Trump’s DOJ resorts to threatening Congress to avoid contempt charges
In an attempt to avoid being held in contempt, Trump’s Justice Department committed even more obstruction of justice.
By Emily Singer - May 08, 2019In an attempt to avoid being held in contempt, Trump’s Justice Department committed even more obstruction of justice.
By Emily Singer - May 08, 2019The administration is trying to equate violent white supremacists, a real and growing threat, with the made-up category of ‘black identity extremists.’
By Oliver Willis - May 03, 2019The Trump administration is insisting that the courts rip health insurance away from 20 million Americans.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 02, 2019The Trump DOJ went ahead and adopted the view of Trump’s personal legal team.
By Lisa Needham - April 10, 2019The cover-up continues.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 04, 2019The DOJ is defending Trump’s right to block people, even as they agree that he uses Twitter to make official government proclamations.
By Lisa Needham - March 27, 2019Rep. Pramila Jayapal shut down Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker after he lied about Trump’s family separation policy.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 08, 2019Trump’s acting attorney general sure doesn’t seem to want to tell Congress the whole truth.
By Oliver Willis - February 07, 2019As the DOJ’s Russia probe ramped up in 2018, Trump’s authoritarian impulses reached alarming new levels — and the GOP was there to help every step of the way.
By Caroline Orr - December 28, 2018A federal judge permanently enjoined the federal government from enforcing policies that essentially barred domestic and gang violence victims from seeking asylum.
By Lisa Needham - December 19, 2018Former DOJ attorney Gianfranco De Girolamo says Trump’s attacks on immigration judges undermines the work of the Justice Department.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 27, 2018Former White House counsel John Dean said even Richard Nixon would tell Trump ‘he’s going too far’ by trying to weaponize the DOJ against his political rivals.
By Caroline Orr - November 21, 2018Trump has installed his crony and apologist Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general — but Maryland is challenging the legality of Whitaker’s appointment in federal court.
By Oliver Willis - November 13, 2018Trump is making a federal case — literally — about a less-than-flattering anonymous editorial.
By Kaili Joy Gray - September 07, 2018Trump is in ‘the worst mood of his presidency,’ and reportedly spent Labor Day weekend calling friends to rant about Christopher Wray, the man he personally chose to lead the FBI.
By Caroline Orr - September 05, 2018It’s now part of the official government record that Trump is a liar.
By Caroline Orr - August 01, 2018Former CIA Director Michael Hayden says Friday’s indictments lay the groundwork to bring charges against a ‘widening circle’ of co-conspirators.
By Caroline Orr - July 14, 2018The Trump administration is asking the courts for more time to return the children it stole from parents at the border, highlighting the cruelty underlying their anti-family policy.
By Oliver Willis - July 06, 2018Trump says his cruel border crackdown is needed to stop drug cartels and gangs — but federal prosecutors say his approach is diverting resources they need to combat drug smuggling.
By Caroline Orr - June 23, 2018A career DOJ official is resigning after the Trump administration announced it would no longer defend the Affordable Care Act’s protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions.
By Caroline Orr - June 13, 2018Devin Nunes is about to find out the hard way that his calls to investigate the investigators are not a one-way street.
By Caroline Orr - June 12, 2018The Trump DOJ just put an estimated 52 million Americans with pre-existing conditions at risk of losing health insurance coverage.
By Caroline Orr - June 08, 2018Former federal prosecutor John Flannery says ‘it may be criminal’ that the White House sent Trump’s personal lawyer to a classified briefing on the Russia investigation Thursday.
By Caroline Orr - May 24, 2018In what appears to be an incredible abuse of power, Trump’s personal lawyer Emmet Flood reportedly attended Thursday’s classified briefing, where the DOJ presented evidence from its investigation into Trump.
By Caroline Orr - May 24, 2018No one can come up a legitimate reason for why Devin Nunes and Trey Gowdy are receiving a private briefing on classified documents related to the Russia investigation two hours before they’re scheduled to attend a second briefing with Democrats.
By Caroline Orr - May 24, 2018Senior FBI and intelligence officials are warning that Devin Nunes’ demand for documents related to the Russia probe endangers the lives of confidential sources.
By Caroline Orr - May 09, 2018Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is not backing down in the face of attacks from Trump’s congressional allies.
By Caroline Orr - May 01, 2018The Trump administration’s hostility toward the free press gets worse and worse.
By Tommy Christopher - April 29, 2018Attorney General Jeff Sessions refused to say whether he’d resign — or do anything at all — if Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
By Caroline Orr - April 25, 2018Less than 24 hours after Trump called the Russia probe a ‘hoax,’ his own DOJ made clear just how real it is.
By Caroline Orr - April 19, 2018