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Bloomberg Law reporter covering the Justice Department
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Check out my profile of Aakash Singh, the 33-year-old DOJ bro who relishes clamping down on top prosecutors' autonomy, warning them Trump is their 'chief client' while steering many of this administration's most controversial cases
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In-Your-Face DOJ Aide Rides Prosecutors for âChief Clientâ Trump
When leaders of all 93 US attorneysâ offices met for their weekly video chat last month, the 33-year-old Justice Department aide who presided had a blunt message.
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-taps-a-permanent-doj-watchdog-as-oversight-concerns-mount
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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 ...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-lawyer-digenova-to-take-over-miami-grand-conspiracy-probe
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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 ...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/justice-department-shakes-up-probe-into-alleged-trump-conspiracy
about 2 months ago
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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...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-poaches-fraud-attorneys-for-new-division-in-reversal-of-plan
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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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Scoop: DOJ reneges on commitment to Fraud Section attorneys that they'd be insulated from new Trump/Vance-driven Fraud Division. White collar specialists learned today--after Todd Blanche told the public--they'll be deployed to new anti-fraud team.
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DOJ Poaches Fraud Attorneys for New Division in Reversal of Plan
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...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-poaches-fraud-attorneys-for-new-division-in-reversal-of-plan
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ICYMI - tucked inside dozens of budget docs released Friday was an extraordinary admission from DOJ's National Security Division on 'unprecedented' personnel challenges (during a war), after Trump removed veteran leaders & others headed for exits
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DOJ Admits âUnprecedentedâ National Security Staffing Challenges
The Justice Department acknowledged facing âunprecedentedâ national security workforce constraints due to high turnover compounded by rising overseas threats and new responsibilities, according to a d...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-admits-unprecedented-national-security-staffing-challenges
about 2 months ago
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More Bondi firing fallout brewing at DOJ, as Trump appears ready to remove another loyal senior official - associate AG Stanley Woodward, who has represented many in Trumpâs orbit - & replace with more vocal MAGA warrior Harmeet Dhillon.
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Trump Plans to Promote Dhillon as DOJâs No. 3, Removing Woodward
President Donald Trump is discussing elevating Harmeet Dhillon to the Justice Departmentâs No. 3 post of associate attorney general, which would force out an official with close White House ties for a...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-plans-to-promote-dhillon-as-dojs-no-3-removing-woodward?context=search&index=0
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In surprising candor, DOJ admits its National Security Division facing âunprecedented personnel constraints.â List of attrition and workload challenges - as NSD tackles threats during Iran war - are tucked into DOJ document accompany budget.
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DOJ Admits âUnprecedentedâ National Security Staffing Challenges
The Justice Department acknowledged facing âunprecedentedâ national security workforce constraints due to high turnover compounded by rising overseas threats and new responsibilities, according to a d...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-admits-unprecedented-national-security-staffing-challenges
about 2 months ago
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NEW: DOJ Inspector General refused to investigate whistleblower Erez Reuveni's misconduct complaint against Emil Bove & other top officials, as watchdog accused of failing to probe political scandals under Trump
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DOJ Watchdog Accused of Abdicating Oversight of Trump Leaders
The Justice Departmentâs internal oversight offices have refused to pursue their traditional roles investigating senior officials at a time of unprecedented Trump-era misconduct, whistleblower attorne...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-watchdog-accused-of-abdicating-oversight-of-trump-leaders
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Earlier this month Sara Bloom oversaw a US attorney's office routinely defending Trump immigration policies in court. Last week she left DOJ and is already fighting against it on behalf of detained immigrants. My story:
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Top Prosecutor Defending Trump Policies Quits to Help Immigrants
Until last week, Sara Miron Bloom oversaw the US attorneyâs office in Rhode Island frequently defending Trumpâs immigration crackdown and other core White House policies in court.
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Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has been charged with stealing $5m in FEMA funds & using it to support her campaign. She argues sheâs innocent & is being targeted by Trumpâs DOJ. Yet she sought a pardon from Trump at last yearâs WH Christmas party, according to The Hill.
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Earlier this month Sara Bloom oversaw a US attorney's office routinely defending Trump immigration policies in court. Last week she left DOJ and is already fighting against it on behalf of detained immigrants. My story:
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Top Prosecutor Defending Trump Policies Quits to Help Immigrants
Until last week, Sara Miron Bloom oversaw the US attorneyâs office in Rhode Island frequently defending Trumpâs immigration crackdown and other core White House policies in court.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/top-prosecutor-defending-trump-policies-quits-to-help-immigrants
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Update - Department spox issues statement confirming that district court negotiated a deal with Trump DOJ on choosing Robert Frazer as new US atty. This is a pretty surprising de-escalation from the nationwide trend, but will it hold in other districts?
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NEW: Court appoints a new US attorney in New Jersey to replace leadership trio judge ruled was illegal. But a post from Alina Habba suggests this pick won't get instantly fired like the others.
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Court Selects New Jersey Prosecutor to Replace Office Leaders
The federal trial court in New Jersey has appointed a current line prosecutor as New Jerseyâs US attorney, substituting him for the Trump administrationâs three-person leadership structure thatâs been...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/court-selects-new-jersey-prosecutor-to-replace-trump-us-attorney
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Over the weekend, GOP-controlled MSPB snuck in a major gift for Trump and his ability to keep terminating federal employees. Read all about it, now in front of the paywall âŹď¸
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Sometimes the numbers at DOJ tell a story of what is happening there. Sometimes itâs a single hire that tells the story. Tonight, at Law Dork.
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DOJ Civil Rights Division hire resigned from Alabama firm over Facebook post following George Floyd's murder
Daniel Flickinger was one of the DOJ lawyers who sued Harvard on Friday. As recently as last June, he was still fighting in court over the fallout from the 2020 Facebook post.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/doj-civil-rights-division-hire-facebook-post
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NEW: Federal panel issues 'extraordinary' ruling supporting constitionality of Trump federal worker firings, determining Attorney General had Article II power to remove immigration judges
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Immigration Judge Firings Upheld in Boost for Trump Worker Cuts
A federal panel has affirmed the attorney generalâs constitutional right to terminate Justice Department immigration judges, a sweeping precedential departure that may hand President Donald Trump broa...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/immigration-judge-firings-upheld-in-boost-for-trump-worker-cuts
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Great deep dive in NY Times today on DOJ's aggressive push to charge protesters, including some lively new anecdotes on Aakash Singh's role steering the administration's most controversial prosecutions
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/u...
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New: For 1st time under Trump phenomenon of judges not extending term-expired interim US attorneys, itâs now happened in a red district - to Utahâs Melissa Holyoak - & to someone about to get Senate confirmed
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Judges Donât Extend Term of Utah US Attorney Awaiting Senate Vote
Utah federal judges declined to extend the Trump-appointed interim US attorney, the first red-state district court to reject the administrationâs approach to installing chief prosecutorsâand the first...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/judges-dont-extend-term-of-utah-us-attorney-awaiting-senate-vote
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SCOOP: DOJ has waived policy requiring newly hired prosecutors to have least a year (more often 3 years) experience practicing law. As DOJ struggles to replace mass departures w/ qualified applicants, this move allows hiring straight out of law school.
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DOJ to Allow Hiring of US Prosecutors Straight Out of Law School
The Justice Department has waived a policy requiring newly hired federal prosecutors to possess at least one year of experience practicing law, as US attorneyâs offices struggle to find qualified repl...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/doj-to-allow-hiring-of-us-prosecutors-straight-out-of-law-school
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Trump defense lawyer John Lauro faced unusually testy pushback from co-panelists & DOJ alums attending ABA conference. Lauro praised Trump DOJ for being in a "better place" now that Jack Smith isn't victimizing the president. "You're a clown," someone yelled.
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Trump Lawyer Rebuked at ABA for Saying DOJ in a âBetter Placeâ
A typically collegial white collar legal conference turned testy when one of the presidentâs defense attorneys faced incredulous and at one point rancorous pushback for praising Trumpâs Justice Depart...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-lawyer-rebuked-at-aba-for-saying-doj-in-a-better-place
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Another federal district court panel has declined to approve a Trump US attorney, this time Western Virginia's acting chief prosecutor Robert Tracci who replaced Trump's first pick after he got pushed out. Story from
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Judges Turn Down Extension of Virginia US Attorneyâs Acting Term
The US District Court for the Western District of Virginia announced Friday that it will not extend the acting US attorneyâs term, making it the latest court to withhold approval of a prosecutor installed by the Trump administration.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/judges-turn-down-extension-of-virginia-us-attorneys-acting-term
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Major tone shift at ABA white collar conference boycotted by Trump DOJ: Big Law leaders took turns teeing off on diminished state of corporate enforcement & politicized prosecutions, as judges start trusting defense counsel more than gov't. My dispatch:
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Defense Bar Leaders Decry Collapse of DOJâs White Collar Focus
A trio of veteran prosecutors-turned-Big Law partners blasted the state of the Justice Departmentâs independence and expertise at an opening panel of the American Bar Associationâs annual white collar...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/defense-bar-leaders-decry-collapse-of-dojs-white-collar-focus
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There we have it - DOJ lawyer says heâs resigning over his AI-created fabricated quotes in filing, as judge scolds him at hearing,
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Show cause hearing is set to begin in Raleigh at top of the hour. A federal magistrate judge wants to know why the AUSA shouldnât be sanctioned and why the office doesnât share responsibility for false quotes. Iâd expect AI generated legal filings to come up.
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JUST IN: Voting machine co. Smartmatic asks judge to dismiss its foreign bribery indictment due to 'vindictive & selective' prosecution stemming from animus over 2020 election - the latest Trump foe to seek review of what motivated a DOJ charging decision.
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Smartmatic Accuses Trump DOJ of âVindictiveâ Bribery Prosecution
Smartmatic moved to dismiss its foreign bribery indictment by arguing the Trump administration was unconstitutionally vengeful in bringing charges against the voting technology company targeted by con...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/smartmatic-accuses-trump-doj-of-vindictive-bribery-prosecution
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NEWS: A Justice Dept. line attorney in North Carolina fabricated quotes in court filing, causing judge to order hearing to consider sanctions and holding entire US attorneyâs office jointly responsible. Pro se defendant flagged the errors.
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Federal Prosecutor Used Fabricated Quotes in Court Filing
An assistant US attorney in North Carolina filed a response with the court that included âfabricated quotations and misstatements of case holdingsâ and then made âfalse or misleading statementsâ of ho...
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/federal-prosecutor-used-fabricated-quotes-false-cites-in-filing
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What's interesting about Bondi DOJ decrying 'weaponization' of state bar complaints is that a GOP congressman - frustrated w/ Clinton DOJ prosecuting him for bribery in '90s - who came up with the idea for changing law to subject DOJ prosecutors to bar investigations. Look up McDade amendment.
add a skeleton here at some point
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