President Trump on Monday formally submitted the nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as the permanent Attorney General of the United States, sending the name to the Senate for confirmation and setting up what is expected to be a contentious hearing process.
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced Thursday it opened fifteen new investigations into potential race discrimination in medical school admissions, escalating a federal crackdown that has already produced findings against two of the country's most prestigious universities.
E. Jean Carroll said Thursday she "did not commit perjury," pushing back against a reported Department of Justice criminal investigation centered on statements she made during a deposition in her civil lawsuit against President Donald Trump.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed to Fox News host Sean Hannity that the Department of Justice discovered documents from special counsel Jack Smith in burn bags.
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday called on the Trump administration to scrap a nearly $1.776 billion Justice Department fund created to compensate people claiming to have been victimized by the Biden administration, saying the money could end up in the pockets of convicted January 6 rioters.
The Justice Department is looking into whether the Washington Nationals broke federal civil rights law, after a secretly recorded video surfaced of a team executive openly acknowledging he keeps a devout Catholic pitcher off the club's social media because of the player's religious views.
