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Justice Dept. Seeks Censure of Judge Boasberg, Widening Fight With Judiciary

Par :Jonathan Wolfe
A complaint said Judge James E. Boasberg, who has clashed with the Trump administration over deportation plans, made “improper public comments” about President Trump in a closed-door judicial conference.

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Judge James E. Boasberg in 2023.
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After Ghislaine Maxwell Interview, Concerns Mount Over Possibility of a Trump Pardon

Par :Glenn Thrush and Valerie Crowder
President Trump, asked whether he would consider pardoning her, said, “I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I haven’t thought about.”

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Justice Department officials on Friday interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein’s, in Florida, where she is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.
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Gabbard’s Attacks on Obama Put the Attorney General in a Tough Spot

Par :Glenn Thrush and Julian E. Barnes
The director of national intelligence gave the Justice Department little warning before she demanded an investigation.

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Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, spoke to reporters at the White House on Wednesday.
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How a Frantic Scouring of the Epstein Files Consumed the Justice Dept.

Par :Adam Goldman and Alan Feuer
There was a single goal in mind: find something — anything — that could be released to the public to satisfy President Trump’s supporters.

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Justice Department officials diverted hundreds of F.B.I. employees and federal prosecutors from their regular duties to go through the Jeffrey Epstein files at least four times — including once to flag any references to President Trump and other prominent figures.
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Justice Dept. Announces Task Force to Assess ‘Weaponization’ of Intelligence

Par :Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer
The move demonstrates President Trump’s determination to deploy the powers of federal law enforcement to pursue a campaign of retribution against those who once sought to hold him accountable.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to use a so-called strike force is the latest in a succession of the Justice Department’s efforts to repurpose existing entities to suit the president’s political dictates.
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Trump’s Attempts to Change the Topic From Epstein: A Timeline

Par :Chris Cameron
President Trump has tried to attack, deflect and deny his way past the Jeffrey Epstein saga. He’s had less success than usual.

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Mr. Trump at a reception at the White House on Tuesday. He has tried to distract from the outcry over his administration’s handling of the Epstein files.
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Bondi Told Trump His Name Appeared in Epstein Files

Par :Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush
It was not clear what those documents were, or in what context the president’s name was raised.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi with President Donald J. Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House earlier this month.
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How Epstein Has Consumed Washington, From the White House to Congress and Beyond

Par :Luke Broadwater
The case of Jeffrey Epstein, sex offender and former friend of the president, has blown up into a major headache for the White House.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi has repeatedly overpromised and underdelivered releases of information on the Epstein case.
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Judge Denies Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts in Florida

Par :Zach Montague and Seamus Hughes
The president and his subordinates, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, have come under enormous pressure to release further details about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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Jeffrey Epstein appeared in court in West Palm Beach, Fla., in 2008.
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Judges Order Trump Administration to Submit Epstein Transcripts With Proposed Redactions

Par :Benjamin Weiser
Federal judges responded to a request from the attorney general to release grand jury transcripts from cases against Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2005.
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Justice Dept. Reaches Out to Ghislaine Maxwell, a Longtime Epstein Associate

Par :Glenn Thrush · Mike Baker and Alan Feuer
The latest effort by Trump subordinates is intended to quell a political crisis precipitated by the department’s announcement that it would not release more files related to the Epstein investigation.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi announced earlier this month that she was shutting down an investigation into the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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An Accuser’s Story Suggests How Trump Might Appear in the Epstein Files

Par :Mike Baker and Michael S. Schmidt
A former Jeffrey Epstein employee said that she told the F.B.I. in 1996 and 2006 about what she considered a troubling encounter with Donald J. Trump.

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Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s club in Palm Beach, Fla., in 1997.
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Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein

Par :Alan Feuer and Matthew Goldstein
For nearly 15 years, the two men socialized together in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Fla., before a falling out that preceded Mr. Epstein’s first arrest.

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Mar-a-Lago in March 1996.
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Trump Administration Requests Release of Epstein Grand Jury Records. What’s Next?

Par :Mattathias Schwartz
The records are at the center of President Trump’s effort to manage fallout from the Epstein case. But unsealing them is complex and requires a judge to sign off.

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The Justice Department has formally filed two petitions in the Southern District of New York seeking to unseal grand jury records in the Jeffrey Epstein case.
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When It Comes to Jeffrey Epstein, Trump Says He Is Ready to Defer to the Courts

Par :Mattathias Schwartz
After months of pushing back against federal judges and the courts, the president has requested the release of Epstein-related grand jury testimony to be “subject to Court approval.”

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President Trump at the White House this week. He asked the attorney general on Thursday to seek the court’s permission to release pertinent grand jury materials relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s indictment for sex trafficking.
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Trump Tells Bondi to Seek Release of Epstein Grand Jury Testimony

Par :Glenn Thrush
The attorney general plans to ask a court to release the papers. But even if the request succeeds, it would fall far short of critics’ demands to release all investigative materials.

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“We are ready to move the court tomorrow to unseal the grand jury transcripts,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said on social media.
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Trump’s Plan to Reopen Alcatraz Appears to Move Forward With Officials’ Visit

Par :Heather Knight
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a federal prison could work.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi, center, after visiting Alcatraz Island on Thursday.
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Justice Dept. Asks California Sheriffs for Names of Undocumented Inmates

Par :Jesus Jiménez
An A.C.L.U. lawyer said it was possible that any sheriff who complied with the request could be in violation of California’s so-called sanctuary state law.

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Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County, third from right, with deputies in Altadena, Calif., in January. His agency signaled it would not honor a request the Justice Department’s request for the names of noncitizen inmates.
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Even After Bondi Gains Trump’s Backing, Her Survival Remains an Open Question

Par :Glenn Thrush
The sustained backlash has exposed the hazards of the attorney general’s focus on courting President Trump, with the assumption that he maintains the total backing of his base.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Oval Office in April.
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Justice Dept. to Move Ahead With Bribery Case Against Cuellar

Par :Glenn Thrush
The decision to sustain the prosecution of the Texas Democrat stands in contrast to the department’s decisions to drop or downgrade investigations of Trump allies or those he deems politically useful.

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Representative Henry Cuellar, Democrat of Texas, was accused of bribery and money laundering on behalf of an oil and gas company owned by Azerbaijan’s leaders.
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