A seven-figure settlement was announced hours before senators skeptical about the so-called weaponization fund delayed a crucial vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general.
A seven-figure settlement was announced hours before senators skeptical about the so-called weaponization fund delayed a crucial vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general.
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, has said the Justice Department dropped its plan for a $1.8 billion fund to pay purported victims of government weaponization, but the department can make such payouts even without a formal fund structure.
The request suggests the intense personal involvement of President Trump in investigating one of his longtime critics, the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.
The request suggests the intense personal involvement of President Trump in investigating one of his longtime critics, the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.
Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department’s increasing inability to follow through on the president’s desire to indict his rivals.
Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department’s increasing inability to follow through on the president’s desire to indict his rivals.
Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has forcefully denied assertions that his use of the autopen broke the law, calling President Trump and his allies “liars.”
Robert K. McBride had been serving as the top deputy to Lindsey Halligan, who has continued to act as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Robert K. McBride had been serving as the top deputy to Lindsey Halligan, who has continued to act as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
A courthouse in the Eastern District of Virginia. Robert K. McBride had been working in the U.S. attorney’s office for the district for only a couple of months.
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