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A high-ranking federal appeals judge has dismissed the Justice Department’s misconduct claim against James Boasberg, the chief district judge in Washington, D.C., who warned last year that Trump officials had disregarded his court orders.
A federal judge permanently blocked key portions of the sweeping anti-voting executive order that Trump signed last year, ruling that he exceeding his constitutional authority by issuing the order.
Federal law enforcement has arrested former CNN anchor Don Lemon over his presence at a protest against the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration raids in Minnesota, during which demonstrators interrupted a church service.
Trump and his two eldest sons sued the Internal Revenue Service, demanding that the agency hand over $10 billion of taxpayers’ money for the unauthorized leak of his tax returns during his first term.
There is widespread doubt that the seized records will produce any evidence of prosecutable criminal activity, and not just because the 2020 election results have been recounted, audited, and litigated to death already.
But 2020 isn’t the investigation’s real target — 2026 is.
Senate Democrats condemned the Trump administration for crossing a dangerous new line in its effort to seize state voter rolls, warning that the Justice Department is now using coercion and intimidation after courts rejected its legal claims.
Should the Trump administration try to interfere with the midterm elections, Democratic states will be ready, according to Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon.
The 2020 election records are still sealed, two County Commissioners allege.
For over a month, the Justice Department has been in violation of bipartisan legislation requiring it to release all files in its possession about convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein — and it’s planning to remain in violation for the near future.
Minnesota state attorneys alleged in a court hearing Monday that President Trump and Justice Department are attempting to force the state to surrender its sovereignty — in particular, its control over elections — through the massive federal immigration operation in the Twin Cities region.