Top Justice officials who played key roles in January 6 cases now leading ‘weaponization’ review
Emil Bove sat in lower Manhattan, watching on television as a pro-Trump mob invaded the US Capitol, violently attacking police and temporarily causing Congress to suspend its certification of Joe ...
New Leaders of Justice Dept. Move to Assert Control Over Agency
The department’s No. 2 official, Emil Bove, escalated his conflict with the interim leaders of the F.B.I., accusing them of ...
Fiery Directives Under Trump’s Justice Dept. Signal a Significant Shift
The new tone of the department, current and former officials say, appears to promise a campaign of intimidation against ...
Top Justice Department official accuses FBI leadership of ‘insubordination’ over January 6 inquiry
The acting deputy attorney general accused FBI leadership of “insubordination” by refusing to identify a “core team” of ...
Justice Department says it won’t release the names of FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 riot cases
The Justice Department has agreed to refrain from publicly identifying any FBI agents whose conduct is under review as ...
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Justice Department orders FBI purge, review of staff who touched Jan. 6 cases
“I do not believe the current leadership of the Justice Department can trust these FBI employees to assist in implementing the President’s agenda faithfully,” Bove wrote. The Justice ...
FBI gives Trump Justice Department names of employees who worked on January 6 cases, ending standoff
The FBI has provided the Justice Department with names of employees who worked on January 6-related cases after a new demand ...
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Justice Department changes rattle current and former agency veterans
In little more than a week, the Trump administration has fired people who prosecuted the president and reassigned other ...
Democrats seek answers on FBI, Justice Dept. ousters, say purge may expand
The Justice Department and FBI have removed senior leaders and prosecutors and are reviewing agents’ work. Experts say some ...