The #US #DOJ said on Friday it is ‌taking actions to strengthen the federal #DeathPenalty, including readopting #FiringSquads & the #LethalInjection protocol.

Acting AG ​ #ToddBlanche has authorized seeking death ⁠sentences against nine people after the ​Justice Department rescinded a #Biden-era moratorium ​on federal #executions, the department said.

#Trump #law #HumanRights #CapitalPunishment
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/justice-department-readopts-firing-squads-us-federal-executions-2026-04-24/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

De Epstein Files are none of your beeswax!

Melania Busies Herself With New Buzzy Project After Epstein Uproar
https://www.thedailybeast.com/melania-trump-busies-herself-with-beekeeping-honey-endeavor-after-epstein-uproar/

#MelaniaTrump #ToddBlanche #EpsteinClass #TrumpEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles #IndictAlexAcosta #ChildRapistTrump #GhislaineMaxwell #JeffreyEpstein #DOJ #DonaldTrump #USPol

“Among the actions taken are readopting the #LethalInjection protocol utilized during the first #Trump Administration, ​expanding the protocol to include additional manners of ‌ #execution ⁠such as the #FiringSquad, & streamlining internal processes to expedite #DeathPenalty cases,” #DOJ said in a ​statement.

“Under President ​Trump’s leadership, ⁠the Department of Justice is once again enforcing the ​law & standing with victims," ​Blanche ⁠said.

#law #HumanRights #CapitalPunishment

The #US #DOJ said on Friday it is ‌taking actions to strengthen the federal #DeathPenalty, including readopting #FiringSquads & the #LethalInjection protocol.

Acting AG ​ #ToddBlanche has authorized seeking death ⁠sentences against nine people after the ​Justice Department rescinded a #Biden-era moratorium ​on federal #executions, the department said.

#Trump #law #HumanRights #CapitalPunishment
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/justice-department-readopts-firing-squads-us-federal-executions-2026-04-24/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

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#DOJ drops criminal probe of #FederalReserve chair #JeromePowell

#USAttorney for DC #JeanninePirro said Friday that her office was ending its probe into the Fed’s building renovations because the Fed’s IG would scrutinize them instead.

The decision ends an investigation, one of several into #Trump’s perceived adversaries, that for months had failed to gain traction as prosecutors struggled to articulate a basis to suspect #criminal conduct.

#law
https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-investigation-powell-justice-department-28d04cc0d99cda25cea69931f65e25d3

Would Todd Blanche kill for Donald Trump?

Asking for Ghislaine Maxwell.

#ToddBlanche #EpsteinClass #TrumpEpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles #IndictAlexAcosta #ChildRapistTrump #GhislaineMaxwell #JeffreyEpstein #DOJ #DonaldTrump #USPol

The section responsible ⁠for #EnvironmentalLaw lost about a third of its staff. And the department’s #CivilRights Division lost more than half. And the Bureau of #Prisons – ​which the DOJ’s internal watchdog has said is in a “staffing crisis” – shed more than 2,200 employees, about 6% of its workforce. The number of inmates in federal custody has remained largely unchanged.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #DOJ #NationalSecurity #Trump #criminal

That contraction, combined with an increased focus on #immigration, has caused authorities to pull back from some of their typical work, interviews & agency records show. Last year, for example, federal prosecutions for #DrugTrafficking dropped to their lowest level in more than two decades.

The govt is bringing even fewer such ​cases this year, Reuters found after reviewing millions of federal court dockets from Westlaw….

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #DOJ #NationalSecurity #Trump #criminal

Other parts of the #DOJ shrank even more rapidly. Its #NationalSecurity Division, which handles #intelligence & #terrorism matters, lost nearly 38%!! of its staff, the department’s records show. The division’s most recent budget request to #Congress noted “unprecedented personnel constraints” in the unit that handles cases involving #espionage & the export of sensitive #military ​ #technology.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #Trump #criminal

The records, from the #US #Justice Department’s management unit, show that the total number of employees at the #FBI has dropped more than 7% since the government’s ‌2024 fiscal year, a loss of about 2,600 people. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s [#DEA] staff has dropped by about 6%, & the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives [#ATF] lost about 14%! of its workers.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #DOJ #NationalSecurity #Trump #criminal

Exclusive: Trump’s #DOJ has cut thousands of #LawEnforcement #jobs while vowing to get tough on #crime

The #Trump admin has cut more than 4,000 employees from some of the nation’s top law-enforcement agencies, even as it vowed to crack down on crime, according to ​records obtained by Reuters.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #NationalSecurity
https://www.reuters.com/world/trumps-doj-has-cut-thousands-law-enforcement-jobs-while-vowing-get-tough-crime-2026-04-23/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

Traditionally, experts in the department’s office of #immigration litigation have handled #denaturalization cases. But the effort to enlist regular prosecutors to pursue these cases could lead to a surge in denaturalizations, which have been rare in recent decades. It also comes just months after #Trump admin officials ordered #DHS staffers to refer upward of 200 denaturalization cases a month to the #DOJ.

#law

#DOJ Targets Hundreds of #Citizens in New Push for #Denaturalization

The #Trump admin is assigning denaturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of US citizenship.

The DOJ has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose #citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of #USattorney’s offices across the country.

#law #immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/justice-dept-citizens-denaturalization.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

The #DOJ’s internal watchdog said it is reviewing the department’s compliance with the #law mandating the release of the #EpsteinFiles.

The review from the inspector general’s office will focus on how the department collected, reviewed & redacted materials in preparation for release & its process for addressing #privacy concerns that arose after the files were made public, when #Epstein survivors complained that personal information about them was disclosed.

#Trump
https://apnews.com/article/epstein-files-justice-department-release-watchdog-bd1f97448163f69311917e768a5d2a9f

The audit will focus on one of the more politically sensitive chapters of the #Trump admin’s #DOJ, when officials bowed to public pressure & to a #law from #Congress to release millions of pages of records that the executive branch had initially said would not come out. It marks the first significant effort by the watchdog—since Trump retook office—to scrutinize the actions of a department that has been riven by tumult, including mass firings & allegations of politicization of investigations.

The #DOJ’s internal watchdog said it is reviewing the department’s compliance with the #law mandating the release of the #EpsteinFiles.

The review from the inspector general’s office will focus on how the department collected, reviewed & redacted materials in preparation for release & its process for addressing #privacy concerns that arose after the files were made public, when #Epstein survivors complained that personal information about them was disclosed.

#Trump
https://apnews.com/article/epstein-files-justice-department-release-watchdog-bd1f97448163f69311917e768a5d2a9f

Traditionally, experts in the department’s office of #immigration litigation have handled #denaturalization cases. But the effort to enlist regular prosecutors to pursue these cases could lead to a surge in denaturalizations, which have been rare in recent decades. It also comes just months after #Trump admin officials ordered #DHS staffers to refer upward of 200 denaturalization cases a month to the #DOJ.

#law

Under #federal #law, the government may ask a court to strip the #citizenship of people who obtained it fraudulently — for instance, by entering into a sham marriage or by withholding information about their past that would have made them ineligible. Some who commit crimes may also be denaturalized. The government must present evidence to a federal judge through a civil or criminal proceeding, making the process challenging & time-consuming.

#DOJ #immigration #Trump

Senior #DOJ officials in Washington told colleagues during a meeting last week that civil litigators in 39 regional offices would soon be assigned to file #denaturalization cases against the individuals, according to an official familiar with the announcement who was not authorized to describe it on the record. Two people familiar with the plans confirmed the broader effort to ramp up denaturalizations. It was not clear what led the DOJ to target the 384 individuals.

#law #immigration #Trump

#DOJ Targets Hundreds of #Citizens in New Push for #Denaturalization

The #Trump admin is assigning denaturalization cases to regular prosecutors, which could lead to a surge of people stripped of US citizenship.

The DOJ has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose #citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of #USattorney’s offices across the country.

#law #immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/justice-dept-citizens-denaturalization.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share