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Bloomberg Law reporter covering the Justice Department
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I went long on a new form of Trump DOJ turmoil: Top Las Vegas prosecutor Sigal Chattah repeatedly bypassed Main Justice recusal orders, pushed cases for ex-clients & friends, targeted political foe, & much more. "It's charitable to call it chaos."
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Trumpâs Chief Nevada Prosecutor Shirks DOJ Orders, Boosts Allies
President Donald Trumpâs top Nevada prosecutor, Sigal Chattah, pushed to launch investigations at the behest of former clients and friends while repeatedly bypassing Justice Department orders recusing...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trumps-chief-nevada-prosecutor-shirks-doj-orders-boosts-allies
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ICYMI - Trump admin. brings on a new top prosecutor in EDVA, Theo Stamos, who last fall was leading Va. state AG's effort to investigate a retired college professor for protesting outside Stephen and Katie Miller's home.
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News: DOJ installs new head of embattled Eastern Dist. of Va. US atty's office that charged Trump enemies under Halligan. Interesting pick - Theo Stamos was Dem elected as Arlington's top prosecutor. Since 2019, she appears to have veered toward MAGA:
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DOJ Taps Veteran Prosecutor to Lead Embattled Virginia Office
The Justice Department has installed Theo Stamos, a longtime state and local prosecutor, to lead the Eastern Virginia US attorneyâs office, which is at the center of controversy over Trump directives ...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-taps-veteran-prosecutor-to-lead-embattled-virginia-office
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UPDATE: Trump fires Seattle US Attorney under an hour after judges appointed him. Roger Rogoff tells me he's weighing legal options: âWe have a situation that is untenable, not constitutional, and not legal.â
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White House Rapidly Fires Seattle Judgesâ US Attorney Pick (1)
The White House rapidly fired the new judicially appointed US attorney in Seattle, Roger Rogoff, setting up potentially the first legal battle over the executive branchâs termination authority for suc...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/seattle-judges-select-a-new-us-attorney-replacing-trump-pick
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NEW: Seattle area Western District of Washington judges pick new US attorney, replacing Trump admin's term-expired leader. It's Roger Rogoff, twice appointed by state's former Dem Gov. Inslee. Todd Blanche is a little distracted on Hill today.
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Seattle Judges Select a New US Attorney, Replacing Trump Pick
The Western District of Washingtonâs chief judge appointed Roger Rogoff, a veteran prosecutor and former Democrat-appointed state jurist, to serve as Seattle-area US attorney, replacing the Trump admi...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/seattle-judges-select-a-new-us-attorney-replacing-trump-pick
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SCOOP: DOJ sets a case quota for all line prosecutors, requiring at least 25 open matters. Trump DOJ leaders are monitoring stats to find low performers. Spox says this'll push out unproductive AUSAs, with "patriotic AUSAs taking their place."
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DOJ Sets Case Quotas for Line Prosecutors in Push to Boost Stats
Justice Department leaders have started requiring all prosecutors to maintain at least 25 open cases, tightening the Trump administrationâs grip on operational decisions previously left to US attorney...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-sets-case-quotas-for-line-prosecutors-in-push-to-boost-stats
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SCOOP: DOJ sets a case quota for all line prosecutors, requiring at least 25 open matters. Trump DOJ leaders are monitoring stats to find low performers. Spox says this'll push out unproductive AUSAs, with "patriotic AUSAs taking their place."
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DOJ Sets Case Quotas for Line Prosecutors in Push to Boost Stats
Justice Department leaders have started requiring all prosecutors to maintain at least 25 open cases, tightening the Trump administrationâs grip on operational decisions previously left to US attorney...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-sets-case-quotas-for-line-prosecutors-in-push-to-boost-stats
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Scoop: Trump DOJ to drop charges for alleged $722M crypto Ponzi schemer, just before trial. BitClub mastermind said he'd built scam on backs of "idiots" & "sheep." He hired Trump-connected lawyers to lobby DOJ HQ for relief, overruling NJ prosecutors.
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US to Drop Charges for Alleged $722 Million Crypto Ponzi Schemer
Justice Department leaders plan to drop charges against the alleged mastermind of a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that prosecutors said defrauded investors of $722 million, reversing course on a 2019 in...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us-to-drop-charges-for-alleged-722-million-crypto-ponzi-schemer
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President Trump has suggested he may ask the Supreme Court to rehear its just-decided birthright citizenship case. It's nothing short of a legal Hail Mary, one expert told me: "The longest of long shots."
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Trump Bid for Birthright Redo Would Be âLongest of Long Shotsâ
The US Supreme Court hasnât agreed to rehear a case even on a partial basis in more than 60 years. President Donald Trump, looking to reverse a loss this term on one of his key policies, says he may a...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-bid-for-birthright-redo-would-be-longest-of-long-shots
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News: Trump DOJ is declining to prosecute more corporate pharma and related consumer protection cases, fueled by DAG rejecting Criminal Div head's push to charge Abbott Labs & execs over contaminated baby formula linked to infant deaths.
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DOJ Closing Abbott Labs Case Spurs Wider Corporate Crime Retreat
Justice Department leadersâ shutdown of a long-running criminal case against Abbott Laboratories over contaminated baby formula has fueled a broader pullback on corporate prosecutions protecting consu...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-closing-abbott-labs-case-spurs-wider-corporate-crime-retreat
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News: Trump DOJ is declining to prosecute more corporate pharma and related consumer protection cases, fueled by DAG rejecting Criminal Div head's push to charge Abbott Labs & execs over contaminated baby formula linked to infant deaths.
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DOJ Closing Abbott Labs Case Spurs Wider Corporate Crime Retreat
Justice Department leadersâ shutdown of a long-running criminal case against Abbott Laboratories over contaminated baby formula has fueled a broader pullback on corporate prosecutions protecting consu...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-closing-abbott-labs-case-spurs-wider-corporate-crime-retreat
12 days ago
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: Pete Hegseth has authorized forced deployments of reservists as DOJ immigration judges. Email to marine reserves seeks "volunteers for involuntary orders."
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Hegseth Moves to Order Military Lawyers to be Immigration Judges
The Defense Department is planning to begin involuntarily activating military lawyers to serve as immigration judges and to represent the government in cases involving detained migrant children, accor...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/hegseth-moves-to-order-military-lawyers-to-be-immigration-judges
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ICYMI: A DOJ OIG that's been criticized for going silent on Trump era scandals is now going into overdrive on a matter that delights Trump admin and GOP: Transmitting all 170 of its Crossfire Hurricane interview transcripts en masse to Sens. Grassley & Johnson
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DOJ Watchdogâs Release of Russia Probe Transcripts Prompts Alarm
The Justice Department watchdog recently bypassed its own disclosure rules by providing Senate Republicans with highly-sensitive interview transcripts scrutinizing DOJâs probe into Russian 2016 electi...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-watchdogs-release-of-russia-probe-transcripts-prompts-alarm
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News: Under mounting Trump admin. pressure, DOJ inspector general starts sending GOP senators troves of interview transcripts on Crossfire Hurricane probe -- a first-of-its-kind production widely expected to chill future cooperators and whistleblowers
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DOJ Watchdogâs Release of Russia Probe Transcripts Prompts Alarm
The Justice Department watchdog recently bypassed its own disclosure rules by providing Senate Republicans with highly-sensitive interview transcripts scrutinizing DOJâs probe into Russian 2016 electi...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-watchdogs-release-of-russia-probe-transcripts-prompts-alarm
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News: Under mounting Trump admin. pressure, DOJ inspector general starts sending GOP senators troves of interview transcripts on Crossfire Hurricane probe -- a first-of-its-kind production widely expected to chill future cooperators and whistleblowers
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DOJ Watchdogâs Release of Russia Probe Transcripts Prompts Alarm
The Justice Department watchdog recently bypassed its own disclosure rules by providing Senate Republicans with highly-sensitive interview transcripts scrutinizing DOJâs probe into Russian 2016 electi...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-watchdogs-release-of-russia-probe-transcripts-prompts-alarm
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SCOOP: Stephen Miller was driving force behind DOJ memo eroding decades of disability rights protections. His push was rooted in view (not backed by evidence) that de-institutionalizing people w/ disabilities increases homelessness. w/
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Stephen Miller Said to Drive DOJ Memo Eroding Disability Rights
White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind the Justice Departmentâs recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based ca...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/stephen-miller-said-to-drive-doj-memo-eroding-disability-rights
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SCOOP: Stephen Miller was driving force behind DOJ memo eroding decades of disability rights protections. His push was rooted in view (not backed by evidence) that de-institutionalizing people w/ disabilities increases homelessness. w/
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Stephen Miller Said to Drive DOJ Memo Eroding Disability Rights
White House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind the Justice Departmentâs recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based ca...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/stephen-miller-said-to-drive-doj-memo-eroding-disability-rights
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New: A trial was supposed to start today in Houston in Nvidia chip smuggling into China case Trump admin promoted as key to protecting US from adversaries. Turns out, Trump's dealmaking at Nvidia's behest to permit sales in China may derail prosecution.
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Trumpâs China-Nvidia Dealing Threatens DOJ Chip Smuggling Trial
President Donald Trumpâs approval for Nvidia to sell chips to some customers in China has potentially derailed a major AI smuggling prosecution nearing trial after the judge ordered the Justice Depart...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trumps-china-nvidia-dealing-threatens-doj-chip-smuggling-trial
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This is the article
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just had Grassley enter into record of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to show the cost of illegal US attorney appointments âŹď¸
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111 ex-Chicago AUSAs have signed a statement -
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- condemning leadership of US Attorney Andrew Boutros. I can't recall this level of concerted criticism from an office's named former prosecutors in this admin. Story by Megan Crepeau:
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Ex-Prosecutors Condemn âFailure of Leadershipâ in Chicago Office
More than 100 former Northern District of Illinois prosecutors raised deep concerns about the direction of the US Attorneyâs office in Chicago in a statement Monday describing an exodus of experienced...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/ex-prosecutors-condemn-failure-of-leadership-in-chicago-office
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Read full story for the Bondi drama that beset DOJ congressional affairs this past year. As Epstein scrutiny escalated, Bondiâs team rebuffed her Senate-confirmed Hill liaisonâs request for more lawmaker outreach & took hearing advice from inner circle of zinger writers âŹď¸
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News: Ahead of Blanche confirmation battle, DOJ has tried repairing strained Hill relations, especially among Rs, after Bondi's team marginalized & distrusted head of leg affairs. That official, Patrick Davis, could be key in wooing Senate for Blanche.
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Blanche Confirmation Push Follows Strained DOJ-Hill Relations
Trump attorney general pick Todd Blanche heads into a Senate confirmation test facing an already-strained relationship between the Justice Department and Capitol Hill.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/blanche-confirmation-push-follows-strained-doj-hill-relations
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Among other things, the number of federal prosecutors in northern Nevada is expected to shrink to zero.
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I went long on a new form of Trump DOJ turmoil: Top Las Vegas prosecutor Sigal Chattah repeatedly bypassed Main Justice recusal orders, pushed cases for ex-clients & friends, targeted political foe, & much more. "It's charitable to call it chaos."
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Trumpâs Chief Nevada Prosecutor Shirks DOJ Orders, Boosts Allies
President Donald Trumpâs top Nevada prosecutor, Sigal Chattah, pushed to launch investigations at the behest of former clients and friends while repeatedly bypassing Justice Department orders recusing...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trumps-chief-nevada-prosecutor-shirks-doj-orders-boosts-allies
about 2 months ago
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There is escalating heat on Chicago US Attorney Andrew Boutros, as critics call for his resignation over Trump-aligned moves. For our story exploring this dynamic, Boutros' office provided an extraordinary 6-page Q&A statement that reframed our questions.
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Chicago US Attorney Working With Eyes on Washington, Critics Say
The implosion of a prosecution against anti-ICE protesters is the latest indication that US Attorney Andrew Boutros is prioritizing loyalty to Washington over the Northern District of Illinoisâ longst...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/chicago-us-attorney-working-with-eyes-on-washington-critics-say
about 2 months ago
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News: In a twist, DOJ market prosecutors return to Crim Div fraud section, for now, after being loaned to Trump adminâs new Fraud Division. More staffing tumult in internal reorg memo resolving a major source of consternation in white collar bar.
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DOJ Restores Financial Crime Team in Latest Fraud Office Shakeup
Justice Department leaders have reached a temporary staffing compromise to return white-collar units to the Criminal Division fraud section, after theyâd been transferred to the Trump administrationâs...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-restores-financial-crime-team-in-latest-fraud-office-shakeup
about 2 months ago
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This was an extraordinary hearing transcript. Beyond judgeâs condemnation of DOJ conduct, it was revealed that Jordan Campbell, Trump appointed DAAG overseeing trans care probes, had sued the same Rhode Island hospital in his personal capacity as lawyer for detransitioners.
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about 2 months ago
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NEW: Federal judge recently called on everyone to try quashing DOJ subpoenas due to lack of trust in prosecutors in trans care probes, calling DOJ conduct a "cautionary tale."
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Judge Advises All to Try Quashing Subpoenas Due to DOJ Distrust
A Rhode Island federal judge grew so frustrated with the conduct of the Justice Departmentâand two Trump-appointed lawyers in particularâthat she advised any party subject to a DOJ subpoena to try blo...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/judge-advises-all-to-try-quashing-subpoenas-due-to-doj-distrust
about 2 months ago
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New: DOJ has a long history of setting robust internal controls to ensure taxpayer $$ is responsibly & legally awarded to deserving victims. Thatâs all missing from the Trump IRS settlement $1.8B anti-weaponization fund.
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DOJ Anti-Weaponization Fund Lacks Safeguards From Past Programs
The Justice Departmentâs new $1.8 billion âanti-weaponizationâ fund lacks the rigorous controls that typically guide programs compensating victims out of litigation settlements or congressional mandat...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-anti-weaponization-fund-lacks-safeguards-from-past-programs
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New: DOJ has a long history of setting robust internal controls to ensure taxpayer $$ is responsibly & legally awarded to deserving victims. Thatâs all missing from the Trump IRS settlement $1.8B anti-weaponization fund.
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DOJ Anti-Weaponization Fund Lacks Safeguards From Past Programs
The Justice Departmentâs new $1.8 billion âanti-weaponizationâ fund lacks the rigorous controls that typically guide programs compensating victims out of litigation settlements or congressional mandat...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-anti-weaponization-fund-lacks-safeguards-from-past-programs
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New: DOJ tactic of paying lawyers to stick around is spreading, as DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is offering ~$5k-$7k ad hoc bonuses to preferred prosecutors. What Pirro calls "performance rewards" others see as an attempt to prevent further attrition.
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US Attorney Pirro Pays Ad Hoc Bonuses as Senior Prosecutors Exit
Washington US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is doling out informal bonuses in the range of roughly $5,000 to $7,000 to prosecutors, a tactic some attorneys see as an attempt to prevent further attrition of t...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us-attorney-pirro-pays-ad-hoc-bonuses-as-senior-prosecutors-exit
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New: DOJ tactic of paying lawyers to stick around is spreading, as DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is offering ~$5k-$7k ad hoc bonuses to preferred prosecutors. What Pirro calls "performance rewards" others see as an attempt to prevent further attrition.
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US Attorney Pirro Pays Ad Hoc Bonuses as Senior Prosecutors Exit
Washington US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is doling out informal bonuses in the range of roughly $5,000 to $7,000 to prosecutors, a tactic some attorneys see as an attempt to prevent further attrition of t...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/us-attorney-pirro-pays-ad-hoc-bonuses-as-senior-prosecutors-exit
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NEW: DOJ leaders are locked in turf battle over the future of Trump white collar probes, as Blanche ally tries to expand scope of White House-launched fraud division. Deadline for final recommendation is tomorrow. Exclusive on the negotiations:
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DOJ Leaders Clash on Expanding Fraud Division to Financial Crime
Senior Justice Department officials are locked in a dispute over whether to enlarge the scope of a newly established fraud division ahead of a Thursday deadline that will shape the focus of Trump-era ...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-leaders-clash-on-expanding-fraud-division-to-financial-crime
2 months ago
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NEW: DOJ leaders are locked in turf battle over the future of Trump white collar probes, as Blanche ally tries to expand scope of White House-launched fraud division. Deadline for final recommendation is tomorrow. Exclusive on the negotiations:
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DOJ Leaders Clash on Expanding Fraud Division to Financial Crime
Senior Justice Department officials are locked in a dispute over whether to enlarge the scope of a newly established fraud division ahead of a Thursday deadline that will shape the focus of Trump-era ...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-leaders-clash-on-expanding-fraud-division-to-financial-crime
2 months ago
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Story updated with exclusive details: DOJ Civil Division to start paying all current attorneys retention incentives in every paycheck thru Thanksgiving, as experienced lawyers keep fleeing offices critical to defending Trump agenda in court. Biweekly bonuses of ~ $60-$220âŹď¸âŹď¸
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Story updated with exclusive details: DOJ Civil Division to start paying all current attorneys retention incentives in every paycheck thru Thanksgiving, as experienced lawyers keep fleeing offices critical to defending Trump agenda in court. Biweekly bonuses of ~ $60-$220âŹď¸âŹď¸
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JUST IN: The Justice Department is taking an apparently new tack to overcome woes in attracting qualified lawyers: Offering $25,000 signing bonuses.
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DOJ Offers Lawyers $25,000 Signing Bonuses as Recruitment Lags
The Justice Department is taking a new tack to overcome hurdles in attracting qualified legal talent: offering $25,000 signing bonuses to staff an office investigating youth transgender treatments and...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-offers-lawyers-25-000-signing-bonuses-as-recruitment-lags
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New: After multiple court defeats blocking its access to trans youth health records from hospitals, Trump DOJ is going venue shopping by asking a Texas judge to enforce subpoena of a Rhode Island hospital. w/
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DOJ Turns to Texas Judge to End Transgender Health Probe Losses
The Justice Department asked a Texas court to order a Rhode Island hospital to comply with a subpoena for transgender health records, a new jurisdictional tactic after judges elsewhere have blocked pa...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-turns-to-texas-judge-to-end-transgender-health-probe-losses
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ICYMI: Meet the gruff US Attorney Ellis Boyle prosecuting Comey's sea shells post. He's emulated Trump's mannerisms for months, and describes convicts as "big shark bad boys." Read to the end for my favorite Boyle quote.
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Top Comey Prosecutor Parroted Trump on Way to Targeting His Foe
Ellis Boyle, the top federal prosecutor in eastern North Carolina charging former FBI Director James Comey with allegedly threatening the presidentâs life, has emulated President Donald Trumpâs style ...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/top-comey-prosecutor-parroted-trump-on-way-to-targeting-his-foe
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The US Attorney prosecuting James Comey for the sea shells post, Ellis Boyle, has been imitating Trump's mannerisms over his nine months in office. It wasn't until he secured the indictment this week that he surely caught Trump's attention. My latest:
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Top Comey Prosecutor Parroted Trump on Way to Targeting His Foe
Ellis Boyle, the top federal prosecutor in eastern North Carolina charging former FBI Director James Comey with allegedly threatening the presidentâs life, has emulated President Donald Trumpâs style ...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/top-comey-prosecutor-parroted-trump-on-way-to-targeting-his-foe
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The US Attorney prosecuting James Comey for the sea shells post, Ellis Boyle, has been imitating Trump's mannerisms over his nine months in office. It wasn't until he secured the indictment this week that he surely caught Trump's attention. My latest:
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Top Comey Prosecutor Parroted Trump on Way to Targeting His Foe
Ellis Boyle, the top federal prosecutor in eastern North Carolina charging former FBI Director James Comey with allegedly threatening the presidentâs life, has emulated President Donald Trumpâs style ...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/top-comey-prosecutor-parroted-trump-on-way-to-targeting-his-foe
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SCOOP: DOJ prosecutors in Virginia are pursuing separate charges against James Comey for allegedly leaking classified info. Blanche's DOJ, not satisfied with just the '86 47' indictment, in recent weeks revived nat sec probe that stalled out last year.
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Trump DOJ Pursuing Separate Comey Probe for Classified Leaks
The Justice Department is pursuing additional charges against James Comey for allegedly leaking classified information, after the former FBI directorâs unrelated indictment this week in North Carolina...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-doj-pursuing-separate-comey-probe-for-classified-leaks
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Recapping yesterday: - DOJ eliminates election crimes central command before midterms & ends mandatory election law training for prosecutors - Department watchdog opens audit of DOJ Epstein files process - SPLC indictment omits key intent element, possibly over grand jury failure (links below)
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A less-noticed aspect of DOJ Southern Poverty Law Center case is rare use of statute criminalizing false statements to banks. But indictment omits intent, prompting lawyers to suspect DOJ improperly instructed grand jury. W/
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DOJ Omits Crucial Element in Southern Poverty Law Center Charges
The Justice Department relied on a lesser-known bank deception statute to indict the Southern Poverty Law Center while omitting an element needed to prove the crime: intent to influence a financial in...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-omits-crucial-element-in-southern-poverty-law-center-charges
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NEWS: Ahead of midterms, DOJ leaders eliminated a 24/7 centralized command post on election crimes, discontinued mandatory election law training for prosecutors & restricted access to threat briefings for states. "It's going to be the wild west."
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Trump DOJ Curbs Efforts to Safeguard States From Election Crimes
The Justice Department is curtailing election year coordination aimed at protecting state-run voting processes, increasing risks of the Trump administration interfering in the November midterms or unw...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-doj-curbs-efforts-to-safeguard-states-from-election-crimes
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News: Trump nominates a permanent Justice Department inspector general - Don Berthiaume, who was first tapped as acting DOJ IG last year. He'd take over a watchdog office that's been noticeably silent amid various White House-DOJ scandals.
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Trump Taps a Permanent DOJ Watchdog as Oversight Concerns Mount
The White House has nominated Don Berthiaume, a veteran federal watchdog attorney, as the Justice Departmentâs inspector general, filling a vacancy at an office thatâs been criticized for not investig...
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DiGenova taking over Brennan case is the news but on far left is a less-noticed SDFL hire - Jed Doty, lawyer in Trump 1 WH & Gov. DeSantis, is now appellate chief. Itâs quite uncommon for someone with political background & no DOJ experience to vault into a US attyâs office career management.
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New: Trump DOJ brings in fresh blood to run grand conspiracy probe of Brennan & co. - former Trump lawyer/Fox News conspiracy theorist Joe diGenova. At 81, the Reagan-era US attorney who called for execution of Chris Krebs, will be counsel to AG Blanche.
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Trump Lawyer diGenova to Take Over Miami Grand Conspiracy Probe
Joe diGenova, the presidentâs former personal attorney whoâs frequently advanced false conspiracy theories on conservative media, will take over the Justice Departmentâs investigation into former CIA ...
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Scoop: As top prosecutor exits DOJ grand conspiracy probe into Brennan & co., a less experienced political appointee recently joined the case. Todd Blanche aide & former Cannon clerk during Jack Smith case, Christopher-James DeLorenz, is now handling Brennan.
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Justice Department Shakes Up Probe Into Alleged Trump Conspiracy
The Justice Department is shaking up the team probing former CIA Director John Brennan as part of a broad investigation into an alleged years-long conspiracy against President Donald Trump, according ...
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DOJâs elite fraud section was largely shielded from Trumpâs partisan intrusion over past year & was assured separation from JD Vanceâs fraud initiative. In one fell swoop yesterday, that ended, sparking deep concerns of weaponized white collar enforcement.
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DOJ Moves Fraud Attorneys to New Division, Reversing Plans (1)
The Trump Justice Department is attempting to surge anti-fraud cases by transferring white-collar prosecutors to a new division, backtracking on assurances to career attorneys that theyâd remain insul...
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Update: Memo reorganizing DOJ to create new fraud div. is now public. It also moves fraud section's tax unit over and takes support from appellate and money laundering offices. There's a 30-day interim period at which point DAG will consider whether to make the reorg permanent.
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