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Justice Department says key Trump admin official won’t testify about probationary firings
The Justice Department told a federal judge on Tuesday that the acting head of the Office of Personnel Management won’t testify at a hearing later this week in a major case challenging the government’s efforts to cull the federal workforce,
Fired Justice Dept. official speaks out on her ouster and Mel Gibson
Fired Justice Department pardon attorney Elizabeth Oyer says she was ousted after refusing to back restoring gun ownership rights to the actor Mel Gibson.
Trump's Justice Department shakeup hits bankruptcy watchdog
President Donald Trump’s purge of government employees has hit the Justice Department’s bankruptcy watchdog, with the firing of the director of the Office of the U.S. Trustee.
Trump Administration Forces Out More Senior Justice Dept. Officials
The Trump administration targeted veteran career lawyers who managed pardon work, bankruptcy litigation and other legal issues in the latest wave of forced departures.
Trump’s Justice Dept. ousts national security officials in latest purge
The transferring of at least three national security officials amounts to a complete gutting of leadership in the highly sensitive National Security Division.
Trump Justice Department fires more career officials
President Donald Trump's administration on Friday fired at least two senior career officials at the U.S. Justice Department, including the head of the office that handles presidential pardon requests,
Trump Administration Fires Senior Justice Department Officials, Including Pardon Attorney
The Trump administration has dismissed at least two senior career officials from the U.S. Justice Department, including Liz Oyer, the head of the Office of the Pardon Attorney, and Bobak Talebian, who led the Office
Trump administration eyes cuts to Justice Department public corruption unit, people familiar say
President Donald Trump's administration is considering cutting most of the lawyers in the U.S. Justice Department unit that ...
Justice Department office that prosecutes public corruption slashed in size, sources say
Only a small fraction of the Public Integrity Section’s employees — roughly a half-dozen — will remain in an office that had ...
E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices
An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.
Justice Department is expected to slash public corruption unit, AP sources say
Prosecutors in the Justice Department section that handles public corruption cases have been told the unit will be ...
US Senate confirms Trump's Justice Department antitrust head Gail Slater
Gail Slater, President Donald Trump's pick to oversee the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division, was confirmed by ...
The latest Justice Department purge includes a Mel Gibson angle
There have been a striking number of firings in senior federal law enforcement positions, but only one allegedly involves gun ...
AG Pam Bondi promised to depoliticize the Justice Department. Has she done the opposite?
The former Trump defense lawyer has moved quickly to align the Justice Department with the president's agenda. Critics say ...
Justice Department Attorney Says She Was Fired After Balking at Effort to Restore Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights
Justice Department lawyer Elizabeth Oyer tells the New York Times she was fired for failing to recommend that Mel Gibson have ...
Justice Department is expected to slash public corruption unit, sources say
Prosecutors in the DOJ that handle public corruption cases have been told the unit will be signification reduced, and that ...
Will Colorado stand up for environmental justice amid state budget cuts and a diminished EPA?
State officials say they’ll fight for environment “with or without the federal government,” but critics are skeptical.