Justice Department to send election monitors to California, New Jersey following requests from state GOPs

[ad_1] The Department of Justice is preparing to send federal election observers to California and New Jersey next month, targeting two Democratic states holding off-year elections following requests from state Republican parties. The department announced Friday that it is planning to monitor polling sites in Passaic County, New Jersey, and five counties in southern and…

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FBI Director Kash Patel plans travel to China as part of fentanyl crackdown effort

[ad_1] FBI Director Kash Patel is set to visit China next month as the agency cracks down on international suppliers of chemicals tied to fentanyl, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the plan. Patel and President Trump have made combating precursor chemicals produced overseas and related funding streams a cornerstone of the administration’s anti-drug…

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Trump administration seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, Justice Department says

[ad_1] Washington — The Justice Department said Friday that the Trump administration is seeking to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia and said the West African nation has agreed to accept him. In a filing with a federal judge in Maryland, Justice Department lawyers said that immigration officials expect to formally notify Abrego Garcia later Friday that Liberia…

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N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James set to plead not guilty to bank fraud charges in federal court

[ad_1] Norfolk, Virginia — New York Attorney General Letitia James will be appearing in court Friday for her arraignment on federal charges of bank fraud in Norfolk, Virginia, after the Justice Department indicted her earlier this month. U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker, appointed to the federal bench by former President Joe Biden, is presiding over…

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Letitia James blasts prosecutor in criminal case for “unusual and improper” conversation with journalist

[ad_1] Attorneys for New York Attorney General Letitia James took aim at the Trump-appointed prosecutor overseeing her bank fraud case Thursday, accusing interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan of an improper conversation with a journalist and vowing to seek dismissal of the indictment on the grounds that Halligan was unlawfully named to the job. The pair…

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