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Bondi's Official DOJ Portrait Found in a Trash Can — Hours After Being Fired
Within hours of Bondi's firing, a photo showed her official DOJ portrait in a trash bin. Career officials quietly celebrated. The karma: Bondi had personally ripped Biden and Garland's portraits off DOJ walls on her first day. DOJ called the photo "Fake News."
Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi — Second Cabinet Secretary Ousted
Trump fired AG Pam Bondi after the birthright citizenship humiliation at SCOTUS, Epstein files mishandling, failed prosecutions of Letitia James (3 grand jury refusals), and accidentally releasing damning evidence against Trump. Second Cabinet secretary fired after Noem.
DOJ Admits ICE Courthouse Arrests Based on "Erroneous" Legal Authority
The DOJ admitted it wrongly used an ICE memo to justify arresting hundreds of immigrants at immigration courthouses. The memo only applied to criminal courts, not immigration courts. The DOJ blamed ICE. DHS said arrests would continue anyway.
DOJ Pays Flynn $1.2M of Taxpayer Money for "Malicious Prosecution" — He Pleaded Guilty. Twice.
Trump's DOJ settled Michael Flynn's lawsuit for $1.2M, calling his prosecution a "historic injustice." Flynn pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI about Russian contacts. The Biden DOJ had asked a judge to dismiss Flynn's complaint. Trump's DOJ reversed course and paid him.
DOJ Admits "We Don't Know" What Crime Powell Committed — Judge Finds "Zero Evidence"
A DOJ prosecutor admitted in a sealed hearing they had no evidence of wrongdoing by Fed Chair Powell. The judge found "essentially zero evidence" of a crime and ruled the investigation's sole purpose was to pressure Powell to lower interest rates or resign.
Judge Throws Federal Prosecutor Out of Courtroom, Orders DOJ to Testify About Habba
A federal judge ejected a DOJ prosecutor from his courtroom after he tried to "blindside the court," then told the office: "Generations of AUSAs built the goodwill of that office for your generation to destroy it within a year."
Bondi's DOJ Withheld Epstein Files Containing Allegations About Trump and a 13-Year-Old
NPR found the DOJ removed and withheld Epstein files specifically containing allegations that Trump sexually abused a 13-year-old. Only the files mentioning Trump were excluded. The DOJ claimed they were "duplicates."