Rebecca Beitsch
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Prosecutors signal Trump may face criminal charges in hush money probe: report
Manhattan prosecutors have offered former President Trump the chance to testify before a grand jury, a sign the former president could soon face criminal charges for his alleged role in hush money payments made to an adult film star during his 2016 campaign, according to The New York Times. The move by Manhattan District Attorney […] → Read More
Advocates erupt as Biden weighs return to family detention
The Biden administration is ping-ponging among a series of Trump-era immigration proposals as officials fret over the end of Title 42. That pandemic immigration policy, enacted under former President Trump, has been central to the Biden administration’s management of the border, but is due to end May 11, along with other pandemic emergency measures. Apart […] → Read More
GOP senators grill Garland on border security, weaponization of law enforcement
Senior Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday about the nation’s fentanyl crisis, the flow of drugs and migrants over the U.S.-Mexico border and the Justice Department’s stance on mandatory minimum sentences. The moments of drama came during the panel’s first oversight hearing of the Justice Department in […] → Read More
Advocates say Biden’s asylum rule is a Trump deja vu
The Biden administration is barreling towards a legal fight with immigration groups after rolling out a new asylum policy similar to a Trump-era directive already struck down by the courts. The tussle between the administration and its would-be allies on immigration has been brewing for years, but it hit a head Tuesday, when the administration […] → Read More
Clock is ticking for Ukrainian refugees in America as war rages on
When the Biden administration announced its response to a refugee crisis in Ukraine ignited by Russia’s invasion, it stressed the temporary nature of its new program. “We’ve heard widely from Ukrainians that they really are seeking kind of temporary refuge in the U.S. with family, with other individuals they have connections with,” an administration official […] → Read More
Judge says Trump, Wray can be deposed in suits from former FBI officials
A federal judge on Thursday greenlighted the depositions of former President Trump and FBI Director Christopher Wray in suits from two former employees of the bureau who argue they were unfairly targeted due to their work investigating the former president’s ties to Russia during the 2016 election. Text messages between former FBI agent Peter Strzok […] → Read More
Democrats sound the alarm after McCarthy grants Carlson access to Jan. 6 footage
Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) recent decision to release thousands of hours of Jan. 6, 2021, security footage to Fox News host Tucker Carlson is setting off alarm bells among Democrats, who see inherent security risks in sharing the raw video with a figure who has downplayed the Capitol attack — and a network entangled in a […] → Read More
Three key Trump figures intersect two Justice Department probes
Three key figures connected to Donald Trump are at the intersection of two accelerating Justice Department probes seen as the most viable pathways for a prosecution of the former president. Special counsel Jack Smith is overseeing what began as two entirely separate cases: the mishandling of classified records at Mar-a-Lago and the effort to influence […] → Read More
How a Bush-era law requiring border ‘perfection’ stands at center of GOP impeachment case
A budding GOP impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is relying on a 2006 law that says operational control of the border means the prevention “of all unlawful entries” to the United States — a standard seen as impossible to meet. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 was passed during a failed Bush-era effort to […] → Read More
Georgia judge orders limited release of grand jury report on Trump election interference
A Georgia judge on Monday ordered the release of limited portions of a report from a grand jury tasked with reviewing election interference in 2020 as former President Trump sought to reverse his loss in the state. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who is overseeing the grand jury’s work, declined to fully release […] → Read More
Jordan subpoenas Garland, Wray over school board memo
Editor’s note: Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett is the top Democrat on a Judiciary subcommittee established by the GOP to examine the “weaponization” of the federal government. The information was incorrect in an earlier version of this story. The House Judiciary Committee fired off its first subpoenas under the leadership of Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), […] → Read More
Fulton County sparks questions about whether Trump will face charges
A prosecutor’s pledge to make imminent charging decisions for “multiple” people in a probe centered on Donald Trump’s actions in Georgia following the 2020 election has renewed interest in whether the former president could soon be facing charges. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) offered the revelation Tuesday as she argued that a special […] → Read More
More Oath Keepers found guilty of seditious conspiracy for role in Jan. 6
A jury on Monday delivered the Justice Department another victory in its prosecution of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, returning a guilty verdict on rarely used seditious conspiracy charges for all four members on trial in its second prosecution of the group. Ed Vallejo, Roberto Minuta, Joseph Hackett and David Moerschel all received guilty verdicts […] → Read More
GOP’s ‘weaponization’ panel would have power to review those probing Trump
The GOP is preparing to hammer agencies reviewing the conduct of former President Trump with a new select subcommittee poised to focus on the “weaponization” of the federal government. The panel is being drawn up to take aim at ongoing investigations at the Department of Justice and the FBI on Trump, including the taking of […] → Read More
Biden administration to appeal ruling striking Title 42, pledges new regulation from CDC
The Biden administration on Wednesday said it plans to appeal a court ruling striking down the Title 42 policy limiting asylum, forecasting that public health authorities plan to write a new regulation to replace it. The coming appeal puts the Department of Homeland Security at the center of conflicting court cases on Title 42, which […] → Read More
Appeals court halts Trump special master appointment in Mar-a-Lago case
An appeals court on Thursday ruled that the appointment of a special master after the search of former President Trump’s Florida home was improper, determining that a lower court could not limit the Justice Department investigation into the mishandling of White House records at Mar-a-Lago. “The law is clear. We cannot write a rule that allows any subject of […] → Read More
Trump seeks access to unredacted Mar-a-Lago warrant affidavit
Donald Trump’s legal team is asking a judge to force the Justice Department to turn over a fully unredacted copy of the FBI affidavit used to secure a warrant to search the former president’s Mar-a-Lago property. In court filings Tuesday, Trump turned to the same judge who appointed a special master to review the documents […] → Read More
McCarthy’s planned expulsions of Intel Democrats prompts howls
A GOP promise to expel two Democrats from the House Intelligence Committee would dramatically escalate partisan warfare over panel assignments, potentially ending the intelligence career of Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.) while increasing fears that the new majority intends to trample on minority rights. The vow by Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who is busily seeking support […] → Read More
For experts, the evidence in two probes compels charging Trump
Two reports analyzing two different criminal investigations into Donald Trump have reached a singular conclusion: there is enough evidence to bring charges against the former president. Veter… → Read More
Attorney General Garland names special counsel in Trump probes
Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s investigations into Donald Trump just days after the former president announced his intent to seek the office again in 2024. Garland said Jack Smith, a longtime prosecutor and current war crimes investigator, would take the helm of two investigations, one into […] → Read More