Ed Martin may have finally found his calling: He will lead a made-up sounding organization to investigate imagined abuses of power. But while Martin’s new job may feel fake, the dangers posed by it are very real. After flaming out […]
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The U.S. Attorney’s X account posted a statement from Edward R. Martin, Jr. calling himself President Donald Trump’s lawyer and wading into the AP lawsuit. Source link Barbara McQuade
A close read of this disturbing new statement from Trump's top D.C. prosecutor Read More »
A criminal case is not a chit. It’s not something you trade in exchange for political favors. Perhaps the always-transactional President Donald Trump does not understand the importance of keeping the Department of Justice independent from partisan politics. But Attorney
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The FBI’s quick decision Wednesday to investigate the New Orleans vehicle ramming on Bourbon Street as a terrorist attack demonstrates the importance of an FBI director with knowledge, experience and judgment. Christopher Wray, the FBI’s director, made that decision after
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Special counsel Jack Smith filed a motion with the trial court in the District of Columbia to dismiss the Jan. 6 election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, kicking up a flurry of questions — namely, why would
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And our next contestant is: Pam Bondi. On Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Florida’s former top prosecutor to serve as America’s 87th attorney general. The announcement came just hours after (the very recently retired) Rep. Matt Gaetz announced he was
Trump’s new AG pick Pam Bondi is better than Matt Gaetz. Is that enough? Read More »
Following the 2024 U.S. presidential election results, it would appear that truth is on life support. For the voters who are devasted by a return of Donald Trump to the White House, the mourning includes not just an electoral loss,
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UPDATE (Sept. 18, 2024, 5:23 p.m. E.T.): On Wednesday afternoon, Sean Combs lost his appeal of Tuesday’s bail hearing and was ordered to remain in jail. The pretrial detention of Sean Combs shows that in federal court, bail is not based on
Sean Diddy Combs’ bail hearing ended with jail. Here’s why. Read More »
Why? And why now? Those were the first questions that sprang to mind Tuesday, when the Justice Department unsealed a criminal complaint charging six leaders of Hamas for their roles in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack in Israel that
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