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Donald Trump floated recycled false 2020 election claims during a national address Thursday night.

Kash Patel fired two FBI intelligence analysts that refused to join the investigation into Georgia elections.

The Justice Department finally shared evidence with Minnesota law enforcement 6 months after the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Todd Blanche sat for his confirmation hearing before the senate judiciary committee and testified that his justice department does not target political enemies.

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FBI Director Kash Patel has been demanding special perks from Bureau employees during his taxpayer-funded travels throughout the country, including helicopter tours and jet ski excursions.

US Attorney Andrew Boutros agrees to pay the attorney’s fees for the Broadview Six in a bid to avoid discovery as the codefendants seek a special prosecutor to investigate the Justice Department.

The Harris County DA says federal authorities have sidelined local officials from investigating the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE agents in Houston.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will face confirmation hearings this we...

Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte has begun firing dozens of intelligence officials as he installs an election denier as his Chief of Staff.

The Justice Department accidentally sent three copies of Volume II of Jack Smith's final report to the defense attorneys of the woman they charged with emailing herself Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report.

Kash Patel has sent over 250 FBI personnel to Atlanta to assist in an investigation into the 2020 election in Georgia.

Former CIA Chief John Brennan has sued the government to preserve records regarding the gr...

A federal judge throws out Justice Department subpoenas of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey calling them “blatantly unlawful.”

The full DC Circuit Court of Appeals panel will hear arguments over Judge Boasberg’s contempt inquiry into CECOT deportations.

Former IRS officials call for a Miami judge to scrutinize Trump's “breathtakingly improper” immunity from tax audits as part of the Justice Department’s anti-weaponization slush fund settlement.

The Director of National Intelligence commissioned two reports on voting machine accuracy that show no votes were flipped in 2020 but the White House is blocking...

FBI Director Kash Patel may be operating a secret slush fund of taxpayer dollars to pay loyalist agents.

Trump urges Republicans to postpone Jay Clayton confirmation hearings as leverage to pass his voter suppression bill

The Trump Administration weighed suspending habeas corpus and invoking the Insurrection Act after being frustrated by the courts.

Fifteen protestors in Minnesota have been charged with conspiracy to impede ICE officers during Operation Metro Surge.

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Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte has begun firing dozens of intelligence officials as he installs an election denier as his Chief of Staff.

The Justice Department accidentally sent three copies of Volume II of Jack Smith's final report to the defense attorneys of the woman they charged with emailing herself Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report.

Kash Patel has sent over 250 FBI personnel to Atlanta to assist in an investigation into the 2020 election in Georgia.

Former CIA Chief John Brennan has sued the government to preserve records regarding the gr...

A federal judge has indefinitely blocked the $1.776B slush fund and has given Todd Blanche and the Treasury Secretary one week to rescind the fund in writing

Todd Blanche petitioned the courts to release Epstein grand jury material as a diversion tactic after meeting with White House officials in the Situation Room to discuss how to protect Donald Trump.

President Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, to be the next Director of National Intelligence.

Newly released transcripts reveal improprieties during the Broadview Six grand jury...

President Trump says he’ll nominate Todd Blanche as Attorney General, and has named Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence.

A federal judge has re-opened the case that led to the slush fund settlement to investigate possible collusion and a fraud on the court as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies he’ll drop the fund but not the Trump family tax immunity.

John Bolton takes a plea deal for one felony count of mishandling national defense information.

Amid personnel changes at the Justice Department and the Pentagon, 2020 Election Denier Kurt Olse...

The justice department is defending the fact that it deleted January 6th press releases from its website. 

The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a motion to dismiss its fraud charges on vindictive prosecution grounds.

President Biden is suing the Department of Justice over audio recordings from his memoir project.

The US Attorney in DC quietly shutters the autopen investigation into the former president.

The DoJ has opened a criminal investigation into a non profit tied to writer E. Jean Carroll.

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The Department of Justice has established a $1.8B “anti-weaponization fund” after Trump dropped his lawsuit against the IRS.

A former federal prosecutor has been indicted for sending herself copies of Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report.

A federal judge has dismissed the charges against Kilmar Ábrego García on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds.

The Justice Department has dropped all remaining charges against the Broadview 6 after a grand jury transcript showed gross misconduct.

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On Wednesday, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia Bar over its efforts to discipline Trump Administration lawyers.

Kash Patel was caught falsifying Bureau statistics to boost his record of arrests in the face of congressional criticism for his alleged drinking habit.

New York’s Attorney Grievance Committee found “sufficient basis for a finding of professional misconduct” against disqualified US Attorney John Sarcone III.

A Trump appointed judge has accused the Justice Department of appalling and unsettling behavior in a case over subpoenas for patient information regarding gender affirming care.<...

The FBI is investigating the Atlantic reporter who wrote a detailed story of Director Kash Patel’s alleged heavy drinking and erratic behavior.

Patel even ordered polygraphs for nearly two dozen staff members looking for leaks.

A second federal judge has blocked the Department of Justice from accessing data seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson.

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith spoke at a private event last month saying Trump has corrupted the Justice Department, and that it’s become difficult to track the number of times judges have accused DOJ officials of dish...

Two government watchdogs are suing the Justice Department over its Office of Legal Counsel memo that declares the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional.

The US Attorney in the Eastern District of North Carolina has filed charges against James Comey for sharing a photo of seashells that spell out 8647.

The Government Accountability Office and the Office of the Inspector General are investigating the Department of Justice's compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. 

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was not designated a National Special Security Event by the US Secret Service.

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The Justice Department has filed charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center which appears to contain serious legal defects.

A judge tosses Kash Patel’s defamation lawsuit against former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi

The FBI is said to have investigated a New York Times reporter who wrote an article about Kash Patel’s girlfriend.

Todd Blanche has tapped Joe DiGenova to take over the investigation into ex CIA chief John Brennan and others.

The Justice Department has agreed to pay $1.25 million to Carter Page for the investigation into him...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has referred the Ukraine whistleblower and the Inspector General to the Department of Justice for prosecution.

A top prosecutor has been removed from the John Brennan investigation in Miami after she suggested the case was going nowhere

The Justice Department’s Weaponization Working group has released its first report which accuses the Biden administration of improperly prosecuting anti-abortion protestors.

US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro has filed a Motion to Vacate the seditious conspiracy charges against the Oath Keepers “in the interest of justice.”

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says that only Donald Trump knows why Pam Bondi was fired from the Justice Department.

Stanley Woodward could be leaving the Department of Justice to be replaced by current Civil Rights Division Chief Harmeet Dhillon.

The Department of Justice presses for its own search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s phone.

The Civil Rights Division is investigating Cassidy Hutchinson for lying to Congress.

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Pam Bondi has been fired and Todd Blanche becomes the Acting Attorney General as the President weighs a replacement.

Federal District Judge Amit Mehta has allowed a consolidated civil suit against Trump for his role in the January 6th attack on the Capitol to advance.

Trump’s Justice Department quietly dropped 23,000 criminal investigations in its shift to immigration cases.

The Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel has penned a memo declaring that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional.

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Hackers linked to Iran have breached FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal emails.

Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a Jack Smith progress memo to Congress outlining Trump's motive for illegally retaining classified documents.

A top deputy to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro acknowledged in a closed-door hearing this month that the Justice Department did not have evidence of wrongdoing in its criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Legal experts are stunned after a federal judge catches DOJ lawyers using artificial intelligence to write briefs.

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A federal judge has issued a new rule requiring Jeanine Pirro to notify the court when she fails to get a grand jury to bring charges.

Jim Comey has been subpoenaed in the sprawling criminal probe against ex-CIA chief John Brennan in Judge Aileen Cannon’s district.

Attorney General Pam Bondi attempts to flout a deposition subpoena from the House Oversight Committee in the Epstein Files investigation.

The Department of Justice has suspended minimum work requirements for hiring attorneys.

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Justice Department Pardon Attorney and former Weaponization Czar and associate deputy attorney general Ed Martin is under investigation by the Bar Association in the District of Columbia. Former Pardon Attorney, Liz Oyer, joins us to discuss.

The Justice Department has proposed a new rule that would allow Attorney General Pam Bondi to suspend bar association investigations into DOJ lawyers. (Voice your objection here.)

A federal grand jury has subpoenaed Arizona 2020 voting records as the Trump Administration pushes to consolidate election power.

An Assistant US Attorney in North Carolina quit in the courtroom over...

The House Oversight Committee voted 24 - 19 to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi in their Epstein files investigation.

US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro quietly closes an investigation into President Biden for his use of the autopen after failing to establish a case.

A longtime Justice Department employee has been arrested and charged in a child pornography case.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has rescinded former Attorney General Merrick Garland’s restrictions on no-knock warrants.

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Senator Mark Kelly wins a preliminary injunction that will stop the Defense Department’s disciplinary process in its tracks.

Judge Aileen Cannon decides to hide Jack Smith’s report on the MAL investigation from the public permanently.

The list of Department of Justice failures in court continues to grow.

Kash Patel has the best work day at the Olympics ever.

Virginia Burger joins Andy to break down the situation around Senator Mark Kelly.

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The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sets arguments for late June in the bid to release Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report.

A Minnesota judge holds a justice department attorney in contempt for failing to comply with a court order.

Some leading defense lawyers have created a tool to track Justice Department cases that involve irregular charging practices.

The Justice Department acknowledges violating dozens of recent court orders in New Jersey.

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Jeanine Pirro gets shut out by a federal grand jury trying to indict six members of Congress for their video asking military members to disregard illegal orders.

Judges in the Northern District appointed Donald Kinsella US attorney to replace John Sarcone, and Todd Blanche promptly fired him.

Former Special Counsel Deputy in Jack Smith’s office, JP Cooney, is running for Congress in Virginia.

A federal judge has blocked Trump's effort to transfer 20 former death row inmates commuted by President Biden to the notorious ADX Supermax Prison.

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The Department of Justice is buckling under the weight of immigration cases causing a DOJ lawyer in Minneapolis to ask a judge to hold her in contempt just so she can get some sleep.

Former January 6th prosecutors have drafted a memo advising Congress on how to investigate DHS use of force and the murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

The Trump Administration plans to ramp up its retribution against political foes as the Weaponization Czar Ed Martin is removed for leaking grand jury material.

Tusli Gabbard joins FBI agents on a...

The FBI executed a search warrant on the Fulton County Georgia Election Offices with Director of National Intelligence Tusli Gabbard in tow.

Four journalists including Don Lemon were arrested by the Justice Department and charged with conspiracy against rights and threat of force to impede religious freedom

The US Attorney’s office in Minneapolis is in crisis over concerns that they were being asked to execute orders that went against the department’s mission and best practices.

AG: and members of the Pulitzer Prize Board have sued Donald Trump for documents and communications surr...

The FBI opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Renee Good in Minneapolis but Trump administration officials quickly shut it down.

The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division has pivoted to investigating discrimination against white people

Judge Engelmayer has denied the letter motion filed by Representatives Khanna and Massie to appoint a Special Master over the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Two whistleblowers have uncovered an internal DHS memo instructing ICE agents to enter homes without a proper warrant.

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The Department of Justice faces mass resignations from the Civil Rights Division and the Minneapolis US Attorney’s office over the handling of the killing of Renee Nicole Good.

Judge Engelmayer asks the parties for briefing on whether he has jurisdiction to appoint a special master, and whether Congressmen Khanna and Massie have standing to ask for one.

Jack Smith has agreed to testify publicly this week as experts debunk claims that he infringed on Donald Trump’s free speech.

President Trump is becoming disillusioned with Attorney General Pam Bondi and wants to crea...

Minnesota leaders push for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to be included in the FBI's investigation into the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.

DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s federal indictment of the alleged pipe bomber may have come too late to be within the federal statute of limitations.

As expected, a federal judge has ruled that the Trump-appointed US Attorney in the Northern District of New York was unlawfully appointed, and a separate judge has ordered Lindsey Halligan to address why her name is still appearing on indictments in the Eastern District of...

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Lawyers for former CIA Chief John Brennan have written to the Chief Judge in the Southern District of Florida accusing the Justice Department of forum shopping.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Trump does not have the authority to deploy the National Guard under title 10 USC section 12406.

The Justice Department issues a memo asking assistant US Attorneys to work through the holidays to redact the Epstein files as they claim to have found a million new documents.

The White House has taken over the Justice Department communications on social media.

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The Department of Justice has announced that it will not be releasing all of the Epstein files as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, but will instead release them on a rolling basis.

Jack Smith testified for 8 hours behind closed doors in front of the House Judiciary Committee, saying that he amassed powerful evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump violated the law.

Co-Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he will leave his position at the FBI next month.

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The Department of Justice has failed to indict New York attorney Letitia James for a third time, as Daniel Richman wins a motion blocking his emails from being accessed by the government.

Main Justice has filed a motion to block the testimony of whistleblower Erez Reuveni and DOJ lawyer Drew Ensign in the Alien Enemies Act contempt proceedings before DC District Judge Boasberg. 

Judge Xinis accuses the Justice Department of misleading the court in an order for the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and issued a follow on temporary restraining order blocking his re-arrest.

The Department of Justice failed to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges. 

The FBI has arrested and charged a suspect for the pipe bombs placed at the DNC and RNC on January 5th, 2021.

Jim Jordan has subpoenaed Jack Smith to appear behind closed doors after rejecting the Special Counsel’s request to testify before the House Judiciary Committee publicly.

Kash Patel faces more scrutiny about his personal use of public resources after ordering an FBI detail to give his girlfriend’s inebriated friend a ride home after a night...

The cases against Jim Comey and Letitia James have been dismissed by a judge who found that Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed.

News outlets are reporting that President Trump is weighing removing Kash Patel from his position as director of the FBI, but the administration denies those claims.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the dismissal of Trump's 2022 lawsuit against Hillary Clinton et al, and allows the $1M sanctions fine to stand.

The FBI has opened an investigation into six members of Congress for reminding active duty service members...

Judge Nachmanoff is tying up loose ends in the Jim Comey case by asking for final briefs on handing all the grand jury materials over to defense counsel after Judge Fitzpatrick laid out the particularized grounds that could topple the government’s case.

A Department of Defense JAG lawyer was overruled by the Department of Justice over the legality of the lethal boat strikes in the Caribbean.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says in a press conference that the Justice Department will “follow the law” when it comes to releasing the Epstein files pursuant to the bill p...

The judge reviewing the legality of Lindsay Halligan's appointment in the Comey and James cases said that a chunk of the grand jury transcripts and recordings are missing.

The Department of Justice WCADAGPA Ed Martin announced pardons for all the co-conspirators and electors in the 2020 fraudulent elector scheme.

The Continuing Resolution to fund the government includes a provision allowing the 8 Senators whose phone records were subpoenaed by Jack Smith to seek at least $500K in damages from the government.

A criminal investigation into Russian Intelligence Community Assessment from 2016 has resulted in over 30 subpoenas...

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.

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