Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi
President Trump dismissed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general after growing frustrated with her failure to prosecute his political enemies aggressively enough and for her handling of the Epstein files.
Jacob Knutson
Jacob is a reporter at Democracy Docket and covers anti-Trump accountability litigation. He is from South Dakota and earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism, English and political science from Augustana University. Before joining Democracy Docket, he covered breaking news at Axios.
Supreme Court appears deeply skeptical of Trump’s bid to eliminate birthright citizenship
A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared deeply skeptical of President Donald Trump’s bid to unilaterally eliminate birthright citizenship as part of his attack on immigration in all forms.
Fulton County alleges DOJ used FBI raid to circumvent lawsuit, seize 2020 ballots
Fulton County officials fighting for the return of 2020 election materials seized by the FBI asked a federal judge to order the Justice Department to disclose details about its repeated attempts to obtain the county’s election records.
Federal judge helped FBI agent correct flaws in Fulton County search warrant application
New documents show that a federal judge found flaws in the FBI’s original search warrant application against Fulton County’s election hub. Rather than rejecting the application, the judge helped the bureau refine its request.
Fulton County urges judge to return seized ballots from FBI as DOJ defends raid
Fulton County officials urged a federal judge to order the Department of Justice to return 2020 election records seized during the FBI’s unprecedented raid on the county’s election hub earlier this year, arguing the move violated voters’ rights and relied on misinformation.
Deputy attorney general endorses sending ICE agents to voting sites
During a norm-shattering appearance at a conservative political conference, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he couldn’t understand why anyone would disagree with a president deploying federal agents to the polls.
Trump defends his mail voting hypocrisy: ‘I’m president of the United States’
President Trump Thursday defended his decision to cast another ballot by mail in recent Florida special elections, despite relentlessly attacking the voting method as a vehicle for election fraud.
Judge rules FBI agent doesn’t need to testify about Fulton County election raid
The FBI agent behind the bureau’s unprecedented seizure of 2020 election records from Fulton County, Georgia, will not have to testify in an upcoming hearing in the county’s lawsuit seeking the return of the materials, a federal judge ruled.
Supporters say GOP’s SAVE America Act won’t affect women’s voting rights. Here’s why that’s false
Anti-voting activists have claimed the GOP’s SAVE America Act wouldn’t harm the voting rights of married women. Here’s why that’s false.
SAVE America Act author admits married aide ‘had to go through a bunch of hoops’ to vote because she changed name
Privately, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) has acknowledged that married women and others who have changed their legal name face barriers while registering to vote if the draconian SAVE America Act became law.