Senior Justice Department officials and federal prosecutors in Manhattan have held talks about dropping the corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams, the New York Times reported on Wednesday,
Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed and had no authority to prosecute Donald Trump.
The Department of Justice, now under new leadership, has moved to drop its appeal of the classified documents case against Donald Trump's co-defendants.
The Justice Department has had discussions about the future of the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Civil rights groups and legal scholars said the new measure would violate constitutional free speech rights and would likely draw legal challenges.
The Department of Justice has moved to dismiss the case against former U.S. Congressman Jeff Fortenberry from Nebraska.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Corey Amundson, the U.S. Justice Department's senior career official in charge of overseeing public corruption and other politically sensitive investigations, resigned on Monday after the Trump administration tried to re-assign him to a new role working on immigration issues, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is weighing whether to drop charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams in his bribery case, according to reports.
Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira had been charged with conspiring with the president to obstruct an FBI investigation.
The Justice Department under President Donald Trump moved to drop an appeal by former special counsel Jack Smith in his classified documents case, tying up one of the final loose ends in the case.
Stopping illicit fentanyl distribution is a priority for the administration, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” acting United States Attorney for the District of Colorado J. Bishop Grewell said in a press release.