'Rooted in lies': Trump DOJ slammed as it eyes charges for election officials

The Department of Justice under Attorney General Pam Bondi is looking into potentially filing criminal charges against election officials pegged by the Trump administration for allegedly failing to ... Read More

Justice Dept. Explores Using Criminal Charges Against Election Officials

Such a path could drastically raise the stakes for federal investigations of state or county officials, bringing the department and the threat of criminalization into the election system. Read More

Trump's DOJ makes its most sweeping demand for election data yet

Updated June 11, 2025 at 17:28 PM ET. The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding an unprecedented amount of election data from at least one state, according to documents obtained by NPR, as the ... Read More

Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit

Seven lawyers who spoke with Reuters cited a punishing workload and the need to defend policies that some felt were not legally justifiable among the key reasons for the wave of departures. Read More

Trump DOJ Orders Disturbing Reshuffling on Elections

Donald Trump has completely gutted the Department of Justice section charged with securing elections, The Guardian reported Monday. In January, there were seven top career managers overseeing the ... Read More

Trump’s appeals court nominee responds to allegation he suggested DOJ ...

Justice Department official Emil Bove pushed back Wednesday against claims that he’s President Trump’s “henchman” or “enforcer” during a contentious Senate hearing on his nomination to ... Read More

Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats

A judge in Massachusetts has blocked President Donald Trump’s election March 25 executive order, siding with Democratic state attorneys who called it overreach. Read More

FACT FOCUS: Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ does not let him delay or cancel elections

That's false. There is nothing in the legislation that would allow Trump, or any future president, to stop an election from going forward. Read More

Critics warn DOJ is being politicized despite vows to end its ... - NPR

Critics warn that despite President Trump's call to end the purported weaponization of the Justice Department, it has become more politicized in the president's first three months back in office. Read More

70% of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division lawyers are leaving ... - NPR

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is in upheaval amid a mass exodus of attorneys as the Trump administration moves to radically reshape the division, shelving its traditional mission ... Read More