Tag: Department of Justice

Marrero also said letting Trump block the subpoena would amount to an "undue expansion" of presidential immunity.

The pair were members of a four-strong group in Islamic State that was known as the Beatles because they were English speakers.

The elite school "uses race at multiple steps of its admissions process resulting in a multiplied effect of race on an applicant’s likelihood of admission."

"It's a major priority."

Demers, the Assistant U.S. Attorney General for National Security, said that Houston was "not chosen at random" when the administration of President Donald Trump last month moved to shut down ...

"I am not going to make that individual judgment."

"You could use that term, yes."

"Our cases focus purely on the criminal conduct alleged."

The court scheduled a hearing for August 11.

"I just thought he was despicable and so beneath the dignity of an attorney general."

"Could you point to one indictment that has been under the department that you feel has been unmerited?"

Trump announces a surge in federal agents.

Trump's administration to resume executions were under way soon after the Republican took office..

The court's decision allows the DOJ to resume its plans.

"The court finds that at least one of plaintiffs' claims has a likelihood of success on the merits, and that absent a preliminary injunction, plaintiffs will suffer irreparable harm."

"The plaintiffs in this case have not made the showing required to justify last-minute intervention by a Federal Court."

A delay to four executions the department had scheduled for July and August until further order of the court.

"It is so completely out of touch with what is happening."

Sullivan’s attorneys told the appeals court the panel decision marked a “dramatic break from precedent” that “threatens to turn ordinary judicial process upside down.”

Berman said he told Barr he regarded Clayton as an "unqualified choice" for the prosecutor job because he had never served as a federal prosecutor and "had no criminal experience."