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The South Carolina Judge weighing the legality of the appointment of Lindsey Halligan has demanded the Lindsey Halligan grand jury tapes after DOJ withheld large portions of them.A different judge in the Comey case berates Halligan for her “indict now, investigate later” approach after the DOJ failed to produce communications seized between Comey and Daniel Richman. The 11th Circuit orders Judge Aileen Cannon to rule on motions to release Volume II of Jack Smith's final report.Pam Bondi attempts to retroactively appoint Lindsey Halligan as a Special Attorney to save the sinking cases...

Jim Comey alleges that the single FBI agent’s testimony to the grand jury in his case was tainted by privileged information, and asks the court for the grand jury transcripts. Comey has also filed a bill of particulars asking the government to clarify the charges, and has filed a motion to dismiss under the Bronston literal truth doctrine.Two assistant US attorneys have been placed on administrative leave for referencing the January 6th attack on the Capitol and Donald Trump’s Social post that led Taylor Taranto to President Obama’s neighborhood with weapons.Th...

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Jim Comey and his legal team have filed their motions to dismiss his charges on selective and vindictive prosecution grounds, and Comey and Letitia James have filed motions to disqualify Lindsey Halligan.Marco Rubio gave El Salvador US government cooperators in exchange for use of their CECOT Prison.Jack Smith goes to paper in a letter to Chuck Grassley and Jim Jordan about potential Congressional testimony, and the Republican mischaracterization of his work.Trump is seeking $230M from his allies in the Justice Department as compensation for the criminal cases against him.<...

Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton has been indicted on 18 felony counts of transmitting and retaining national defense information under the Espionage Act.The judge in Comey’s case has denied the government’s motion to restrict the sharing discovery with Comey himself and other witnesses, and sets a blisteringly fast classified materials process.Jack Smith speaks out about his Trump prosecutions, and is called to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in a letter from Jim Jordan. Jeanine Pirro chalks up her first acquittal in the District of Columbia in an emba...

Trump’s hand picked US Attorney Lindsay Halligan has secured an indictment of New York Attorney General Leticia James on two felony counts of fraud.Jim Comey has pled not guilty to both counts during his arraignment and indicated he’d be filing multiple motions to dismiss, including a challenge to Lindsay Halligan's appointment as US Attorney.Republican Senators have denounced Jack Smith over phone records he subpoenaed during his investigation of the January 6th, 2021 attack on the Capitol.The Department of Justice continues its losing streak, failing to secure indictments of protestors they...

The purge of career prosecutors at the Department of Justice continues as the regime fired a US Attorney in Sacramento hours after she reminded a Border Patrol Chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.President Trump sharply escalated his attacks on the Bureau this week by falsely accusing the FBI of fomenting the violence at the Capitol on January 6th.Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo this week directing agencies to arrest every person suspected of threatening or assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.The Department of Justice issued a...

The Department of Justice installed one of Trump's personal lawyers, Lindsay Halligan as the US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, and, four days later, she obtained a two-count indictment against former FBI Director Jim Comey for lying to Congress and Obstruction. The Trump Administration continues to imperil criminal cases with extrajudicial statements as a federal judge finds multiple Department of Justice employees may have violated local rules guaranteeing Luigi Mangione’s right to fair trial.Attorney General Pam Bondi’s chief of staff Chad Mizelle and Jim Comey's son in law Troy Edwards have...

Former Special Counsel in the Trump investigations, Jack Smith, speaks at length about the weaponization of the department of justice at an event at George Mason University.Trump Administration officials push to fire the US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia over his refusal to indict NYAG Tish James and former FBI Director Jim Comey.A trial jury finds a Los Angeles protestor not guilty of assaulting a Border Patrol Agent; and another assault case is dismissed in the District of Columbia.The Department of Justice quietly deletes a study on the...

The suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk has surrendered himself to authorities as more details emerge about him and his family.Three former top FBI officials sue the government alleging they were terminated for political reasons, and outlining the problems with purging the FBI of experts.More cases are dropped as Department of Justice prosecutors continue to fail to return indictments.The Department of Justice asks the court to keep secret the names of two people who received large payments from Jeffrey Epstein.Plus listener questions…Do you have qu...

The American Civil Liberties Union files a motion for an en banc re-hearing of Judge Boasberg’s criminal contempt opinion after a three-judge panel stayed his ruling.Attorney General Pam Bondi continues her assault on the Department of Justice by sidelining career attorneys causing every member of the Sanctuary Cities Working Group to resign.The DC US Attorney’s office fails to return indictments from federal grand juries as another judge lambasts federal prosecutors.CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard clash over her disclosure of an undercover officer’s identity.Plus l...

The Department of Justice was unable to secure three high profile indictments from federal grand juries against people accused of assaulting federal agents. Congressional Democrats have launched an investigation into the Trump administration’s retreat from public corruption cases.Trump’s clash with the courts over the legitimacy of Alina Habba as the US Attorney in New Jersey is grinding criminal proceedings in the state to a halt.Jack Smith’s legal team pushes back against the Office of Special Counsel investigation into the former prosecutor for alleged violations of the Hatch Act. Plu...

The FBI searched former National Security Adviser John Bolton's home in Maryland on Friday in search of classified records.More details have emerged about the purge of top officials at the FBI as the agency lowers recruiting standards and the Trump Administration appoints a Co-Deputy Director to assist Dan Bongino.The Department of Justice misses the deadline to hand over Epstein files to the House Oversight Committee.A federal judge calls Alina Habba’s appointment as US Attorney in New Jersey unlawful.Kilmar Abrego files a motion to dismiss the criminal ch...

Attorney General Pam Bondi has purportedly removed the District of Columbia police chief and replaced her with the head of the DEA as an emergency police commissioner. The DC Attorney General has filed suit against this takeover.DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office has admitted it’s having a hard time securing grand jury indictments against DC protesters for interfering with immigration and customs enforcement.A group of former national security and FBI officials has issued a warning about the ongoing purge inside the FBI.Plus, we speak with former Merit Systems Protection Bo...

The Department of Justice ratchets up Trump's revenge tour by launching investigations into Leticia James, Adam Schiff, Jack Smith, and the 2016 Russia investigation.Several former justice department attorneys are seeking elected office.CIA officials worried that the release of a House report on 2016 Russian election meddling could reveal top-secret spying techniques and sources, but the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard authorized a lightly redacted version with President Trump’s blessing. The political purge of FBI personnel continues with the ouster of Steven Jensen and Brian Driscoll. Plus listener questions…Do you...

Convicted sex trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell, was granted limited immunity for her interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. A week later, her sex offender status was waived and she was moved to a minimum security prison in Texas.Judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals press Department of Justice lawyers on deportation quotas as the Attorney General files a judicial complaint against Chief Judge Boesberg.A criminal defendant is challenging the appointment of Alina Habba as the interim U.S. attorney in New Jersey, citing Judge Eileen Cannon's dismissal of the classified documents case...

Tulsi Gabbard declassifies new documents in the latest attempt to cast doubt on the 2016 Russia investigation.A former January 6th prosecutor and former DOJ employees are suing the Trump Administration for wrongful termination.The Department of Justice circumvented the Vacancies Act to install Alina Habba as the interim US Attorney in New Jersey after the NJ District court judges rejected her.One of the people Trump freed in the prisoner swap with Venezuela using the CECOT detainees is a convicted murderer.Plus listener questions…Do you have questions for the po...

Attorney General Pam Bondi fires 20 Department of Justice employees who worked on the Trump documents case, and her personal ethics chief, as two-thirds of the unit defending Trump policies have quitKey prosecutor of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, Maurene Comey has been fired, and Senator Wyden tells NBC that FBI agents were instructed to flag mentions of donald trump in the epstein filesThe State Department has quietly posted some of the agreement between the US Government and Salvadoran President Bukele as a deal is finalized to swap the men at CECOT for prisoners...

 President Bukele of El Salvador told the United Nations that the United States has constructive custody of the prisoners sent to CECOT. Former F.B.I. Director, James Comey, and the former C.I.A. Director, John Brennan, are under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice for their roles in the Russia investigation.Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have demanded Attorney General Pam Bondi release Special Counsel Jack Smith’s full report as well as any mention of Donald Trump in the Epstein Files.Judge Xinis becomes frustrated with the Department of J...

Trump and the Department of Justice issue letters about the Tik-Tok ban that dangerously expand executive powers.Attorney General Pam Bondi fires three January 6th prosecutors sending another chill through the Justice Department, as the weaponization task force hires a January 6th rioter that threatened police. The Department of Justice coordinated with the Texas Attorney General to kill the Texas Dream Act in under six hours. The Supreme Court clarifies that the stay on blocking deportation to third countries includes Judge Murphy’s remedial order granting due process to the 8 men stuck in Djib...