Department of Justice

Published
January 5, 2023

Kennebunk man owes $720,000 in unpaid federal taxes, complaint says

The Department of Justice is asking a judge to enforce several liens against his property to recover more than 10 years' of income, Medicare and Social Security taxes.
Published
December 27, 2022

Another View: Jan. 6 committee report was clear – Trump must be held accountable

Thanks to the House panel’s investigation, we now have all the detail we need.
Published
September 9, 2022

Commentary: Do ‘Trump judges’ exist? We’re about to find out.

Executive privilege is a privilege of the office, not the person who occupies it.
Published
September 2, 2022

FBI list shows top-secret documents were mixed with Trump personal items

The inventory shows that 43 empty folders with classified banners were found in a box or container at Trump's Mar-a-Lago office, along with an additional 28 empty folders labeled as 'Return to Staff Secretary' or military aide.
Published
August 31, 2022

LePage, other leading Maine Republicans, silent on revelations Trump had trove of secret documents

Paul LePage, Bruce Poliquin and the state party decline to address recent developments, including possible obstruction, while Sen. Susan Collins condemns violent threats against FBI and federal prosecutors.
Published
August 31, 2022

Five things we learned from the latest filing on the Trump Mar-a-Lago search

The Justice Department provided more support for its decision to search former President Donald Trump’s premises at Mar-a-Lago.
Published
August 30, 2022

Trump team may have hidden, moved classified papers, Justice Department says

A Justice Department filing suggests advisers to former President Donald Trump misled officials trying to recover sensitive and top secret papers from Mar-a-Lago.
Published
August 30, 2022

Garland bans campaign activity by Justice Department political appointees

With the agency under attack ahead of midterm elections, the attorney general says political appointees cannot attend campaign events at all.
Published
August 26, 2022

FBI: Trump mixed top secret documents with magazines, other items

A just-released 32-page affidavit, even in its redacted form, underscores the volume of sensitive government documents located at Mar-a-Lago and reveals FBI concerns that the records were being retained illegally.
Published
August 19, 2022

Justice Department memo on Russia probe was wrongly withheld under Barr, court rules

Friday's appeals court decision said the internal Justice Department memo noted that Special Counsel Robert Mueller 'had declined to accuse President Trump of obstructing justice but also had declined to exonerate him.'