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'Brutal': Ex-federal prosecutor reveals why Trump DOJ’s 'illegal order' was 'so corrupt'
On Friday, seven top prosecutors at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) resigned following an order by DOJ leadership to ...
Under Pressure to Drop Charges, Career Prosecutors Weighed Stark Options
Lawyers in the Justice Department’s public integrity section came to believe that to save their jobs, one of them would have ...
Opinion
Feds convict Madigan, Blagojevich gets pardoned in same week. Trying writing that movie.
Most folks just figured that Mike Madigan had avoided the long arm of federal law by being extra-careful. And he may have been. But the arrogance of immense power apparently overrode his sense of self ...
Why Prosecutors Accused Their Bosses of Offering Adams a Quid Pro Quo
The federal prosecutor who received orders to drop charges against Eric Adams said that the Trump administration was seeking the mayor’s cooperation on immigration enforcement.
A prosecutor stands for the defense of justice
Danielle Sassoon and her colleagues opposed dropping corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
USA Today8d
Trump's Justice Department starts sweeping cuts targeting Jan. 6 prosecutors, FBI agents
The new administration already has fired more than a dozen prosecutors who pursued criminal charges against Trump in two cases that have been dismissed. It also has paused all civil rights and ...
Wall Street Journal13d
Trump Officials Target Agents, Prosecutors Who Worked on Jan. 6 Investigations
On Friday, the Justice Department also fired roughly 30 prosecutors at the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington who have worked on cases stemming from Capitol riot, according to people familiar ...
Politico14d
DOJ fires dozens of prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 cases
The Justice Department abruptly fired dozens of prosecutors who worked on criminal cases stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to correspondence reviewed by POLITICO and ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch14d
Pam Hupp’s attorneys seek report on police, prosecutor misconduct as they prep for trial
Hupp entered an Alford plea in St. Charles County Circuit Court, acknowledging that prosecutors had enough evidence to convict her without admitting guilt.
MSNBC14d
Trump's second term keeps breaking new legal ground
The second Donald Trump administration kept breaking legal ground in its second week, which began with firing prosecutors who worked on criminal cases against him. The new government was busy ...
Chicago Sun-Times14d
State’s attorney took $50,000 campaign contribution from studio head turned mole who helped convict crooked Teamsters boss
“Alex” Pissios also played a part in several real-life dramas. After federal prosecutors threatened to charge Pissios with bankruptcy fraud, he went undercover as a mole, helping them snare ...
philstar.com17d
Prosecutors junk assault, disobedience raps vs Sara
MANILA, Philippines — The Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed ... to provide “prima facie evidence” to convict Duterte. “The complaint for violation of Article 148 (direct ...