Claire Finkelstein says Comey will likely fight his indictment over a social media post critical of Trump.
US President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is using the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday to try to pressure preservationists to drop their lawsuit over his planned US$400 million ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the White House. “It’s time to build the ballroom,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said plainly on Sunday on social media, posting a letter in which Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate gave the National Trust for Historic...
The announcement on Friday is expected to clear the path for the confirmation of his successor, Kevin Warsh.
President Donald Trump had accused Powell of improper cost overruns in renovating the Fed's building.
The US Justice Department has ended its probe into Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell, clearing a major roadblock to the confirmation of his successor, Kevin Warsh. US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeannine Pirro said on X on Friday that her office was ending its probe into the Fed’s extensive building renovations because the Fed’s inspector general would scrutinise them instead. The decision ends an investigation, one of several undertaken by the Justice Department into President...
The justice department's inspector general will review the withholding and overdue release of secret files.
Ruling is latest loss for Trump administration, which has sought access to state voter data ahead of the US midterms.
Critics warn that Trump could arrange his own settlement by negotiating with a US Justice Department under his control.
Former US attorney general Pam Bondi does not plan to appear for a planned interview with a House of Representatives committee on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files following her firing by US President Donald Trump, the Justice Department told Congress on Wednesday. Bondi was subpoenaed last month to testify in her formal role as attorney general, rendering the demand invalid now that she no longer holds that title, a Justice Department official wrote in a letter to the House Oversight...
Pam Bondi was fired by Trump, with the president saying she would be 'transitioning' to a new role in the private sector