Author: Ashley Oliver

President Donald Trump’s FBI director nominee, Kash Patel, said Thursday during his confirmation hearing he did not support the president’s decision to grant clemency to the dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who attacked police officers. Patel, a 44-year-old lawyer and longtime Trump defender, was grilled by Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dick Durbin (D-IL) about…

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday in favor of moving Pam Bondi forward in the nomination process, bringing President Donald Trump‘s choice to lead the Justice Department one step closer to confirmation. The committee voted along party lines, 12–10, to advance Bondi’s nomination to the full Senate floor for a vote. The upper chamber is…

Former and retired FBI agents have rallied behind Kash Patel ahead of his confirmation hearing this week, saying he will restore what they view as a loss of confidence in the bureau. A retired agent who worked on two special counsel investigations, an FBI whistleblower who lost his security clearance, and more than 30 other…

Judge Aileen Cannon ordered the Justice Department on Tuesday to withhold former special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents report from four members of Congress after prosecutors under former Attorney General Merrick Garland fought to release it to the lawmakers. Cannon, a Trump appointee, said she saw no legitimate reason to allow anyone in Congress to see the…

President Donald Trump announced from the Oval Office on Monday that he was granting pardons and commutations to all of the defendants convicted over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, marking one of the most expansive clemency announcements in history. Trump’s pardons and commutations for the defendants, a stunning repudiation of the Justice Department’s wide-ranging four-year…

Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump‘s attorney general nominee, vowed to senators that she would improve confidence in the Department of Justice on Wednesday during her confirmation hearing. “Like the president, I believe we are on the cusp of a new golden age where the Department of Justice can and will do better if I am…

In his special counsel report, Jack Smith rebuked Donald Trump for claiming his two criminal cases were politically motivated, calling the president-elect’s accusations “laughable” and defending his decision to bring charges. Smith wrote in the 174-page report, released by the Department of Justice in the early hours of Tuesday morning, that his team “stood up for the rule of law”…

Judge Juan Merchan sentenced President-elect Donald Trump on Friday in Manhattan to no jail time, probation, or fines after he was convicted by a jury of falsifying business records. Merchan imposed a sentence of “unconditional discharge,” which does not penalize Trump but rather closes the case and clears the way for the president-elect to appeal…

Special counsel Jack Smith revealed Wednesday that Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to make public the portion of Smith’s final report pertaining to President-elect Donald Trump’s 2020 election case. Prosecutors for Smith made the revelation in a response to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals after Trump’s co-defendants in the classified documents case made an…

President-elect Donald Trump vowed throughout his presidential campaign to seek retribution against special counsel Jack Smith, who brought criminal charges against Trump that Republicans widely criticized as unfair. Trump and his Republican allies in Congress, who will have complete control of Washington beginning in January, now aim to turn the tables and investigate Smith’s dual prosecutions of the…