The Justice Department plans to eliminate 541 of the estimated 800 investigators responsible for determining whether federal dealers are following federal law and regulations.
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.
Political appointments inherently take into consideration loyalty to the president or the party. But expanding those types of questions to the career civil service is a significant departure.
President Trump’s plan has long been to replace career civil service employees, whom he refers to as the “deep state,” with workers who are more in line with his agenda and have an allegiance to him.
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers accused the Trump administration of spending months “engaged in an elaborate, all-of-government effort to defy court orders.”
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers accused the Trump administration of spending months “engaged in an elaborate, all-of-government effort to defy court orders.”
Top leaders at the Justice Department and the F.B.I. are struggling to fulfill Trump campaign promises often rooted in misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Top leaders at the Justice Department and the F.B.I. are struggling to fulfill Trump campaign promises often rooted in misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Dan Bongino, the deputy director of the F.B.I., have been tasked with making good on promises to reveal deep-state secrets — or at least show how hard they are trying.
For the nearly three months before the Justice Department secured an indictment against the man, it had repeatedly flouted a series of court orders to “facilitate” his release from El Salvador.
For the nearly three months before the Justice Department secured an indictment against the man, it had repeatedly flouted a series of court orders to “facilitate” his release from El Salvador.
Jack Posobiec and several other conservative influencers were offered a preview of the so-called Epstein files, hours before they were released publicly by Attorney General Pam Bondi, in February.