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Judge Appears Skeptical of Lawsuit Against Federal Bench in Maryland

13 août 2025 à 13:58
The spectacle of the White House suing an entire district court in the name of the United States of America underscored just how rancorous relations between the two branches had become.

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Judge Thomas T. Cullen, who normally sits in Roanoke, Va., is presiding over the case because all 15 federal judges in Maryland were named as defendants.
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Under Pressure by Trump, Mexico Sends 26 Accused Cartel Operatives to U.S.

12 août 2025 à 17:58
The transfer follows news that President Trump ordered the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels.

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White powder, purportedly finished fentanyl, at a Sinaloa Cartel fentanyl lab in Culiacán, Mexico, last year. The Mexican government has launched an aggressive crackdown against the cartel.
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Officials Move to Open Inquiry on Trump’s ‘Russia Hoax’ Grievance

Such an investigation would have to overcome a number of legal and practical hurdles, but an order by Attorney General Pam Bondi asking for a grand jury inquiry in Florida accomplishes political objectives.

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The decision by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the “Russia Hoax” comes at a time of increasing pressure on the Trump administration to produce more information about the F.B.I.’s files on Jeffrey Epstein.

Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders

4 août 2025 à 20:46
Legal experts say the actions causing concern from the bench could have a more systemic effect, eroding the healthy functioning of the courts.

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Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui recently pushed back against Justice Department prosecutors for trying to convince him that he needed to be “highly deferential” to their request to keep a search warrant sealed.

Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein Associate, Moved to Minimum-Security Women’s Prison in Texas

1 août 2025 à 12:03
The longtime Epstein associate, now serving a 20-year sentence, was relocated from a federal prison in Florida about a week after being interviewed by a Justice Department official.

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The federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved.

Virginia Giuffre’s Family Responds to Trump’s Claim That Epstein ‘Stole’ Her

31 juillet 2025 à 13:10
President Trump’s remarks raised questions about his knowledge of the crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, the family said in a statement.

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Virginia Giuffre, center, outside a Manhattan court in 2019.

Legal Watchdog Files Bar Complaints Against Justice Dept. Lawyers

31 juillet 2025 à 09:43
The move represented a rare attempt to seek accountability for rank-and-file lawyers who have represented the Trump administration in court.

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Judges across the country have repeatedly called out Justice Department lawyers for violating their orders and even for destroying the bonds of trust that the government has traditionally been afforded in court.
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