during an undercover FBI probe last year

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

MSNBC first reported Saturday that Homan had accepted cash during a 2024 encounter with undercover agents who were posing as businesspeople seeking government contracts that Homan suggested he could help them get in a second Trump term.

Supreme Court will weigh expanding Trump’s power to shape independent agencies

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The high court agreed Monday to quickly hear arguments in a case over the firing of members of the Federal Trade Commission and two other boards.

DOJ probing mortgage fraud claims against Fed governor Lisa Cook, AP source says

By Eric Tucker, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

News of the investigation comes amid a high-stakes legal fight over President Donald Trump’s removal last month of Cook, an action she says is being undertaken so that he can seize control of the independent central bank.

Read and listen to Ghislaine Maxwell’s interviews with the Justice Department

By Eric Tucker, Michael R. Sisak, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend repeatedly denied to the Justice Department witnessing any sexually inappropriate interactions with Donald Trump, according to records released Friday meant to distance the Republican president from the disgraced financier.

Justice Department releases transcripts of its interviews with Ghislaine Maxwell

By Eric Tucker, Michael R. Sisak, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

The Justice Department on Friday released transcripts of interviews its No. 2 official did with Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned former girlfriend as the Trump administration scrambles to present itself as transparent amid a fierce backlash over an earlier refusal to disclose a trove of…

20 states and D.C. sue DOJ to stop immigration conditions on funds for crime victims

By Claudia Lauer, Mike Catalini, Associated Press

A coalition of attorneys general is asking a federal judge to stop the Department of Justice from withholding federal funds earmarked for crime victims if states don't cooperate with immigration enforcement efforts.

Bondi fires DOJ employee facing felony charge over throwing sandwich at federal agent

By Michael Kunzelman, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation's capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post Thursday.

Judge won’t unseal transcripts of grand jury that indicted Epstein ex-girlfriend Maxwell

By Larry Neumeister, Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press

The judge says releasing the transcripts would risk unraveling the foundations of secrecy upon which the grand jury is premised.

New York AG James subpoenaed as Justice Department investigates whether she violated Trump’s rights

By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

The subpoenas mark an escalation of the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to scrutinize perceived adversaries of the president, including those like James who had investigated him before his election win last November.

Grand juries that indicted Epstein and Maxwell did not hear directly from victims, Justice Department tells judge

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

The filing says the Epstein grand jury heard only from an FBI agent when it met in 2019, while the Maxwell grand jury heard from the same FBI agent and a New York Police Department detective in 2020 and 2021.