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Bloomberg Law reporter covering the Justice Department
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Re-upping this on life inside the DOJ Miami office that’s become ground zero for Trump enemies prosecutions: resignations, recruiting outsourced to a voter fraud conspiracist, crim chief walled off after Posobiec post. Tensions continue to rise. My story:
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DOJ Miami Office Readies Conspiracy Probe Into Trump Enemies (2)
The South Florida US attorney’s office is recruiting prosecutors and restructuring its chain of command in preparation for a grand jury investigation expected to target former Justice Department offic...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-miami-office-plans-probe-into-anti-trump-liberal-conspiracy
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An eager Trump acolyte, Miami US Attorney Reding Quinones further alarmed his staff this week with warnings about dishonesty and disobedience
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NEWS: Miami US Attorney prompted prosecutor resignations by demanding they sign statements under penalty of perjury naming those with whom they discussed an assignment expected to target Trump's foes, prompting office-wide fear of witch hunt
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Miami US Attorney Instills Fear as Trump Enemy Probes Ramp Up
Miami’s US attorney is alarming staff with unconventional interrogation tactics to oust prosecutors, while warning the office about dishonesty and disobedience as he staffs up investigations of the pr...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/miami-us-attorney-instills-fear-as-trump-enemy-probes-ramp-up
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Re-upping this on life inside the DOJ Miami office that’s become ground zero for Trump enemies prosecutions: resignations, recruiting outsourced to a voter fraud conspiracist, crim chief walled off after Posobiec post. Tensions continue to rise. My story:
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DOJ Miami Office Readies Conspiracy Probe Into Trump Enemies (2)
The South Florida US attorney’s office is recruiting prosecutors and restructuring its chain of command in preparation for a grand jury investigation expected to target former Justice Department offic...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-miami-office-plans-probe-into-anti-trump-liberal-conspiracy
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
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Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/shutdown-deal-would-let-senators-sue-over-jack-smith-searches
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UPDATE: Two DOJ line prosecutors have resigned under duress shortly after being asked to join this grand jury team. Both were accused by Miami superiors of leaking about the secretive assignment, and bow out after short, promising careers as prosecutors.
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Figuring prominently in this effort is a former line prosecutor & law school classmate of US Attorney Reding Quinones. This lawyer, Scott Strauss, was forced out as a fed prosecutor over attempts to investigate 2020 voter fraud conspiracy but now may be returning to DOJ.
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Figuring prominently in this effort is a former line prosecutor & law school classmate of US Attorney Reding Quinones. This lawyer, Scott Strauss, was forced out as a fed prosecutor over attempts to investigate 2020 voter fraud conspiracy but now may be returning to DOJ.
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SCOOP: Inside the Miami US attorney’s office readying grand jury probes into DOJ officials/special counsel’s offices who investigated Trump: - recruiting lawyers - election conspiracist’s possible return - MAGA influencer-fueled reorg
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DOJ Miami Office Readies Conspiracy Probe Into Trump Enemies (1)
The South Florida US attorney’s office is recruiting prosecutors and restructuring its chain of command in preparation for a grand jury investigation expected to target former Justice Department offic...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-miami-office-plans-probe-into-anti-trump-liberal-conspiracy
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NEWS: Up to four FBI agents who were fired yesterday over Arctic Frost, then reinstated b/c US Attorney Pirro said they're critical to an active public corruption probe, have been fired and walked out a 2nd time today.
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FBI Conducts Whiplash Firings, Rehirings Linked to Trump Probe
The FBI fired at least six agents who worked with Special Counsel Jack Smith, only to quickly restore employment Monday for some of them who are pursuing a high-priority public corruption investigatio...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fbi-conducts-whiplash-firings-rehirings-linked-to-trump-probe
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To be more clear, Patel’s anger is over news of his own personal travel being out there all week. The senior official he forced out oversees FBI aviation teams and many more crisis management functions.
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Scoop: FBI ousts senior official after Kash Patel’s fury over news of his use of government jet to see girlfriend perform. The removed head of critical incident response group was 27-year FBI veteran who oversaw aviation sections.
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FBI Ousts Leader as Patel Fumes Over Attention to Agency Jet Use
The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician ...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/fbi-ousts-leader-as-patel-fumes-over-attention-to-agency-jet-use
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US Attorney Lindsey Halligan, flanked by a security detail, attended both days of arguments in a lower-profile case with appeal to President Trump. Jury quickly acquitted man her office accused of soliciting Trump's murder on social media. My story:
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News: Nominee to lead DOJ Criminal Division tells Senate Judiciary Committee he was mistaken in declaring at his hearing that DOJ rescinded policy on communicating w/ White House. He doesn't retract separate remark that DOJ will soon be updating the policy.
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DOJ Criminal Chief Pick Misspoke to Senate on White House Policy
A senior Trump Justice Department nominee told senators he “inadvertently misspoke” when declaring at his confirmation hearing that DOJ rescinded its policy on communicating with the White House about...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-criminal-chief-pick-misspoke-to-senate-on-white-house-policy
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22 days ago
President Trump’s overhaul of the Virginia US attorney’s office prosecuting his foes has driven out the leadership of its national security unit, draining its experience disrupting terrorists and spies,
@benjaminpenn.bsky.social
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Trump DOJ Upheaval in Virginia Hobbles National Security Unit
President Donald Trump’s overhaul of the Virginia US attorney’s office prosecuting his foes has driven out the leadership of its national security unit, draining its experience disrupting terrorists a...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-doj-upheaval-in-virginia-hobbles-national-security-unit
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NEW: Trump's nominee to head DOJ's Criminal Division just said at his Senate hearing that AG Bondi & DAG Blanche will soon be issuing a revised policy on who's allowed to communicate with White House about criminal cases
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Trump DOJ Rewriting Policy Governing Contacts With White House
A new policy governing contacts between the Justice Department and the White House is “forthcoming,” according to the Trump administration’s nominee to lead the criminal division.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-doj-rewriting-policy-governing-contacts-with-white-house
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Federal prosecutors obtained an indictment of John Bolton from a federal grand jury in Maryland this afternoon, per Chris Strohm and me:
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John Bolton Indicted Over Handling of Classified Documents
The US Justice Department has charged John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who became one of his fiercest critics, according to a person familiar with the matter.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/john-bolton-indicted-over-handling-of-classified-documents
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Scoop: DOJ scheduled to seek grand jury indictment of John Bolton this afternoon in Greenbelt, MD.
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DOJ Will Ask Grand Jury to Indict Trump Critic Bolton Thursday
The Justice Department will ask a grand jury Thursday afternoon in Greenbelt, Md., to indict John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who became one of his fiercest cr...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/doj-will-ask-grand-jury-to-indict-trump-critic-bolton-thursday
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NEW: Chicago US attorney Andrew Boutros stands out from MAGA-devoted top prosecutors in past Dem cities targeted for Trump crackdowns. His rep as a conventional law-and-order leader will be tested like never before. With Megan Crepeau:
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Trump’s Chicago Crackdown Tests Loyalty of US Attorney Boutros
President Donald Trump’s Chicago crackdown is forcing one of his more conventional US attorneys, Andrew Boutros, to balance the district’s entrenched apolitical traditions against escalating White Hou...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trumps-chicago-crackdown-tests-loyalty-of-us-attorney-boutros
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Overnight scoop from Megan Crepeau and me: A grand jury declined to indict 2 Chicago-area ICE protestors on charges of assaulting agents, an extremely rare rebuke that's been a phenomenon in DC, LA & now Chicago following Trump law enforcement takeovers:
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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters
A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-two-chicago-area-ice-protesters
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A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said, Megan Crepeau and
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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters
A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-two-chicago-area-ice-protesters
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NEW: We obtained letter showing Trump alerted Senate "as a courtesy" that he's replacing DOJ IG, suggesting he could bypass Congress (despite it being required under IG Act). "Priorities of my Administration will be better reflected" in new IG.
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DOJ Veteran Takes Watchdog Role as Trump Shakes Up Oversight (1)
The White House appointed a career Justice Department veteran, Don Berthiaume, as DOJ’s new acting inspector general several months after its longtime watchdog departed.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-veteran-takes-watchdog-role-as-trump-shakes-up-oversight
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News: DOJ instructed all US attorney's offices they "should NOT seek a stay on any civil immigration matters" during government shutdown, breaking from how Trump 1 DOJ handled such cases in 2019 shutdown. Civil litigators being told they're not furloughed.
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DOJ Seeks to Continue Civil Immigration Cases in Shutdown
The Justice Department has directed US attorneys to proceed on all civil immigration cases during the government shutdown, departing from protocols that restricted work on such matters when federal fu...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-seeks-to-continue-civil-immigration-cases-in-shutdown
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New: DOJ directs all US attorney's offices to prosecute sponsors of unaccompanied migrant children for fraud and other crimes, per internal memo from DAG Blanche. Story with Ellen Gilmer:
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DOJ Orders Criminal Charges Against Sponsors of Migrant Children
The Justice Department is directing all 93 US attorney’s offices to prosecute adult sponsors of unaccompanied migrant children for fraud and other crimes, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in ...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-orders-criminal-charges-against-sponsors-of-migrant-children
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
President Trump’s replacement of a Virginia US attorney with an inexperienced loyalist underscores the lose-lose situation facing Senate Democrats,
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US Attorney Ouster Forces Senate Democrats into No-Win Situation
President Donald Trump’s politically motivated replacement of a Virginia US attorney with an inexperienced loyalist underscores the lose-lose situation facing Senate Democrats wishing to hold sway ove...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trumps-ouster-of-us-attorney-bodes-ill-for-senate-democrats
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How DOJ's plan to eliminate a high-performing office focused on consumer health & safety has been beset by confusion and delays, including a disagreement between heads of Civil & Criminal divisions over trans care subpoenas.
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DOJ Rethinks Reorganization Tied to Gender-Affirming Care Probes
The Justice Department’s civil division is retaining criminal authority on healthcare statutes being used to probe children’s hospitals on gender-affirming care, backtracking from an April plan to tra...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-rethinks-reorganization-tied-to-gender-affirming-care-probes
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Exclusive: Trump administration’s criminal probes of children’s hospitals over trans care are colliding with White House’s reorg to slash bureaucracy, leading to a disorderly rollout at DOJ that lawyers describe as anything but efficient.
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DOJ Rethinks Reorganization Tied to Gender-Affirming Care Probes
The Justice Department’s civil division is retaining criminal authority on healthcare statutes being used to probe children’s hospitals on gender-affirming care, backtracking from an April plan to tra...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-rethinks-reorganization-tied-to-gender-affirming-care-probes
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News: Trump's planned nominee for US attorney in Eastern VA, Lindsey Halligan, arrives today as interim chief prosecutor. She's sworn in by Bondi to get to work in an office under pressure to indict Tish James. w/
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Halligan Sworn In as Top Prosecutor in Eastern Virginia
Lindsey Halligan has been sworn in as interim US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, two days after another conservative lawyer was installed to lead the office in an acting capacity.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/halligan-sworn-in-as-top-prosecutor-in-eastern-virginia
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NEWS: Virginia's ousted US attorney, who resisted Letitia James indictment, is replaced today by Maggie Cleary, an inexperienced prosecutor who recently expressed a desire to end DOJ weaponization for Trump.
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Scoop: Trump DOJ departs from protocols that prevented politicized civil rights hiring to restock a depleted division. At least two new hires were removed or suspended from prior prosecutor jobs while facing complaints. With
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Trump DOJ Said to Unwind Apolitical Civil Rights Career Hiring
The Justice Department is consolidating civil rights attorney hiring authority with a handful of Trump-aligned supervisors, departing from practices that were designed to avoid politicization, accordi...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-doj-said-to-unwind-apolitical-civil-rights-career-hiring
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A new front in Trump DOJ's battles with courts on US attorneys: Delaware's chief judge, a Trump appointee, preempts DOJ's preferred pick for Delaware US attorney by soliciting applications directly to the court, drawing rebuke from DAG Todd Blanche.
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Trump-Appointed Judge Triggers Face-Off on Delaware US Attorney
A Trump-appointed judge is soliciting applications for Delaware’s US attorney, preempting the Trump administration’s selection of a permanent candidate and prompting rebuke from Deputy Attorney Genera...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-appointed-judge-triggers-face-off-on-delaware-us-attorney
about 2 months ago
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2 months ago
A rotating group of four assistant US attorneys, a supervisor, and paralegal have had to be on call starting at 5:30 p.m. every night for a 24-hour shift to handle the federal arrest surge,
@suzannemonyak.bsky.social
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Prosecutors Work Overnight in Trump-Directed DC Anti-Crime Surge
Federal prosecutors at the Washington US attorney’s office have been required to work overnight shifts and pushed to charge more cases during a Justice Department law enforcement surge.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/prosecutors-work-overnight-in-trump-directed-dc-anti-crime-surge
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This is the first court ruling on White House/AG Bondi’s targeting of at least 20 medical providers - criminally and civilly - for gender-affirming care. Judge says he doesn’t believe DOJ’s stated reason for investigation.
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NEWS: Federal judge blocks Trump DOJ's subpoena of Boston Children's Hospital for sensitive records on transgender patients, ruling that high-priority investigation was launched with an "improper purpose, motivated only by bad faith.”
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Judge Stops ‘Bad Faith’ DOJ Probe of Boston Hospital Gender Care
A federal judge rejected the Justice Department’s subpoena for personally identifying data on gender-affirming care patients at Boston Children’s Hospital, finding the Trump administration’s high-prio...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/judge-stops-bad-faith-doj-probe-of-boston-hospital-gender-care
2 months ago
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Overnight scoop: the last man standing in DOJ’s sanctuary cities working group quit on Friday. The island senior career officials were exiled to - as apparent punishment - if they wanted to keep working under Trump is now deserted.
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Trump DOJ’s Sanctuary Cities Group Loses Last Exiled Member
The last member of the Trump Justice Department’s so-called sanctuary cities working group has departed, marking the potential end of a second term plan to demote and reassign senior career officials.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-dojs-sanctuary-cities-group-loses-last-exiled-member?context=search&index=0
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& me on continued upheaval at DOJ civil rights division: - 2 probationary attorneys fired - Others forced into sections focused on voter fraud & anti-DEI probes - AAG Dhillon hires "new class of civil rights warriors"
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DOJ Fires and Reassigns Civil Rights Lawyers as New Hires Arrive
The Justice Department civil rights division’s much shrunken career staff is facing new firings, forced reassignments, and demands for summaries of recent work as its leaders hire outside attorneys an...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-fires-and-reassigns-civil-rights-lawyers-as-new-hires-arrive
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Two key abnormalities from our reporting on Trump DOJ transgender care subpoena: 1) DOJ urged judge to publicly identify hospital being investigated, an unheard of posture from prosecutors who typically want to stay covert to avoid compromising a case ...
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Justice Department Expands Gender Care Probe as Hospital Fights
Justice Department political leaders are probing gender-affirming care services at one of the nation’s largest, most renowned pediatric hospitals, as new details show an aggressive strategy to advance...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/justice-department-expands-gender-care-probe-as-hospital-fights
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Scoop: Trump-nominated US Atty in rural Va. has already resigned & is replaced by the man he beat out for the job. Todd Gilbert arrived last month as interim US atty while awaiting confirmation. Rob Tracci was installed as his No. 2 this month & now takes over.
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Trump US Attorney in Virginia Resigns, Succeeded by Competitor
The Trump-nominated US attorney for the Western District of Virginia abruptly resigned as the office’s interim leader Wednesday, and is being replaced by the lawyer he’d edged out for the job.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-us-attorney-in-virginia-resigns-is-replaced-by-competitor
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How a veteran line prosecutor who’s never supervised and is known for working alone leaned on his ties to Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles to land a predtigious nomination to run DOJ’s Criminal Division
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Trump’s Unusual Criminal Chief Pick Benefits From West Wing Ties
A small-office prosecutor without supervisory experience has leapfrogged into a Trump nomination to lead 600 Justice Department criminal attorneys in Washington—thanks in part to his ties to the White...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trumps-unusual-criminal-chief-pick-benefits-from-west-wing-ties?context=search&index=0
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Exclusive: Another Trump US attorney--and 1st one on the border--receives an "acting" appointment to sidestep judicial approval. New Mexico's Ryan Ellison gets extended as his term was about to expire, following public confrontations w/ judges on deportations
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Trump DOJ Extends US Attorney on Border After Judicial Criticism
The Trump administration converted New Mexico’s interim US attorney to “acting” as his temporary term was expiring, the latest chief prosecutor—and first on the border—to sidestep traditional judiciar...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-doj-extends-us-attorney-on-border-after-judicial-criticism
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News: A Florida line prosecutor without supervisory experience leapfrogged to become Trump's nominee to lead DOJ's criminal division w/ 1,100 employees--thanks in part to his ties to WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles that led to two Oval Office meetings.
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Trump’s Unusual Criminal Chief Pick Benefits from West Wing Ties
A small-office prosecutor without supervisory experience has leapfrogged into a Trump nomination to lead 600 Justice Department criminal attorneys in Washington—thanks in part to his ties to the White...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trumps-unusual-criminal-chief-pick-benefits-from-west-wing-ties
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Legal team for former PR governor tried to clarify the record from our 'damaging' coverage, claiming no political intrusion in her plea deal. DOJ replies by telling judge her lawyers 'completely fabricated' their account of Main Justice meeting.
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Scoop: DOJ Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle is working to get his wedding groomsman & law school housemate installed in a senior DOJ role overseeing white collar enforcement.
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DOJ’s Mizelle Said to Push His Groomsman for White Collar Post
Justice Department Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle, a leading voice in overhauling law enforcement to meet President Donald Trump’s agenda, is moving to appoint his wedding groomsman and law school housem...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/dojs-mizelle-said-to-push-his-groomsman-for-white-collar-post
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“You caught me,” Mizelle said in a statement. “I associate with smart, hardworking professionals that have achieved incredible success in their careers. Perhaps I should socialize more with people who have spent their entire career as a beat reporter for the 46th most viewed publication in the US.”
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Scoop: DOJ Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle is working to get his wedding groomsman & law school housemate installed in a senior DOJ role overseeing white collar enforcement.
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DOJ’s Mizelle Said to Push His Groomsman for White Collar Post
Justice Department Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle, a leading voice in overhauling law enforcement to meet President Donald Trump’s agenda, is moving to appoint his wedding groomsman and law school housem...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/dojs-mizelle-said-to-push-his-groomsman-for-white-collar-post
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Problems appear to be escalating for acting LA US Atty Bill Essayli. Main Justice official objects to his court filing rationale for dropping $47M fraud case against a Trump donor. Federal bench already declined to appoint Essayli. How will judges react now?
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Justice Department, LA Office Spar Over White-Collar Enforcement
A Justice Department official in Washington is pushing back on acting Los Angeles US Attorney Bill Essayli’s reliance on recent white-collar policy to dismiss charges against a fast-food executive who...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/justice-department-la-office-spar-over-white-collar-enforcement
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Main Justice is pushing back on LA acting US Atty Essayli for justifying dismissal of Trump donor/Fatburger exec fraud case by citing criminal division policy memo on white collar priorities. DOJ official distances crim div from embattled Essayli's action.
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NEWS: Trump nominates Florida prosecutor Tysen Duva to lead DOJ's criminal division--a critical role overseeing white collar & violent crime. The WH buried this news by naming intent to nominate Duva yesterday without specifying the position.
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Trump Taps Florida Prosecutor to Run DOJ’s Criminal Division
President Donald Trump has nominated Andrew Tysen Duva, a federal prosecutor based in Jacksonville, Fla., to lead the Justice Department’s criminal division, a critical role overseeing white collar an...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-taps-florida-prosecutor-to-run-dojs-criminal-division
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To recap an insane day, in sequence: - We report turmoil in LA from Trump US attorney Essayli telling staff 'F the Justice Manual'
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- DOJ extends Essayli's term - Essayli drops charges against Trump donating fast food exec
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Trump’s LA Prosecutor Orders Cases His Staff Say Lack Evidence (1)
In the three-plus months Bill Essayli has run the Los Angeles US Attorney’s Office, he has ignored and overruled the recommendations of senior prosecutors, instructed staff to disregard Justice Depart...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trumps-la-prosecutor-orders-cases-his-staff-say-lack-evidence
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NEWS: Justice Dept just dismissed major fraud case against Trump donor & Fat Brands founder (Fatburger, Johnny Rockets) Andrew Wiederhorn. The filing from embattled US Attorney Bill Essayli comes an hour before his new DOJ appointment to stay on takes effect.
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DOJ Drops Fraud Case Against Trump Donor, Ex-Fatburger Executive
The Justice Department has moved to dismiss corporate fraud charges against Andrew Wiederhorn, a Trump donor who is founder and chairman of restaurant franchisor FAT Brands Inc.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-drops-fraud-case-against-trump-donor-ex-fatburger-executive
4 months ago
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