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Police in Washington, D.C., said a female suspect carjacked a vehicle with an elderly woman still in it outside a hospital before crashing just three miles away near the U.S. Attorney’s office Monday. The elderly female passenger, forced to remain along for the ride during the crime, was pronounced dead following the “tragic incident,” D.C. Assistant Police Chief Darnel Robinson …

Vice President Kamala Harris recently warned donors in San Diego that Donald Trump has “threatened to weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies” if elected. Does our clueless vice president not get that half the country believes the Biden-Harris White House has been doing exactly that for over three years? While Joe Biden prattles on about threats to …

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, on Tuesday grilled Attorney General Merrick Garland over the Justice Department‘s lawsuit against Texas to stop the state from enforcing border security measures. Garland was testifying before the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee during the panel’s annual oversight hearing when he was asked about the court being waged against the Lone Star state. During his remarks, …

Opening statements are expected to begin in United States v. Hunter Biden on Tuesday morning. The trial for the first son began in Wilmington in the U.S. District Court for Delaware on Monday. Jury selection lasted for a few hours, and a final jury of 12 jurors plus four alternates were seated Monday afternoon. HUNTER BIDEN’S CRIMINAL TRIAL ON FEDERAL …

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., revealed a “three-pronged” strategy for cracking down on the alleged weaponization of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in a closed-door meeting with House Republicans on Tuesday. It comes as former President Trump faces criminal charges in two federal cases led by special counsel Jack Smith, as well as charges in Fulton County, Georgia, and a …

Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, R-Ky., pressed Attorney General Merrick on the constitutionality of appointing Jack Smith as special counsel in a hearing Tuesday. Garland testified before the House Judiciary Committee and was questioned by Massie on Smith’s appointment to oversee the classified documents and January 6 probe into former President Donald Trump. “What gives you the authority to appoint a …

Attorney General Merrick Garland is appearing before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning to respond to former President Donald Trump’s claims that FBI agents were “locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger” during a search of Mar-a-Lago. Garland will deny suggestions that the Justice Department was controlling the New York hush money case …

Hunter Biden’s criminal trial will begin with jury selection Monday morning in Delaware. The trial stems from federal gun charges brought against him by special counsel David Weiss. Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to federal gun charges in U.S. District Court for Delaware after Weiss charged him with making a false statement in the purchase of a firearm; making a …

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Sunday defended President Biden’s past comment that his son, Hunter Biden, “did nothing wrong.” Jeffries’ remarks came a day before the scheduled beginning of jury selection in the federal gun case against Hunter – and just days after former President Trump, President Biden’s main election opponent, was convicted on 34 counts following the …

The Justice Department cannot release audio from President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur due to the threat of potential deepfakes, the DOJ argued in a Friday court filing. The filing came as part of a legal challenge against Biden’s efforts to exercise executive privilege over the recording to keep it from the public. The DOJ acknowledged in its …