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Grassley releases memo showing DOJ 'unleashed unchecked government power' on Trump associates
Grassley released Justice Department memo showing Garland, Monaco, and Wray personally approved FBI investigation into Trump campaign associates' alleged obstruction efforts.
A Justice Department memo has surfaced, revealing that former Attorney General Merrick Garland and then-FBI Director Christopher Wray personally authorized an FBI probe. This investigation focused on claims that Trump campaign associates attempted to hinder Congress' certification of the 2020 election results.
Trump filed $230 million claims against the DOJ and FBI over the 2016 Russia probe and 2022 Mar-a-Lago raid, alleging political harassment.
A New York Times report said Trump has asked for around $230 million in compensation for past investigations into him.
President Trump is attempting to make the Department of Justice pay him $230 million for opening investigations into him while Joe Biden was president, according to The New York Times. Such a payment would have to be approved by senior department officials,
The University of Virginia (UVA) struck a deal with the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday to resolve five investigations relating to racial discrimination and other allegations of illegal diversity,
President Donald Trump’s demand that his own Justice Department hand over $230 million as compensation for federal investigations into his behavior is an unprecedented example of how his past indictment lingers over the presidency.
The danger highlighted by Jackson became clear during the Nixon presidency. Most egregiously, at the height of the Watergate scandal in 1973, the president ordered the attorney general, Elliot Richardson, and his deputy, William Ruckelshaus, to fire Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor appointed by the Senate to investigate the growing scandal.
Many top universities have been under pressure from the Trump administration over allegations of antisemitism and criticism of DEI policies.
After months of review, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to suspend its five federal civil rights investigations against the University of Virginia, provided the institution complies,
According to the New York Times, Donald Trump is demanding the DOJ hand over $230 million as a "settlement" because of the department's criminal investigations into him before the election. The final decision would be made by Trump's handpicked DOJ officials,