Tag: DOJ

Biden’s DOJ Indicts Oleg Deripaska, Who Has Many Surprising Connections to Russiagate | Truth Over News

In light of the DOJ’s indictment of Russian Oligarch Oleg Derispaska, we thought it worth examining Deripaska’s ties to various individuals involved with SpyGate. To be very clear from the outset, we are not attempting to argue that Derispaska is somehow a good guy or a white hat—quite the opposite. We think Deripaska may have…


Trump Says National Archives Should Return Documents After Mar-a-Lago Raid

Former President Donald Trump wrote Tuesday the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) should return documents to him amid the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into whether the 45th president mishandled classified information. “NARA lost a whole hard drive full of HIGHLY SENSITIVE information from the Clinton White House,” wrote Trump on Truth Social, referring…


Trump Fires Back Against DOJ Appeal in Mar-a-Lago Raid Case

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers moved to oppose the Department of Justice’s recent bid to speed up its court appeal of the appointment of a special master. “President Trump also opposes the Government’s request to expedite oral argument in this case,” Trump attorneys Christopher Kise and Jim Trusty wrote in a filing (pdf) on Monday, adding…


Former White House Adviser: No ‘Problems’ in Trump’s Handling of Classified Information

Former Trump administration adviser H.R. McMaster has said that former President Donald Trump did not appear to mishandle classified information during his time there, as the Department of Justice (DOJ) continues its investigation into the former president. “There were systems in place. I don’t know what happened to those systems, but I was never uncomfortable…


The Politicization of the Department of Justice

The following is adapted from a speech delivered on Sept. 16, 2022, in Washington, D.C., at Hillsdale College’s Constitution Day Celebration. The seal of the U.S. Department of Justice reads, “Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur”—“Who prosecutes for Lady Justice.” Depictions of Lady Justice are as familiar as they are instructive: she stands blindfolded while holding…


DOJ Seeks to Speed Up Its Appeal of Trump Special Master Appointment

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a motion requesting a federal appeals court to fast-track its appeal of the appointment of a special master to review documents the FBI seized at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach. The DOJ on Friday proposed that the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals orders all…


Former Missouri Charity Executives Plead Guilty in Widespread Fraud Case

Two former Missouri-based non-profit executives pleaded guilty Thursday to their roles in a multimillion-dollar public scheme that involved embezzlement and bribing Arkansas elected officials, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Bontiea Bernedette Goss, 63, and her husband, Tommy Ray Goss, 66, received favorable legislative and official actions in return for bribes and kickbacks they, and…


Senate GOP Judiciary Committee to Investigate ‘Excessive’ FBI Raid of Pennsylvania Pro-Life Activist’s Home

Attorney General Merrick Garland has received a flurry of stern letters, including notice of an investigation, from Republican members of Congress in the days since the FBI’s Sept. 23 raid on the Pennsylvania home of pro-life activist Mark Houck. “Not only did your office turn a local dispute into a national case, but the FBI…


FBI Use of Force in Pro-Life Arrest ‘Shocking’ and ‘Unnecessary’: Heritage Foundation Senior Legal Fellow

A senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation thinktank, Hans von Spakovsky, believes the arrest of pro-life activist Mark Houck by armed agents, based on the facts of the case, did not warrant that level of force by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), saying they went “way overboard.”…


DOJ Asks Judge to Order Ex-Trump Adviser Peter Navarro to Return Private White House Emails

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday asked a judge to order former White House adviser Peter Navarro to return private email communications that he sent while working for the Trump administration, claiming that he has “refused” to do so in violation of a record-keeping law. In a motion filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.,…