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Trump Administration Quietly Seeks to Build National Voter Roll Using State Data

9 septembre 2025 à 05:02
In a quest to bolster a long-running claim from President Trump concerning undocumented immigrants illegally voting, the Justice Department is seeking detailed voter roll data from over 30 states.

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Poll workers at a Las Vegas voting site in November. A Justice Department official said all 50 states would eventually receive requests for voter roll data, according to notes of a meeting.
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Former F.B.I. Spy Hunter Compromised China Inquiry, Watchdog Says

4 septembre 2025 à 17:03
The Justice Department’s inspector general disclosed new details about the extent of misconduct by a top F.B.I. counterintelligence official, Charles McGonigal.

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Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty in 2023 to working secretly for a Russian oligarch and to other crimes, and is now serving a six-and-half-year prison sentence.

Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Lisa Cook, Elevating Trump’s Claims

4 septembre 2025 à 14:12
The move was instigated by Ed Martin, a Trump loyalist who has said it is legitimate for officials to publicly air criminal investigations into people targeted by the president.

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President Trump has been trying to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, over allegations that she falsified bank documents to obtain favorable terms on a mortgage.

Emil Bove Continued to Work at Justice Dept. After Judicial Confirmation

29 août 2025 à 08:56
The code of conduct for federal judges does not appear to apply to Mr. Bove, who has yet to be sworn in. But his continued presence at the department has raised eyebrows.

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Emil Bove III was narrowly confirmed last month to serve on a powerful appeals court judgeship.

John Bolton Inquiry Eyes Emails Obtained by Foreign Government

It is not clear what country intercepted Mr. Bolton’s private emails, but the investigation into President Trump’s former national security adviser picked up momentum under the Biden administration.

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An F.B.I. agent leaving with a box from John R. Bolton’s home in Bethesda, Md., last week.

Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

27 août 2025 à 10:32
It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who were assigned to bring charges against those arrested after President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents to Washington.

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Sean C. Dunn, left, who was later arrested, interacting with Border Patrol and F.B.I. agents in Washington this month.

Justice Dept. Broadens Inquiry Into Key Players in Russia Investigation

26 août 2025 à 18:25
It is the latest effort by President Trump and his allies to impugn the Russia investigation, which the president sees as having been a partisan witch hunt.

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The premise of the new inquiry is that classified documents related to the Russia investigation were mishandled at F.B.I. headquarters in downtown Washington, where the director and his senior aides work.

House Republicans Seek Review of D.C. Crime Data

25 août 2025 à 14:26
A G.O.P. request for information and interviews comes amid Trump administration claims that crime in the capital is worse than it appears.

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Earlier this month, the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into the city’s crime figures, according to people familiar with the matter.

In Washington Crackdown, Making a Federal Case Out of Low-Level Arrests

24 août 2025 à 15:42
A single afternoon in court illustrated the new ways in which laws are being enforced after President Trump’s takeover of the city’s police.

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Law enforcement officials searching a car after a traffic stop in Washington last week. President Donald Trump has cast his crackdown on crime as a success, and suggested on Friday that it was a blueprint he would seek to apply to other cities, including Chicago.

F.B.I. Searches Home and Office of John Bolton, Ex-Trump Adviser

22 août 2025 à 16:14
An investigation seeks to determine whether Mr. Bolton illegally shared or possessed classified information, according to two people familiar with the case.

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Journalists outside the home of John R. Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser, in Bethesda, Md.

F.B.I. Plans to Lower Recruiting Standards, Alarming Agents

21 août 2025 à 15:58
The plan appears to be part of a broader effort to shift the agency’s focus from tracking national security threats to fighting crime.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Instead of spending about 18 weeks training at the academy in Quantico, Va., a new group of agents will receive eight weeks.
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