Jan 12 Why the Federal Reserve's independence from the White House matters By Chris Rugaber, Associated Press The Justice Department is threatening the Federal Reserve with a criminal indictment over the testimony of Fed Chair Jerome Powell this summer regarding its building renovations. Continue reading
Jan 12 DOJ investigation of Powell sparks backlash, support for Fed independence By Chris Rugaber, Josh Boak, Associated Press The Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, which Powell said was an attempt to exert more control over the Fed. Continue reading
Dec 31 Department of Justice is reviewing over 5.2 million Jeffrey Epstein files By Stephen Groves, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press The figure is the latest estimate in the expanding review of case files on Epstein and his longtime girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell that has run more than a week past a deadline set in law by Congress. Continue reading
Dec 30 Justice Department pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia only after deportation mistake, judge's order says By Travis Loller, Associated Press A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high-level Justice Department officials pushed for his indictment, calling it a “top priority,” only after he was mistakenly deported and then ordered returned to the U.S. Continue reading
Dec 24 DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish release of Epstein files By Associated Press The department said the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, as well as the FBI, found more than a million more documents that could be relevant to the Epstein case. Continue reading
Dec 24 Senators urge DOJ watchdog to audit slow release of Epstein files By Michael Sisak, Associated Press A dozen U.S. senators are calling on the Justice Department’s watchdog to examine the department’s failure to release all records pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by last Friday’s congressionally mandated deadline. Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch 4:50 What the latest Epstein files release reveals, and where Trump is mentioned By Liz Landers, Doug Adams The Justice Department released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including many that reference President Donald Trump. The new batch comes as the DOJ is being criticized for heavily redacting many… Continue watching
Dec 21 Trump administration official defends partial release of Epstein files by Justice Department By Aamer Madhani, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department’s decision to release just a fraction of the Jeffrey Epstein files by the congressionally mandated deadline as necessary to protect survivors of sexual abuse by the disgraced financier. Continue reading
Dec 20 At least 16 files disappear from DOJ site for Epstein documents, including Trump photo By Michael R. Sisak, David B. Caruso, Associated Press At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch 5:32 Justice Department's heavily redacted Epstein file release draws criticism from lawmakers By John Yang, Satvi Sunkara, Laine Immell Overnight, the Justice Department released hundreds more heavily redacted pages of material it had gathered on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. They come in addition to the thousands of pages released Friday, but what has been made public so far… Continue watching