Trump makes rare visit to Justice Department headquarters – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump visited the headquarters of the Justice Department Friday, where he addressed employees in a campaign-style speech. The address comes amid a purge that’s accelerated inside the Justice Department, in which prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 cases and Trump investigations…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, according to documents obtained Sunday that would mark the first appeal to the justices since President Donald Trump took office. The emergency appeal is the start of what probably will…
About a dozen Justice Department employees who worked for former special counsel Jack Smith on the investigation and prosecution of President Trump are being fired, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News. The federal prosecutors were informed of the decision to terminate their positions via a letter sent over email after Justice…
NEW YORK (AP) — Eager to preserve President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction even as he returns to office, prosecutors are suggesting various ways to handle the criminal case — including the novel notion of borrowing a procedure some courts use when defendants die. In court papers made public on Tuesday, the Manhattan district attorney’s…
Legal experts have raised concerns that special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice Jack Smith overstepped his mandate with the latest evidence release in his pursuit of criminal charges against former President Donald Trump. The Supreme Court earlier this year ruled that presidents have immunity related to “official acts” performed as part of their…
Donald Trump will try to use “frivolous” appeals to delay his election-fraud case, prosecutor Jack Smith has said. In a court filing on Tuesday, Smith told Judge Tanya Chutkan that the former president is trying to delay the case as much as possible and is seeking documents he has already had for more than a…
Share ✓ Link copied to clipboard! Special Counsel Jack Smith has filed his team’s legal brief that lays out new evidence, prosecutors say, in former President Donald Trump‘s federal election case. A spokesperson for Smith’s office confirmed with the Associated Press on Thursday that the brief was filed before the 5 p.m. EST deadline set…