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Kash Patel has been replaced by Army Secretary Driscoll as acting head of the ATF, AP sources say
Read full article: Kash Patel has been replaced by Army Secretary Driscoll as acting head of the ATF, AP sources sayFBI Director Kash Patel was quietly removed weeks ago as the acting chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and has been replaced with the Army secretary.
Justice Department will disband its crypto-related enforcement team
Read full article: Justice Department will disband its crypto-related enforcement teamThe Justice Department is disbanding a team of prosecutors who targeted cryptocurrency crimes and is shifting its focus away from complex crypto-related cases involving banking and securities law.
Justice Department eyes combining ATF and DEA as part of broad restructuring
Read full article: Justice Department eyes combining ATF and DEA as part of broad restructuringJustice Department leadership is proposing cutting some offices and dramatically restructuring the department, including combining the two agencies responsible for enforcing drug and gun laws, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press.
Judge vows to determine if Trump administration ignored order blocking deportation flights
Read full article: Judge vows to determine if Trump administration ignored order blocking deportation flightsA federal judge examining the Trump administration’s use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador vows to determine whether the government defied his order to turn the planes around.
Senate confirms former Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general
Read full article: Senate confirms former Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche as deputy attorney generalThe Republican-led Senate has voted to confirm Todd Blanche as deputy attorney general, placing President Donald Trump’s former criminal defense attorney in a key Justice Department post at a time of turmoil in the agency.
Trump's former personal lawyer defends him at a Senate hearing and decries 'partisan lawfare'
Read full article: Trump's former personal lawyer defends him at a Senate hearing and decries 'partisan lawfare'President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Todd Blanche, criticized the criminal cases against the Republican as “partisan lawfare” during his confirmation hearing to become the No. 2 Justice Department official.
Who's the guy handing Trump those binders of executive orders? Meet Will Scharf
Read full article: Who's the guy handing Trump those binders of executive orders? Meet Will ScharfThose binders full of executive orders that President Donald Trump has been signing with a flourish in recent days don’t just magically appear before him.
Trump can still vote after sentencing, but can't own a gun and will have to turn over DNA sample
Read full article: Trump can still vote after sentencing, but can't own a gun and will have to turn over DNA samplePresident-elect Donald Trump doesn’t have to go to jail, pay a fine or perform community service as a result of his New York hush money conviction.
Appeals court rejects Trump's latest attempt to get Friday's hush money sentencing called off
Read full article: Appeals court rejects Trump's latest attempt to get Friday's hush money sentencing called offA New York appeals court judge has denied President-elect Donald Trump’s latest bid to delay this week’s sentencing in his hush money case.
Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases as court fight simmers
Read full article: Judge temporarily blocks release of special counsel report on Trump cases as court fight simmersA federal judge in Florida has temporarily blocked the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on investigations into Donald Trump, who says it would be a “fake report” anyway.
Trump’s lawyers allege juror misconduct in latest bid to get his hush money conviction dismissed
Read full article: Trump’s lawyers allege juror misconduct in latest bid to get his hush money conviction dismissedPresident-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers are alleging that his hush money conviction was tainted by juror misconduct, opening a new front in their fight to overturn the verdict and throw out the historic case.
Trump’s lawyers rebuff DA's idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it 'absurd'
Read full article: Trump’s lawyers rebuff DA's idea for upholding his hush money conviction, calling it 'absurd'President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers are again urging a judge to throw out his hush money conviction.
Donald Trump's lawyers urge judge to ignore prosecutors and dismiss hush money conviction
Read full article: Donald Trump's lawyers urge judge to ignore prosecutors and dismiss hush money convictionA day after New York prosecutors said they will fight efforts to dismiss Donald Trump’s hush money conviction, the president-elect’s lawyers urged a judge to ignore them and dispose of the case before he takes office in January.
Prosecutors oppose tossing Trump’s hush money conviction but are open to sentencing delay
Read full article: Prosecutors oppose tossing Trump’s hush money conviction but are open to sentencing delayNew York prosecutors oppose any effort to dismiss Trump’s hush money conviction, but say they are open to delaying sentencing until after his second term.
Trump rewards legal defense team, picks lawyer Todd Blanche as No. 2 Justice official
Read full article: Trump rewards legal defense team, picks lawyer Todd Blanche as No. 2 Justice officialPresident-elect Donald Trump has chosen Todd Blanche, an attorney who led the legal team that defended the Republican at his hush money criminal trial, to serve as the second-highest ranking Justice Department official.
Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump's conviction in hush money case
Read full article: Judge delays ruling on whether to scrap Trump's conviction in hush money caseA judge has postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction as prosecutors consider how to proceed in light of last week’s election and his lawyers argue for dismissal so he can run the country.
Judge in Trump's hush money case delays date for ruling on presidential immunity
Read full article: Judge in Trump's hush money case delays date for ruling on presidential immunityThe judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is pushing back a date for a key ruling on presidential immunity until two days before Trump’s scheduled sentencing.
Trump's lawyers ask judge to lift gag order imposed during New York trial
Read full article: Trump's lawyers ask judge to lift gag order imposed during New York trialDonald Trump’s lawyers are asking a New York judge to lift the gag order barring the former president from commenting about witnesses, jurors and others tied to the criminal case that led to his conviction for falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal.
Judge directs Michael Cohen to keep quiet about Trump ahead of his hush money trial testimony
Read full article: Judge directs Michael Cohen to keep quiet about Trump ahead of his hush money trial testimonyThe judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money trial has warned prosecutors to get their star witness, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, to stop his taunting posts and jabs at Trump.
Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial
Read full article: Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trialPorn actor Stormy Daniels has testified at Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial about a sexual encounter she says they had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid off to keep silent during the presidential election a decade later.
Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news tools
Read full article: Without cameras to go live, the Trump trial is proving the potency of live blogs as news toolsWith cameras not allowed at former President Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York, live news blogs are coming into their own as an important news tool.
Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election case
Read full article: Trump loses bid to halt Jan. 6 lawsuits while he fights criminal charges in the 2020 election caseDonald Trump has lost a bid to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack, while the former president fights his 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington.