Bondi fires DOJ staffer who flipped off National Guard in DC — and was seen boasting about it
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'...10 individuals have been subpoenaed for closed-door depositions from August to October. These include former Attorney General Merrick Garland, former Attorney General William Barr, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch, former Attorney General Eric Holder, and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales; former FBI Director James Comey; former special counsel Robert Mueller; and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
The Republican-led committee is seeking testimony from these officials about their roles at the DOJ and FBI during the criminal investigations into Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. ...'
'Law enforcement turns the PlugX malware’s own self-delete mechanism against it, nuking the China-linked trojan from thousands of US machines. ...remote access trojan from more than 4,200 infected computers in the United States.
Using court-approved access to a command-and-control (C2) server, investigators sent self-delete commands embedded within the malware’s functionality, wiping it clean without disrupting legitimate files or functions. ...'
'...Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump thanked Eric Adams on Sunday at his rally at Madison Square Garden, adding that the New York City mayor has been "treated very badly" by the Department of Justice. "I wanna thank Mayor Adams," Trump said...Adams was indicted by the DOJ late last month on bribery charges, something with which Trump said he could empathize. Trump said it was predictable once Adams criticized the Biden administration ...'
'...Former President Donald Trump spoke out against the Virginia Supreme Court after a federal judge restored the voting rights of 1,600 non-citizens to be added back to the state’s voter rolls. The 45th, and hopefully the 47th, president criticized U.S. Judge Patricia Giles for allowing illegal immigrants to vote in U.S. elections— ordering them back on the voter rolls less than two weeks before the election. ...'
'...The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against Alabama and its top election official, alleging a state program violated federal law by removing voters from its election rolls too close to this fall’s general election. ...Republicans across the country call for new restrictions to ensure non-U.S. citizens aren’t casting ballots in U.S. elections. It’s already against the law for noncitizens to vote in federal elections'
'...Yougkin pushed back on the Justice Department's lawsuit, saying the lawsuit was "politically motivated." "With less than 30 days until the election, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice is filing an unprecedented lawsuit against me and the Commonwealth of Virginia, for appropriately enforcing a 2006 law signed by Democrat Tim Kaine that requires Virginia to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls - a process that starts with someone declaring themselves a non-citizen and then registering to vote," Youngkins said....'
'Paxton criticized the Department of Justice on Newsmax for filing a lawsuit over a new law that allows state and local law enforcement to arrest people they believe are in Texas illegally. "It's pretty unreasonable..."We have had three years of the Biden administration dismantling federal law and not [only] not enforcing it, but actually encouraging the cartels to bring as many people as possible to the border. ...'
'U.S. attorney’s office for Delaware took several steps to block an FBI inquiry into foreign lobbying violations involving then-Vice President Joseph R. Biden. ...emails and memos that appear to tie then-Vice President Biden to his son’s foreign business deals and provide an inside look at the efforts of Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf to shield Mr. Biden from any part of the criminal investigation, including issuing an order to strip a reference to Mr. Biden from a search warrant while he was running for president. “These documents show a clearer connection between Joe Biden, his public office and Hunter Biden’s global influence-peddling scheme that resulted in over $20 million in payments to the Biden family,” said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, Missouri Republican...'
'...In a court hearing over the barrier near Eagle Pass, the U.S. Justice Department argued it was installed without federal authorization, while lawyers for the state said it notified the proper authorities....'
'...Comer said email evidence implicates Joe and Hunter Biden 'without a shadow of a doubt'>/b>...'
'...Committee chairman Jason Smith (R., Mo.) said the whistleblowers testified about tactics used by the DOJ to “delay the investigation long enough to reach the statute of limitations.” The two IRS agents told the committee they pushed for felony charges against Hunter Biden in the tax probe and that Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss wanted to bring charges against the younger Biden in the District of Columbia and Southern California last year but was denied by DOJ officials both times. ...'
From the article: "...Justice Kagan clarifies, the government can seek dismissal of an FCA claim as long it has intervened during the litigation. The opinion goes on to direct district courts to handle such dismissals under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a), which governs voluntary dismissals of federal lawsuits.
Justice Clarence Thomas filed a dissent, emphasizing the importance of the timing of the government’s intervention, saying:
This case requires us to decide whether the Government enjoys the same panoply of procedural rights when it takes over an action during the seal period and when (as here) it intervenes in the action “at a later date” after the relator has “proceed[ed] with the action.” quoting §3730(c)(3).
Justice Thomas suggests that the language of the FCA does not make clear that the government has broad dismissal power. Justice Thomas also claims that the FCA may conflict with Article II of the constitution..."
'...'DOJ indicts former President / candidate Trump SAME DAY DOJ/FBI restricts access to unnecessarily redacted Biden allegations And they wonder why ppl think there r two standards for justice,' fumed Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, a senior Judiciary Committee member, on Twitter. ...'
'...We know Hunter has engaged in lots of mostly shady foreign deals, trafficking on his name and connections rather than his expertise, which has brought him millions of dollars. So, he has a motive for wanting access to certain classified documents. And we know Hunter lives very well. As The Hill reported last April, “Hunter Biden, who is under federal investigation for his foreign business dealings, has been staying in Malibu throughout his father’s presidency, spending $20,000 of his own wealth each month to rent out a mansion, according to the report.”...'
'...Congress has an independent constitutional obligation to oversee all aspects of the Justice Department, and that includes special counsels as well. And so we will have a role in overseeing what's transpiring here. What's real concerning to me is how justice is applied and is it applied equally," McCarthy told host Maria Bartiromo. "How many years has this vice president, who's been in [public] office for more than 40 years, had these documents? Who's been in and out of there?" the speaker continued. "So, they apply a special counsel, but how many agents do they apply to that and applied to [former] President [Donald] Trump as well? This is just hypocrisy."...'