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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.

Justice Department will meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's imprisoned girlfriend

By Eric Tucker, Corey Williams, Associated Press

Justice Department officials were set to meet on Thursday with Ghislaine Maxwell, the imprisoned girlfriend of financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a person familiar with the matter.

House subcommittee votes 8-2 to subpoena Justice Department for Epstein files

By Stephen Groves, Matt Brown, Associated Press

A House subcommittee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein after Democrats successfully goaded GOP lawmakers to defy President Donald Trump and Republican leadership to support the action.

As immigration courts face backlog, DOJ cuts dozens of judges

By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz

A key part of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration agenda is to deport immigrants without legal status more quickly. But there's a massive backlog in immigration courts and the Justice Department has fired or not renewed the contracts of dozens…

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Amid backlash, Justice Department says it wants to interview Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The overture to attorneys for Maxwell is part of a Justice Department effort to cast itself as transparent following fierce backlash from parts of President Donald Trump's base over an earlier refusal to release additional records in the Epstein investigation.