Federal prosecutors who investigated Eric Adams put on leave by Justice Department: Sources

https://abcnews.go.com/US/federal-prosecutors-investigated-eric-adams-put-leave-justice/story?id=119565695

Two of three put on leave worked on the prosecution of Mayor Eric Adams.

Trump #DOJ #Adams #NYC #press

Probably the only acceptable choice made by Trump until now...:

"Among the loyalists selected by Donald Trump to staff his second administration, Gail Slater stands out for a different reason: she unites right and left with a sceptical view of big business.

While the US president’s other nominees tend to be traditional conservative free market advocates, Slater, his pick to lead the Justice Department’s antitrust division, is expected to maintain the Biden administration’s vigorous approach to enforcement — much to Wall Street’s chagrin.

In public remarks and written submissions to lawmakers, the 53-year-old Oxford graduate has expressed concern about market concentration and said enforcement should be focused on technology and sectors with a direct impact on Americans’ pocketbooks.

Slater embodies the unlikely alignment of progressives who support tough antitrust enforcement and a new generation of populist conservatives helmed by vice-president JD Vance, who has called for the break-up of Google."

https://www.ft.com/content/769709d5-f897-497d-a8f2-ce15a3c977ed

#USA #Trump #Antitrust #DoJ #BigBusiness #Competition #Monopolies #Oligopolies

"The Department of Justice has announced criminal charges against 12 Chinese government-linked hackers who are accused of hacking more than 100 American organizations, including the U.S. Treasury, over the course of a decade.

The charged individuals all played a “key role” in China’s hacker-for-hire ecosystem, a senior DOJ official said on a background call with reporters, including TechCrunch, on Wednesday. The official added that those charged, which includes contract hackers and Chinese law enforcement officials, targeted organizations in the U.S. and worldwide for the purposes of “suppressing free speech and religious freedoms.”

The DOJ also confirmed that two of the indicted individuals are linked to the China government-backed hacking group APT27, or Silk Typhoon."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/justice-department-charges-chinese-hackers-for-hire-linked-to-treasury-breach/

#USA #CyberSecurity #DoJ #China #StateHacking #APT27 #SilkTyphoon

SCOTUS Just Gave Abortion Clinics a Rare Win

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/scotus-just-gave-abortion-clinics-a-rare-win/

But more significant threats from Trump’s Department of Justice remain.

#ABORTION #SCOTUS #GOP #DOJ #Trump #MAGA #USA #PRESS

Dem Congressman Who Shared “Elon Musk Dick Pic” Hits Back at Trump DOJ

Rep Robert Garcia slammed the department’s dangerous encroachment on #FreedomOfSpeech.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191813/robert-garcia-donald-trump-doj-elon-musk-dick-pic

"Rep #RobertGarcia hit back at threats from the #DOJ and criticized the agency for trying to “silence” lawmakers speaking out about #ElonMusk.

Earlier... Garcia received a letter from the DOJ regarding comments he’d made... opposing Musk’s takeover of the federal #government"

#FreeSpeech #Musk #Trump #News #USA

The Department of Justice has eliminated its national database that tracked misconduct incidents among federal law enforcement officers.

We’re a lawless society now, but there’re still “laws” the #TrumpMusk regime can enforce against the us. That’s why they want a compliant law enforcement & military.

#USPol #Lawlessness #Betrayal #DOJ #Resist

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-shuts-down-federal-law-enforcement-misconduct-tracker/

"Martin has already targeted Senate Minority Leader #ChuckSchumer... Martin has also threatened to investigate former special counsel #JackSmith...

It seems that Martin, a defender of Trump’s election fraud #lies and the #Jan6 Capitol riots, wants to use his prosecutorial power to punish anyone who dares to oppose the president or Musk."
https://newrepublic.com/post/191787/trump-doj-threatens-democratic-congressman-garcia-elon-musk-dick-pic

#FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #Trump #Coup #DOJ #GOP #Corruption #Politics #USPol #US #USA #News #USNews

Trump’s #DOJ Threatens Dem Congressman Who Shared “Elon Musk Dick Pic”

Democratic Representative Robert Garcia is now being investigated by a #Trump attorney.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191787/trump-doj-threatens-democratic-congressman-garcia-elon-musk-dick-pic

"Trump’s Dept of #Justice has sent a threatening letter to Representative Robert Garcia after the #California Democrat mocked #ElonMusk last week.

...Garcia displayed a large picture of #Musk, calling it a “dick pick” and jokingly referring to the #tech mogul as president"

#FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #News #USA

US Judge Extends Order to Block #DOGE From Treasury Department Data

A lawyer for the Trump administration couldn’t say whether the #data DOGE accessed had been shared outside the #US Treasury Department.
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-treasury-department-data-access-denied/

"When Vargas asked... the #DOJ attorney representing #Trump... whether any DOGE-accessed information had been shared outside of the #Treasury Department, he said: “The short answer on that is we don’t presently know.”"

#Musk #Coup #Politics #USPol #News #USNews #USA

#Zeteo:
"
This Week in Democracy – Week 3: Shadow President Elon Musk in Full Control

Zeteo's new project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term.
"
https://zeteo.com/p/this-week-in-democracy-week-3-musk-trump-usaid-fbi-doe

8.2.2025

#ACLU #authoritarianism #CIA #ConstitutionalEmergency #DEI #Democracy #DOGE #DOJ #EPA #FBI #FCC #Menschenfeindlichkeit #Musk #NARA #NCMEC #NOAA #Staatskrise #TheKennedyCenter #UNRWA #USA #USAID

Plutocrats really love Kleptocrats...

"Trump's DOJ just shut down its Kleptocracy Initiative – the unit behind seizing Russian oligarchs' yachts and prosecuting major corruption cases. Sources say they're eyeing the unit's multi-billion dollar forfeiture fund to build detention facilities, while effectively telling the world's kleptocrats that America's doors are now wide open for business."

https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/breaking-christmas-comes-early-for-kleptocrats-doj-shutters-anti-corruption-units/

#USA #Trump #DoJ #Kleptocracy #Russia

The Hero Bureaucrat:

Senior FBI official forcefully resisted Trump administration firings

Brian Driscoll, the acting #FBI director and head of the bureau's #Newark field office, yesterday refused a #DoJ order that he assist in the firing of agents involved in #Jan6 cases, pushing back so forcefully that some FBI officials feared he would be dismissed.

So far, he's still acting FBI Director.

Waiting for the other shoe to drop...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/senior-fbi-official-forcefully-resisted-trump-administration-firings-rcna190301?s=09

The #DOJ has ordered its #CivilRights division to halt ANY ongoing litigation from the #Biden admin & not pursue ANY new cases or settlements, acc/to a memo sent to the temporary head of the division that was obtained by WaPo.

The letter instructs Kathleen Wolfe — designated by the #Trump admin as supervisor of the division — to ensure that civil rights attorneys do not file “any new complaints, motions to intervene, agreed-upon remands, amicus briefs, or statements of interest.”

[unreal]
#law

President #Biden - release the #DOJ #JackSmith #classifieddocuments report to the public. Volume 2 of Jack Smith’s Report Into #Trump #democracy #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt - you have #immunity - #governmentdocuments #legalresearch #corruption #MaraLago #accountability #crimes #criminallaw #felon #felonies #criminal #congress #uspolitics #politics #government

We've crossed into the Nothing Matters continuum.

Judiciary won’t refer Clarence Thomas, Ketanji Brown Jackson to DOJ over ethics
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5065148-clarence-thomas-ketanji-brown-jackson-ethics-doj/

#SCOTUS #SupremeCorruption #JohnRoberts #ClarenceThomas #SamAlito #USPol #USJustice #DOJ