Additionally Atkinson ignored guidance from both the director of intelligence and Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel that highlighted Atkinson's poor decision-making.. President Trump announced Joseph Macguire 2019 CIA operative whistle-blower letter to Adam Schiff..…
Trump’s lawyers came up with a rather ambitious defense, arguing that a sitting president cannot be investigated for any crimes at all while in office. They were joined by lawyers from the Department of Justice, who claimed that the president faced “irreparable harm”..…
As appropriations chairwoman, Lowey said she worked on the 2020 spending bill that funds the Department of Justice. ..…
But I also didn’t cherish the idea of upending an intelligence program that the president had deemed vital and that the Justice Department had approved since 2001, especially given that the government at the time feared another attack. ... President Bush initially..…
But in switch from the position taken under President Barack Obama, Trump Justice Department argues that Congress never intended the law to include orientation when it passed Civil Rights Act 55 years ago.. ..…
the court announced on the day of its last term June that it would decide whether President Donald Trump can terminate DACA, Obama-era amnesty initiative that extends temporary legal status to 700,000 foreign nationals. The Justice Department told the high court in filings DACA..…
If the justices say Trump has the same discretion to end the program that Obama had to create it, a future president just as easily could renew it. If they agree with the Justice Department that it's unlawful, Congress would have to step in. . ..…
In a remarkable turnabout, the same Justice Department that prosecuted Cohen and labeled him as “Individual 1” took preliminary steps this month to back Trump’s argument that the president can’t be investigated by state authorities. . ... Justice..…