The Justice Department claims California's request to limit the federal response to violent riots in Los Angeles would "countermand" the president's lawful military directives.

Including those two, the Justice Department has fired 17 people who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith's team prosecuting Trump since he returned to power in January.

In a new letter, ABA president William Bay says the DOJ's claims that the country's main legal organization is an activist group are "unsupported by the facts.”

A Justice Department memo to US immigration judges noted that they can rapidly grant case dismissals, meaning that immigrants will not be able to respond in court.

The lobbying wave comes as the Trump administration has dramatically scaled back the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section, reduced the size of its foreign bribery unit and advised department attorneys that tax enforcement is "not a priority," two of the people familiar with the matter said.

Authorities will close half of current investigations to align with new guidelines aimed at preserving U.S. competitiveness.

The Department of Justice is accusing the North Carolina State Board of Elections of violating a 2002 federal law, the Help America Vote Act, by not collecting the required information from voters.

Nearly a dozen of the government's most seasoned lawyers have been relegated to what they refer to as the Justice Dept. rubber room.