News | Politics & Elections Trump Turned DOJ Into His “Personal Law Firm,” Former Federal Prosecutor Says The Senate Judiciary Committee will probe claims that Trump sought to pressure prosecutors to go after his enemies. By Igor Derysh , Salon September 13, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Garland Issues Memo Shielding Political Candidates From DOJ Inquiries The directive requires any inquiry into candidates running for president to be approved by the attorney general first. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 19, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Ivanka Trump Told Jan. 6 Committee She No Longer Believes Election Was Stolen Former President Donald Trump's daughter was included in the first night of the committee's primetime hearings. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 10, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Says He Advised Barr to Get Impeached in Support of Bogus Election Claims Trump claimed Barr did not want to investigate his baseless voter fraud claims because he worried about being impeached. By Igor Derysh , Salon April 14, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections House Passes Bill to Prevent Future Blatant Corruption in Reaction to Trump The bill takes a number of anti-corruption steps like requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout December 10, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections House Judiciary Committee Examining Who Ordered DOJ Subpoenas on Dem Lawmakers Former attorneys general William Barr and Jeff Sessions have both said they were unaware of the subpoenas. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 24, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump-Appointed DOJ Official Resigns Amid Revelations of Subpoenas Against Dems An official within the Justice Department insists John Demers's resignation is not related to the controversy. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 15, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections In His Wild Bid to Stop Leaks to the Press, Trump Even Spied on His Own Lawyer Reports of the Trump administration running its own version of Nixon’s “White House Plumbers” landed with a boom. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout June 14, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Pelosi Doubts Barr’s Claims That He Didn’t Know of Schiff, Swalwell Subpoenas "To say that they didn't know anything about it is beyond belief," the Speaker of the House said on Sunday. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 14, 2021 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Obsessed With Leaks, Trump’s DOJ Covertly Seized Dem Lawmakers’ Phone Data The "politicization" of Trump's Department of Justice "is harrowing," Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 11, 2021 Truthout