Sep 26 Watch 9:00 Ex-Trump White House attorney calls Comey’s indictment ‘un-American and despicable’ By Geoff Bennett, Jonah Anderson To discuss the indictment of James Comey and its implications, Geoff Bennett spoke with Ty Cobb. He was a White House attorney in the first Trump administration, managing the response to special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into alleged Russian election… Continue watching
Sep 25 Justice Department to try to charge ex-FBI Director James Comey, AP sources say By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin, Associated Press Officials are hoping to file the case in the Eastern District of Virginia days after President Donald Trump appealed to his attorney general to charge Comey and other perceived political adversaries and following Trump's replacement last week of the office's… Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 6:06 Ex-DOJ official weighs in on Trump pressuring Bondi to prosecute political opponents By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz To discuss President Trump pressuring the Justice Department to prosecute his political opponents, Geoff Bennett spoke with Mary McCord. She's a former acting assistant attorney general for national security and was a longtime prosecutor. She is now executive director of… Continue watching
Sep 21 Trump pushes Bondi to pursue cases against his foes as he ramps up retribution campaign By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press In a post on social media this weekend addressed to Bondi, Trump said “nothing is being done” on investigations into some of his foes. “We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility,” he said. Continue reading
Sep 16 WATCH: Patel declines to offer legal justification for Trump administration strikes on Venezuelan boats By Associated Press Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who is a close ally of Trump, asked FBI Director Kash Patel Tuesday what legal justification the administration is using for military strikes on Venezuelan boats that the president has said are carrying… Continue reading
Sep 04 WATCH: Noem, Bondi discuss plans for ICE detention facility in notorious Louisiana prison By Sara Cline, Associated Press Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday. Continue reading
Aug 26 WATCH: Bondi heralds former Sinaloa cartel leader’s guilty plea as ‘landmark victory’ By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges and saying he was sorry for helping flood the U.S. with cocaine, heroin and… Continue reading
Aug 25 WATCH: Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks out before being detained by ICE in Baltimore By Brian Witte, Ben Finley, Associated Press "This administration has hit us hard, but I want to tell you guys something: God is with us, and God will never leave us,” Abrego Garcia said, speaking through a translator. “God will bring justice to all the injustice we… Continue reading
Aug 22 Trump’s death penalty push faces setbacks as judges block efforts to reverse prior decisions By Holly Ramer, Associated Press Since taking office in February, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has authorized prosecutors to seek the death penalty against 19 people, including nine defendants in cases in which the Biden administration had sought lesser sentences. But judges have blocked those reversal attempts for… Continue reading
Aug 15 Trump administration partially retreats, agrees to leave DC police chief in charge By Lindsay Whitehurst, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Bondi's new order Friday came after officials in the nation's capital sued to block President Donald Trump's takeover of the Washington police. Continue reading