An eager Trump acolyte, Miami US Attorney Reding Quinones further alarmed his staff this week with warnings about dishonesty and disobedience

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 news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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.

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.

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.

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 news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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.

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/fbi-o...

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: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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 reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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 news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Federal prosecutors obtained an indictment of John Bolton from a federal grand jury in Maryland this afternoon, per Chris Strohm and me: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Scoop: DOJ scheduled to seek grand jury indictment of John Bolton this afternoon in Greenbelt, MD. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

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: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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: news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/g...

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 @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

President Trump’s replacement of a Virginia US attorney with an inexperienced loyalist underscores the lose-lose situation facing Senate Democrats, @benjaminpenn.bsky.social reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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/ @suzannemonyak.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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 @suzannemonyak.bsky.social: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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 and @benjaminpenn.bsky.social report news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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.

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.” news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Update from @maiaspoto.bsky.social: LA federal defenders, citing Alina Habba opinion (& our reporting on Acting US Atty Essayli "overruling the findings of the govt’s own agents & line prosecutors), asks court to disqualify Essayli as chief LA prosecutor news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/j...

Exclusive from @suzannemonyak.bsky.social & 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" news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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 ... news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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 news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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 news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

“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.”

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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? news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

To recap an insane day, in sequence: - We report turmoil in LA from Trump US attorney Essayli telling staff 'F the Justice Manual' news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/... - DOJ extends Essayli's term - Essayli drops charges against Trump donating fast food exec news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

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. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...