Tag: Justice Department

Little-Known Lawyer Pitched Trump on Extreme Plans to Subvert Election

Around 5 in the afternoon on Christmas Day in 2020, as many Americans were celebrating with family, President…

Jan. 6 Panel Will Turn Over Evidence on Fake Electors to the Justice Dept.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has asked the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol…

Hutchinson Testimony Jolts Justice Dept. to Discuss Trump’s Conduct More Openly

WASHINGTON — For the past year and a half, the Justice Department has approached former President Donald J.…

Justice Dept. Braces for Summer of Violent Crime

Yet the federal government, for all its vast investigative powers, plays a supporting role when it comes to…

Supreme Court Marshal Asks Officials to End Protests at Justices’ Homes

WASHINGTON — The chief security officer of the Supreme Court has asked that Virginia and Maryland officials enforce…

Hutchinson Testimony Exposes Tensions Between Parallel Jan. 6 Inquiries

WASHINGTON — The explosive testimony of a former Trump White House aide on Tuesday may have increased the…

Cassidy Hutchinson’s Testimony Highlights Legal Risks for Trump

It was one of the most dramatic moments in a presentation filled with them: Just before President Donald…

The Man Helping Drive the Investigation Into Trump’s Push to Keep Power

WASHINGTON — As the Justice Department expands its criminal investigation into the efforts to keep President Donald J.…

Federal Agents Seized Phone of John Eastman, Key Figure in Jan. 6 Plan

Federal agents armed with a search warrant have seized the phone of John Eastman, a lawyer who advised…

Proud Boys Ignored Orders Given at Pre-Jan. 6 Meeting

One week before scores of Proud Boys helped lead a pro-Trump mob in a violent assault on the…

Decades Ago, Alito Laid Out Methodical Strategy to Eventually Overrule Roe

WASHINGTON — In the spring of 1985, a 35-year-old lawyer in the Justice Department, Samuel A. Alito Jr.,…

Federal Authorities Search Home of Jeffrey Clark

Federal investigators carried out an early-morning search on Wednesday at the home of Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice…