Internal #DOJ policy has long said that law enforcement should refrain from taking any public investigatory steps against a political candidate in the 60 days before an #election, to prevent even the appearance of the department using its power to sway the #vote.

…The #California gubernatorial primary is June 2.

#Trump #KashPatel #EricSwalwell #ElectionInterference #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment

“Most troubling about this is that we are now literally at #war. We also face threats against the homeland,” #EricSwalwell said in a statement. “ #KashPatel should be spending every moment trying to keep us safe, not scoring political points. A lot of people have bent the knee to this administration. But I will not, & neither will the people of California.”

#Trump #NationalSecurity #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment

They also said they feared the repercussions of sending agents to the territory of an adversarial nation to dig up information on a sitting congressman. Such an interview, legal experts said, would be impossible without Chinese interference, & Fang would be considered an unreliable witness.
#Trump #KashPatel #NationalSecurity #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment

#EricSwalwell was not accused of any wrongdoing when the #FBI investigated his relationship with Fang a decade ago. In 2023, the #Republican-led #House #Ethics Cmte closed a 2-year investigation into the congressman, deciding to “take no further action.”

#Trump #KashPatel #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment

The potential release is part of the #Trump admin’s aggressive push to investigate #EricSwalwell, [who served as an #impeachment manager (prosecutor) during Trump's 2nd impeachment trial], a vocal critic of #Trump & a leading Democratic candidate for #California #governor, acc/to the people familiar with the effort. It is highly unusual for the #FBI to release case files tied to a probe that did NOT result in criminal charges.

#KashPatel #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics

The potential release is part of the #Trump admin’s aggressive push to investigate #EricSwalwell, [who served as an #impeachment manager (prosecutor) during Trump's 2nd impeachment trial], a vocal critic of #Trump & a leading Democratic candidate for #California #governor, acc/to the people familiar with the effort. It is highly unusual for the #FBI to release case files tied to a probe that did NOT result in criminal charges.

#KashPatel #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics

#FBI Director #KashPatel is pressing to release a decade-old investigative file involving Rep. #EricSwalwell (D-California) & a suspected Chinese intelligence operative, recently dispatching agents in the Bureau’s San Francisco office to quickly redact the files before they are released publicly despite NO evidence of wrongdoing by Swalwell, according to three people familiar with the effort.


#Trump #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment

#KashPatel’s push against Democratic lawmaker raises concerns within #FBI


The FBI director seeks to post documents on Rep #EricSwalwell despite no evidence of wrongdoing, officials said.

#Trump #DOJ #law #LegalEthics #EnemiesList #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/28/fbi-patel-eric-swalwell/

“Nothing in the governing statute supports the Orwellian notion that an American company may be branded a potential adversary and saboteur of the U.S. for expressing disagreement with the government,” District Court Judge Rita F. Lin wrote.

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #Pentagon #Anthropic #NationalSecurity #ArtificialIntelligence #Trump #technology

Judge blocks #Pentagon order branding #Anthropic a #NationalSecurity risk, calling its underlying logic 'Orwellian'

The #ArtificialIntelligence lab argued that the #Trump admin was punishing it for speaking about the risks of its #technology.

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/26/pentagon-anthropic-national-security-risk-order-blocked/

Since the 1950s, the #federal govt has consistently operated as the predominant source of #research #funding for #universities, acc/to the #NSF.

One of the largest govt sources of research funding has been the #NIH, which disburses about $35 billion each year. The largest recipients of those NIH #grants are #MedicalSchools, acc/to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

#law #Constitution #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #Trump #science #medicine

Great. Let’s impede #medical #education./s

#Trump Admin Begins Investigations Into Three #MedicalSchools

The #DOJ’s demands for #admissions-related data from #Stanford, #OhioState & the University of California, San Diego [#UCSD], represent a flex of #federal #power.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #InfoSec #dictatorship #authoritarianism #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #science #medicine #PublicHealth

#GiftArticle

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/us/politics/trump-medical-schools-civil-rights.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WFA.pWJo.d0KT6obrI1V6&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Top #Trump housing official, #BillPulte, issues new #criminal referral for New York AG #LetitiaJames after several previous attempts failed

According to a person familiar with the matter, Pulte, the director of the #FHFA, issued 2 referrals to the #DOJ, one to the #USAttorney for Northern District of Illinois & another to the US Attorney for Southern District of Florida.

Both alleged “suspected homeowners insurance fraud.”

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/bill-pulte-criminal-referral-letitia-james?cid=ios_app