#u-s-attorney — Public Fediverse posts
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Employees were questioned last week by agents out of the Miami field office at #CIA HQ in McLean, Virginia. Interviews are expected to continue throughout the coming weeks, 3 sources said.
The #USAttorney's Office for the Southern District of #Florida has for months pursued an investigation into #Brennan.
#law #ElectionInterference #Russia #PutinsPuppet #Trump #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics
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#DOJ drops criminal probe of #FederalReserve chair #JeromePowell
#USAttorney for DC #JeanninePirro said Friday that her office was ending its probe into the Fed’s building renovations because the Fed’s IG would scrutinize them instead.
The decision ends an investigation, one of several into #Trump’s perceived adversaries, that for months had failed to gain traction as prosecutors struggled to articulate a basis to suspect #criminal conduct.
#law
https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-investigation-powell-justice-department-28d04cc0d99cda25cea69931f65e25d3 -
#DOJ Targets Hundreds of #Citizens in New Push for #Denaturalization
The #Trump admin is assigning denaturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of US citizenship.
The DOJ has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose #citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of #USattorney’s offices across the country.
#law #immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/justice-dept-citizens-denaturalization.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-mcconnell-roberts-thats-not?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#uspol #uspolitics #fascism #corrupt #treason #corruption #scotus #heritagefoundation #project2025 #trump #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #trumpcrimefamily #AlexAronson @kimlanelaw Scheppele #mcconnell #mitchmcconnell #federalistsociety #leonardleo #johnroberts #scotus #shadowdocket #judicialbranch #SenateJudiciaryCommittee #usattorney #darinsmith #DanBishop #PhillipWilliamsJr #wyoming #northcarolina #alabama #alvinbragg #specialcouncil #jacksmith #alinahabba #newjersey -
Federal prosecutors made an unannounced visit this week to a construction site at #FederalReserve HQ that is the focus of an investigation into a $2.5B renovation project, acc/to 2 people….
2 prosecutors & an investigator from #Trump lackey & #USAttorney #JeaninePirro’s office were turned away on Tuesday by a building contractor & referred to Fed attorneys, one of the people said.
#law #economy #independence #RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #USpol
https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-jerome-powell-trump-16f1777a974cf0dece60d78abe4eb973 -
The filing was signed by #USAttorney [& former #FauxNews personality] #JeaninePirro.
#Juries in Washington, DC, convicted the #ProudBoys & #OathKeepers leaders of orchestrating #violent plots to stop the #PeacefulTransferOfPower after Trump’s 2020 election loss to Democratic President Joe #Biden.
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Top #Trump housing official, #BillPulte, issues new #criminal referral for New York AG #LetitiaJames after several previous attempts failed
According to a person familiar with the matter, Pulte, the director of the #FHFA, issued 2 referrals to the #DOJ, one to the #USAttorney for Northern District of Illinois & another to the US Attorney for Southern District of Florida.
Both alleged “suspected homeowners insurance fraud.”
#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/bill-pulte-criminal-referral-letitia-james?cid=ios_app -
The hearing did not go as prosecutors had planned. Judge Quraishi grew frustrated with the office’s head of appeals, Mark Coyne, who had not formally disclosed that he would appear, & fiercely interrogated a more junior prosecutor about whether the former interim #USattorney, #AlinaHabba, still had some role in operating the office.
Judge Quraishi eventually threw Coyne out.
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The #judiciary has had it with #Trump’s clowns
Judge Ejects Federal Prosecutor From Court & Orders Bosses to Testify
Judge Zahid Quraishi ordered a hearing on who had the authority to lead New Jersey’s top federal law enforcement office.
A federal judge threw a top prosecutor from the NJ #USattorney’s office out of his courtroom during a sentencing hearing this week & demanded that the office’s leadership testify about who had authority over their actions.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/nyregion/judge-quraishi-new-jersey-attorneys-office.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
In a blistering 27-page decision unsealed on Friday, the judge, James #Boasberg, derided the #USattorney’s office in Washington, led by the #Trump loyalist #JeaninePirro, for pursuing a case against #JeromePowell. It appeared that the only reason prosecutors had to do so, he added, was Trump’s desire to seek #vengeance against the #Fed chair. Powell has long resisted calls from the White House to adjust #InterestRates for political reasons.
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#DOJ officials & #USAttorney Jason Reding Quiñones made a push in January to bring a case against him, according to two people briefed on the matter, but some career prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida resisted the pressure.
Those career prosecutors are facing a new wave of pressure now, one of the sources said, & are struggling to delay bringing the case to a grand jury.
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Prosecutors in the Miami #USattorney’s office have been leading the #JohnBrennan probe, which relates to testimony the ex-intelligence chief gave to #Congress in 2023 & the #Russia investigation years earlier, issuing 2 rounds of subpoenas to several witnesses.
Yet the push for charges has run into career prosecutors raising concerns in southern Florida, with some viewing the potential case as relatively weak.
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US District Judge Matthew Brann said that a trio of #DOJ lawyers who have been leading the office since late last year had been unlawfully serving in their positions. AG #PamBondi appointed them after Brann disqualified #AlinaHabba, #Trump’s previous choice for #USattorney in NJ, in August amid similar questions over the legality of her appointment.
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Trio named to replace #AlinaHabba as #USattorney is also serving illegally, judge says
A federal judge upended the leadership of New Jersey’s US attorney’s office again Monday, ruling for the second time in less than a year that the #Trump admin had illegally sought to bypass #Congress & install its own picks to head the prominent prosecutorial outpost.
#judiciary #law #Constitution #DOJ
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/09/new-jersey-us-attorney/ -
…The #USAttorney’s Office in the Southern District of #Florida — which includes Miami, the center of the Cuban exile community — will be overseeing the prosecution group, according to the official….
The #Cuba prosecution effort could follow parts of the model the #Trump admin used to remove #Maduro from power in #Venezuela. …The #DOJ indicted Maduro in 2020…. In January, the admin launched an attack on Venezuela, capturing Maduro & bringing him to NY to face charges. -
#LindseyHalligan faces investigation by #Florida #Bar
The #DOJ has proposed new “regulations” that would allow it to intervene in state bar disciplinary actions, which it claims have become “weaponized.”Halligan, the former interim #USattorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, is facing an investigation by the Florida Bar for her role in pursuing criminal charges against 2 of #Trump’s most prominent political foes….
#law #LegalEthics
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The proposal would give the #USattorney general the right to review misconduct allegations against current or former #DOJ #attorneys & request that disciplinary authorities at the state level suspend their investigations.
That would mean that the #US AG, by dragging out such a review, could stall any such investigation.
#Trump #law #LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #AmericanBarAssociation #Federalism #states #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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“Accordingly, #dismissal with #prejudice will serve the interests of #justice,” wrote Rosen, who was nominated by #Trump to be #USattorney in #Minnesota.
Lyons said the agents could face termination & criminal prosecution [I won’t hold my breath].
The Jan 14 #shooting of Julio C. Sosa-Celis by an #ICE agent touched tense protests in #Minneapolis, where thousands of federal agents had been sent as part of the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown in the state.
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Rosen wrote that “*newly* discovered #evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations” that #federal officials made in a charging #document & in courtroom #testimony.
“Accordingly, #dismissal with #prejudice will serve the interests of #justice,” wrote Rosen, who was nominated by #Trump to be #USattorney in #Minnesota.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
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White House Dismisses Court-Appointed U.S. Attorney Hours After Swearing-In
https://newsletter.tf/white-house-fires-prosecutor-albany-2026/
The White House fired a U.S. Attorney hours after judges appointed him to the job.
#USAttorney, #WhiteHouse, #JudicialPower, #NewYork, #Government
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White House Fires Top Prosecutor Hours After Judges Appointed Him
A federal prosecutor named Donald Kinsella was appointed by judges on Wednesday. However, the White House removed him from his job just a few hours after he was sworn in. This quick action has caused some people to ask questions.
https://newsletter.tf/white-house-fires-prosecutor-albany-2026/
#USAttorney, #WhiteHouse, #JudicialPower, #NewYork, #Government
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Federal #judges have found a number of US attorneys whose appointments were the result of unusual legal maneuvers by the #Trump admin to be serving unlawfully.
Along with Sarcone, they include #AlinaHabba, who was the acting #USattorney in NJ, & #LindseyHalligan, formerly the acting US attorney for the Eastern District of VA, as well as a handful of others.
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Kinsella has >50 yrs of experience as a criminal & civil litigator. He is a fmr criminal chief of the US attorney’s office for the Northern District, which prosecutes crime in a broad swath of #NY….
He was set to replace John A. Sarcone III, who a judge found last month was serving in the position unlawfully. This week, Sarcone dropped the title of acting #USattorney — his 210-day term had expired — & is now listed as 1st assistant, typically the title of a US atty’s top deputy.
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“Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, POTUS does,” said DAG #ToddBlanche in a social media post Wednesday. “See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired, Donald Kinsella.”
[↑This is not accurate. There are circumstances in which judges choose, like for instance when an illegal appointment has been made, or an interim #USattorney exceeds their term.] -
Federal #judges in upstate #NewYork appointed a new #USattorney Wednesday only to see him abruptly fired by the White House, in the latest clash between the #Trump admin & the #judiciary.
Donald T. Kinsella, 79, was appointed as US attorney in the Northern District of New York in a private ceremony on Wednesday. But just hours later, Kinsella said, he received an email from a White House official telling him that he was being removed from the post.
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#USAttorney Chosen to Replace #Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House
Federal #judges had appointed Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York after the Trump administration’s nominee was found to be serving unlawfully.
#law #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #judiciary
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/nyregion/donald-kinsella-ndny-sarcone-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Julie Le, atty with #DHS, had been detailed to the #USAttorney’s Office for the District of #Minnesota as hundreds of lawsuits flooded the court there from people challenging their detention during the #Trump admin's #immigration enforcement surge.
Judge Jerry Blackwell had ordered her & another govt atty to appear before him in a #StPaul courtroom Tues to explain why the admin had repeatedly not complied with #CourtOrders in several cases including ones directing the release of detainees. -
"WASHINGTON (AP) — A new wave of departures is rippling through the U.S. Attorney’s office in Minnesota, where additional federal prosecutors are leaving at a time of mounting frustration with the Trump administration’s stepped-up immigration enforcement and the Justice Department’s response to fatal shootings of civilians by federal agents, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday."
#USAttorney #FederalProsecutors #DOJ #Minnesota #ICE
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-justice-department-civil-rights-27b1e380562c71072fdbcde10ee8f468 -
The search itself raises serious questions. It is unclear what evidence was presented to a federal magistrate judge to establish probable cause for a search warrant for the ballots & other materials, which are now >5 years old.
But MULTIPLE prior investigations—including one at the end of #Trump’s first term by the same #FBI office & federal prosecutors working at the time for the Trump-appointed #USattorney in #Atlanta —found NO evidence to support his false claims of significant voter fraud.
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Rosen, a commercial litigator, has kept a relatively low profile since he became the #USattorney in #Minnesota last Oct.
In an interview that month with an online news outlet, #Jewish Insider, Rosen said that one of his “primary motivations” for seeking his current role was the power it gave him to combat what he called the “rapid escalation of #violent #antisemitism” in the #US.
#law #Trump #Bovino #immigration #CBP #WhiteChristianSupremacy