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Showing posts with label Department of Justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Department of Justice. Show all posts
Thursday, September 3, 2026
DOJ says states must report all undocumented immigrants — or lose federal funds - POLITICO
Previous efforts to force states' hands have failed in court...
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Monday, August 31, 2026
Prosecutorial Indiscretion (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)
The Legal Accountability Center filed bar complaints on Tuesday accusing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and two lieutenants of violating their ethical duties in seeking to charge six Democratic lawmakers.
A federal judge has re-blocked the Trump administration’s executive order curtailing mail in voting after the Supreme Court lifted her previous block last week.
Three journalists dismissed from Stars and Stripes are suing the Pentagon accusing the government of violating their First Amendment rights and asking the courts to stop their termination.
Two election monitors from the Justice Department tried to interview voters and examine voting machines at polling places during Wyoming’s primaries last week, drawing pushback from the state’s Republican governor.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
A federal judge has re-blocked the Trump administration’s executive order curtailing mail in voting after the Supreme Court lifted her previous block last week.
Three journalists dismissed from Stars and Stripes are suing the Pentagon accusing the government of violating their First Amendment rights and asking the courts to stop their termination.
Two election monitors from the Justice Department tried to interview voters and examine voting machines at polling places during Wyoming’s primaries last week, drawing pushback from the state’s Republican governor.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Monday, August 24, 2026
The Florida Inquisition (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)
The U.S. Justice Department has requested to interview FBI officials who were involved in the 2022 search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Justice Department lawyers file a flurry of briefs in opposition to Jim Comey’s pre-trial motions in the seashells case.
A federal judge has granted Don Lemon and Georgia Fort’s motion to review grand jury materials behind closed doors.
The Justice Department is asking the court to reinstate the charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia that had previously been dismissed for vindictive prosecution.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
Justice Department lawyers file a flurry of briefs in opposition to Jim Comey’s pre-trial motions in the seashells case.
A federal judge has granted Don Lemon and Georgia Fort’s motion to review grand jury materials behind closed doors.
The Justice Department is asking the court to reinstate the charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia that had previously been dismissed for vindictive prosecution.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
Friday, August 21, 2026
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
FIRST ON MS NOW: Whistleblower says Trump admin's Ivy League antisemitism probes were fake ploys
MS NOW exclusively reports that a Department of Justice whistleblower is telling Congress the Trump administration predetermined the outcomes of its antisemitism investigations into Harvard, Columbia and Brown University. MS NOW Justice and Intelligence Reporter Ken Dilanian joins Stephanie Ruhle to share more details.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqQ64YQ5cBg
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Former federal prosecutor sues DOJ for 'unlawful and retaliatory' firing : NPR
The "unstated reason," according to the complaint, was her work prosecuting eight anti-abortion activists with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, or FACE Act, which prohibits intentionally interfering with reproductive health care services, including abortions...
"Unlawful terminations are a frequent tool of the Trump Administration to achieve its political aims," the lawsuit says. "DOJ officials have repeatedly attempted to justify firings and workforce reductions by portraying the employees targeted as culpable for the now-disfavored cases they had been assigned."…
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/17/g-s1-138997/former-federal-prosecutor-sue-doj-retaliatory-firing
Monday, August 17, 2026
DC Special Grand Jury (feat. Joyce Vance) (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) put out a new opinion expanding the definition of executive privilege to cover up the administration’s corruption.
A former employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center has been arrested in California on charges that she oversaw secret payments to informants inside of white supremacist groups.
Donald Trump has appealed to the 11th Circuit asking them to halt the sanctions imposed by Judge Williams in Miami over the president’s lawsuit against the IRS.
Joyce Vance joins us to discuss the special grand jury empaneled by DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
A former employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center has been arrested in California on charges that she oversaw secret payments to informants inside of white supremacist groups.
Donald Trump has appealed to the 11th Circuit asking them to halt the sanctions imposed by Judge Williams in Miami over the president’s lawsuit against the IRS.
Joyce Vance joins us to discuss the special grand jury empaneled by DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
Friday, August 14, 2026
‘We will always respect the role of the judiciary’: Blanche flips the script in DOJ address - POLITICO
There were no strident attacks on the Biden administration’s stewardship of the department, no denunciations of “activist” federal judges and no calls to end the weaponization of law enforcement — all topics that have featured prominently in some of Blanche’s public remarks as a senior department official over the past year and a half...
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/13/todd-blanche-justice-department-remarks-01036328
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Ex-Southern Poverty Law Center official charged in broader criminal case against group, lawyer says - POLITICO
Beirich’s lawyer, Michael Proctor, accused prosecutors of trying to punish his client for her “decades-long record of success dismantling hate groups.”
“A free and fair society does not use the justice system to silence its political opponents,” Proctor said…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/12/southern-poverty-law-center-indictment-case-01035540
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
White House pushes DoJ to revive reflecting pool case against Olympian
Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, dropped the charges against the man, David Hearn, on 31 July, blaming a contractor for a flawed installation. In a 20-page filing dismissing the charges, Pirro’s office said it had received evidence that damage to the pool occurred before Hearn visited it, and that “it is difficult to attribute the widespread damage to the Reflecting Pool to vandalism, let alone to establish that fact beyond a reasonable doubt.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/reflecting-pool-david-hearn-doj
Monday, August 10, 2026
Trump officials offer cities tens of millions for Memphis-style police surges – with conditions
The US Department of Justice says it will announce up to four finalist cities which will split $300m in grant funding under a federal “Model Cities” policing initiative (MCI) next month, setting the stage for some of the largest federal policing grants ever awarded to individual US cities.
In exchange for the funding, cities are required to comply with federal immigration enforcement requests, enact conservative policies on anti-homelessness rules, and potentially repay millions of dollars in the event of a surge in violent crime or “civil unrest”, according to a grant document.
The document cites Washington DC and Memphis, Tennessee – two cities with national guard troops patrolling the streets – as a model to emulate. The administration has so far defied calls to suspend its controversial taskforce in Memphis, following four officer-involved deaths since its launch last September…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/trump-administration-justice-department-policing
Friday, August 7, 2026
Thursday, August 6, 2026
New Mexico sues Justice Department over Epstein files - POLITICO
New Mexico’s Attorney General Raúl Torrez accused Todd Blanche and the department of “actively hurting our criminal investigation and delaying justice Epstein survivors deserve.”…
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/05/new-mexico-doj-epstein-files-01026071
Monday, August 3, 2026
DC's Hottest Club (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)
Todd Blanche’s confirmation vote is in trouble as two republican senators hold out over the anti-weaponization slush fund and Trump tax immunity.
Jim Comey files motions to dismiss the seashells case for vindictive and selective prosecution.
Todd Blanche turns over a small batch of unredacted Epstein files to Judge Emmet Sullivan for in camera review pursuant to a lawsuit filed by independent journalist Katie Phang.
Lawyers for Davey Hearn, the defendant in Jeanine Pirro’s reflecting pool case, are accusing the Justice Department of improper grand jury conduct.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
Jim Comey files motions to dismiss the seashells case for vindictive and selective prosecution.
Todd Blanche turns over a small batch of unredacted Epstein files to Judge Emmet Sullivan for in camera review pursuant to a lawsuit filed by independent journalist Katie Phang.
Lawyers for Davey Hearn, the defendant in Jeanine Pirro’s reflecting pool case, are accusing the Justice Department of improper grand jury conduct.
Plus listener questions.
Interview:
Sunday, August 2, 2026
Weekly Update of Politics/Religion/Atheism: Christian Preachers on Airplanes! (VIDEO Podcast Ep. 646) (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podcast #646)
This is a weekly podcast for those who want to WATCH it via YouTube to discuss stories from the past week involving religion and politics.
0:00 Intro
1:20 Nearly half of Gen Z says Trump makes them less likely to attend church.
15:45 Christian preachers are turning airplanes into unwanted worship services.
22:51 Kim Davis still owes $565,000. A new lawsuit says she hid her inheritance to avoid paying it.
30:30 A Trump judge redefined "diversity" to excuse an almost entirely Christian "religious liberty" panel.
40:45 The Justice Dept's new “religious liberty” memo gives Christians more power to discriminate.
50:53 In 2026, atheists make up only 0.066% of the federal prison population.
57:45 New survey suggests Australia's Census may dramatically undercount the non-religious.
0:00 Intro
1:20 Nearly half of Gen Z says Trump makes them less likely to attend church.
15:45 Christian preachers are turning airplanes into unwanted worship services.
22:51 Kim Davis still owes $565,000. A new lawsuit says she hid her inheritance to avoid paying it.
30:30 A Trump judge redefined "diversity" to excuse an almost entirely Christian "religious liberty" panel.
40:45 The Justice Dept's new “religious liberty” memo gives Christians more power to discriminate.
50:53 In 2026, atheists make up only 0.066% of the federal prison population.
57:45 New survey suggests Australia's Census may dramatically undercount the non-religious.
Interview:
- With Jessica: https://youtu.be/9vucQNRyDZo?si=1hNW958keNQD9fI1
- Without Jessica: https://www.youtube.com/live/7zvVAdtjFBM?si=XkwsTXr14NNTWxKf
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