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Federal prosecutors rebuked the judge presiding over former President Trump’s classified documents case in the Southern District of Florida, asserting that potential jury instructions she issued rest on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.” In a court filing Tuesday, Smith said U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon’s unusual request that prosecutors and defense attorneys submit hypothetical jury instructions was “wrong” and would …

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is suing the state of Utah, including the Utah Department of Corrections (UDOC), for allegedly discriminating against a transgender inmate who removed his own testicles after suffering from gender dysphoria. In Monday’s announcement, the DOJ claims the state violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by discriminating against the inmate on the basis of the …

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he remains committed to pardoning NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden on his first day in office if he is elected to the White House. Kennedy Jr. released a petition Monday calling on President Biden to pardon Snowden, who in 2013 famously visited Hong Kong and exposed classified NSA documents that revealed the U.S. …

Judges in Britain will rule Tuesday on whether Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to the U.S. or if he will be allowed to appeal his extradition. Two senior judges on the British High Court will decide Assange’s fate on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. GMT, or 6:30 a.m. ET. A full appeal hearing could come if the High Court …

Federal authorities toppled a major gun trafficking operation intended to arm Mexican drug cartels with over 100 “military-grade” firearms, according to court documents. Five men were arrested on March 20 and accused of illegally buying weapons throughout Texas to allegedly smuggle them across the border. “These firearms included FNH SCAR rifles, Barrett .50 caliber rifles, FNH M294S rifles, and M1919 …

The United States and Cyprus said Tuesday they’re formalizing their collaboration in fighting money laundering, sanctions evasion and other financial crimes with an agreement offering Cypriot law enforcement authorities U.S. expertise. CYPRUS FREEZES $1.3B IN RUSSIAN-OWNED ASSETS The FBI and Cypriot police will sign an agreement in the coming days that includes the U.S. Department of Justice offering help to …

House Republicans are threatening to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress over the Justice Department’s failure to produce subpoenaed audio recordings of former Special Counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Biden as part of the investigation into his handling of classified records. Fox News Digital obtained a letter that House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and …

The Justice Department unsealed an indictment on Monday charging seven Chinese nationals with working under the guise of a Wuhan tech company to coordinate cyber-attacks targeting politicians and American companies on behalf of the Chinese government for over a decade. The defendants — Ni Gaobin, Weng Ming, Cheng Feng, Peng Yaowen, Sun Xiaohui. Xiong Wang, and Zhao Guangzong — are …

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Florida on Saturday where she will tout a Biden administration effort to provide “training and technical assistance” to individuals “responsible for implementing laws designed to keep guns out of the hands of people who pose a threat to themselves or others.” The new program drew immediate backlash from some Republicans who called the …

Attorney General Merrick Garland shut down a reporter Thursday questioning if he should’ve edited language describing President Biden’s memory in Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report, calling that suggestion “absurd.” NBC correspondent Ken Dilanian asked Garland about the criticism he’s faced from the White House over how the former special counsel described Biden’s faltering memory in his report looking into the …