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Justice Department quietly replaced ‘identical’ Trump signatures on recent pardons

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department posted pardons online bearing identical copies of President Donald Trump’s signature before quietly correcting them this week after what the agency called a “technical error.” The replacements came after online commenters seized on striking similarities in the president’s signature across a series of pardons dated Nov. 7, including those…

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Democrats needed a new approach on a key House committee. Then came the uproar over Jeffrey Epstein

WASHINGTON (AP) — When he was elected the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee in June, Rep. Robert Garcia at once gained a powerful perch and a pressing problem. Colleagues elected Garcia with a mandate to hold President Donald Trump’s administration to account. He’d pitched himself as an energetic personality who cared about good…

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House committee to make Epstein files public after Justice Department subpoena

House committee to make Epstein files public after Justice Department subpoena

Washington — The House Oversight Committee intends to release some of the documents from the Justice Department about the case involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a spokesperson said Tuesday. The committee expects to receive the documents later this week after issuing a subpoena in August to the department for records related to Epstein, a well-connected…

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