Justice Department's independence is threatened as Trump's team asserts power over cases and staff
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pam Bondi had insisted at her Senate confirmation hearing that as attorney general, her Justice Department would...
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Justice Dept. official accuses FBI chief of 'insubordination,' tamps down talk of revenge on agents
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top Justice Department official accused the FBI's acting leaders of "insubordination" in a Wednesday memo in...
FBI agents sue over Justice Dept. effort to ID employees involved in Trump-related investigations
WASHINGTON (AP) -- FBI agents who participated in investigations related to President Donald Trump have sued over Justice Department efforts...
FBI employees questioned about involvement in Jan. 6 cases as Justice Department weighs firings
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thousands of FBI employees who participated in investigations related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the...
Trump administration fires prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 cases and moves toward ousting FBI agents
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration on Friday fired a group of prosecutors involved in the Jan. 6 criminal cases...
Justice Department official orders firing some of some prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A top Justice Department official ordered the firing Friday of some prosecutors who were hired to work...
Trump administration moving to fire FBI agents involved in investigations of Trump, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trump administration officials are moving to fire FBI agents engaged in investigations involving President Donald Trump in...
Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump Justice Department said Monday that it had fired more than a dozen employees who worked...
Final chapter of the special counsel's Jan. 6 case against Trump is now public. Here's what to know
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Less than a week before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office, a report from special counsel...
Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden defends probes, denounces president's remarks in new report
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The criminal charges against Hunter Biden "were the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics," the...
Appeals court denies bid to block public release of special counsel's report on Trump Jan. 6 probe
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the public release of special counsel Jack Smith's...
Justice Department says it plans to release only part of special counsel's Trump report for now
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department says it will release special counsel Jack Smith's findings on Donald Trump's efforts to...
Justice Department ignored some policies when seizing reporters' phone records, watchdog finds
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records of reporters as part...
Trump chooses Pam Bondi for attorney general pick after Gaetz withdraws
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S...
Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for attorney general, averting confirmation battle in the Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Matt Gaetz withdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a...
Special counsel evaluating how to wind down two federal cases against Trump after presidential win
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Special counsel Jack Smith is evaluating how to wind down the two federal cases against Donald Trump...
Judge unseals heavily redacted trove of evidence in Trump's 2020 election interference case
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The judge overseeing Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case made public Friday a heavily redacted trove of...
Things to know about AP's report on the federal criminal cases against Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Donald Trump will conclude...
Things to know about AP's report on the federal criminal cases against former President Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Donald Trump will conclude...
This could have been a year of a federal court reckoning for Trump. Judges had other ideas
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The indictment charging Donald Trump with hoarding classified documents leveled one jaw-dropping allegation after another, including that...
Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having 'resorted to crimes'
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly...
Feds: Man accused in apparent assassination attempt left note indicating he intended to kill Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida...
Feds: Man accused in apparent assassination left note indicating he intended to kill Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida...
Feds: Man accused in apparent assassination left wrote note indicating he intended to kill Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida...
Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a new indictment against Donald Trump that keeps the same...
Hunter Biden seeks dismissal of tax, gun cases, citing decision to toss Trump's classified docs case
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss tax and gun cases against...
Judge's order dismissing Trump classified docs case won't be final word as long court fight awaits
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A judge's stunning decision to dismiss the classified documents case against Donald Trump brought an abrupt halt...