Trump Legal Watch

Former special counsel Jack Smith described a “tremendous loss of credibility” at the DOJ during the second Trump administration, noting judges no...

• Trump's Truth Social post barring CNN, Politico, and MSNBC from White House access targets critical outlets.
• Sherrill v. Knight ruling blocks...

• Trust gap explodes: Partisan differences in police confidence widened from 9 to 45 points, the largest for any non-elected institution.
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The Trump administration faces pushback for pressuring political independence in key institutions.

• A federal judge blocked OPM from requiring civil...

Watchdogs are suing the Trump administration over a Truth API scheme that sells paying subscribers up to $100,000-a-month early access to official...

Todd Blanche's bid to rebuild trust with career DOJ staff is undercut by recent terminations that reinforce fears of political reprisal. Despite...

Three cases reveal a consistent Trump DOJ approach across immigration, political prosecutions, and election matters.

• Court order violations:...

• Musk investigation push: Ex-agent Kevin Gounaud aggressively sought to open a criminal case against Elon Musk over weekly accomplishment emails for...

Boies Schiller has strengthened links to Donald Trump's circle by handling at least two trademark suits for the Trump Organization and a case tied to...

The Supreme Court blocked Trump's last-minute USPS rule changes for mail ballots in a 7-2 emergency order, preserving state processes for November...

• 22 states and DC filed suit Sept. 14 challenging the rule that gives USCIS broad discretion to deny green cards for any means-tested benefit use.
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Despite Joseph DiGenova’s resignation last week, Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that all ongoing investigations he oversaw will proceed...

Judges are questioning the DOJ's bid to revive prosecutions against Trump critics like Comey and James. The department claims courts misinterpreted appointments law, following Trump's explicit calls for such cases to proceed.

A federal judge has referred Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, supervisor Matt Steigler, and the office for criminal investigation after concluding they...

Rep. Robert Garcia opened a House Oversight investigation into Donald Trump Jr.’s relationship with Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, who secretly...

A Florida judge denied Donald Trump's request to stay sanctions for his "non-adversarial, collusive" IRS lawsuit, calling the bid unpersuasive and...

President Trump accused former FBI Director Christopher Wray of mishandling the Butler assassination investigation and demanded he 'pay a price,'...

New York AG continues pursuing civil action alleging Donald Trump ran systematic fraud at his family business, highlighting lasting civil-law consequences for the Trump Organization.

A DHS whistleblower alleges USCIS officers were told to impersonate voters online and generate federal records using unreliable “supplemental magic”...

The DOJ's Florida grand jury subpoenaed former CIA Director John Brennan for Oct. 15 testimony in its sprawling "grand conspiracy" investigation into...