Reading Since 2025, the Justice Department has pursued criminal cases against a number of public figures who have clashed with President Donald Trump. Several of those cases have collapsed, and some were stopped at the very first step, when a grand jury refused to approve the charges. This reading explains how grand juries work, what … Read more
The Justice Department has warned California election officials that they could face federal criminal exposure if they knowingly count ballots from people the government identifies as noncitizens. The October 16 warning came one day after the department sued California to stop it from counting mail ballots from more than 20,000 people it describes as likely … Read more
Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington-area home on October 12 as part of a criminal investigation. The Justice Department said Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents carried out a judicially authorized search warrant, but it gave no details about the allegations or the evidence. Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, says she has done nothing wrong and … Read more
