Trump expected to send new federal force to Chicago this week to battle violence, but plan’s full scope is a question mark

Trump expected to send new federal force to Chicago this week to battle violence, but plan’s full scope is a question mark

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Trump Plans to Expand the Federal Invasion of American Cities

Trump’s critics say he is deploying armed federal officers to cities in an effort to help his reelection effort. The Trump campaign lent support to those claims Sunday by gleefully tweeting out Meadows’ comments.

Judge Sullivan isn’t done with Flynn just yet, case going to full court of appeals

Judge Sullivan isn’t done with Flynn just yet, case going to full court of appeals

Flynn’s only hope for avoiding sentencing doesn’t lie with any legal claim. It’s with the White House, and with Attorney General William Barr’s effort to give Flynn a pardon without Trump having to dirty his pardon pen by withdrawing the case. Two weeks ago, a three-person panel of the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals shockingly went along with Barr and told Flynn to go home, grab a beer, and revel in the ability of Trump to run rampant over the law. But now Judge Sullivan has replied with a not-so-fast, sending the case back to the Washington, D.C. Court in full—where the outcome is likely to be considerably different.

Justice Dept. considering replacing outgoing US attorney in Brooklyn with Barr deputy: report

Justice Dept. considering replacing outgoing US attorney in Brooklyn with Barr deputy: report

U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue announced Thursday he would leave the Eastern District to serve as the Justice Department’s principal associate deputy attorney general, a spokesman told CNN. His predecessor in the Washington-based role, Seth DuCharme, is a favorite to replace him in New York, according to the network.

DuCharme, before assuming the deputy position last year, had served as a counselor to Barr on criminal and national security measures, although he also spent years as a prosecutor in the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s office, according to CNN.

House Judiciary panel preparing to subpoena Barr

House Judiciary panel preparing to subpoena Barr

The House Judiciary Committee is preparing a subpoena to obtain Attorney General William Barr’s testimony July 2, Chairman Jerry Nadler said Monday night.

Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed the idea over the weekend and decided “to be ready” in case Barr declined to show up to testify before the panel, according to Democratic sources familiar with their conversation.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman’s Ouster: The Untold Story

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman’s Ouster: The Untold Story

Goldman Sachs was, at the time of Clayton’s nomination to head the SEC, up to its eyeballs in one of the biggest financial frauds in history – a case involving a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund known as 1MDB. Goldman raised over $6 billion in bond offerings for 1MDB but, according to the Justice Department, $4.5 billion of that was “misappropriated” and used “to fund the co-conspirators’ lavish lifestyles, including purchases of artwork and jewelry, the acquisition of luxury real estate and luxury yachts, the payment of gambling expenses, and the hiring of musicians and celebrities to attend parties.” Goldman made more than $600 million in fees from the bond offerings, according to the Justice Department.