"There was tremendous criminal activity," the president averred, urging unspecified charges against former Special Counsel Jack Smith, former FBI lawyer Andrew Weissmann, and former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco.
The legal rationales for prosecuting James Comey, Adam Schiff, and Letitia James suggest the president is determined to punish them one way or another.
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The fugitive freedom fighter allied with a government known for imprisoning dissidents, curtailing civil liberties, and forging equality in the sense that people are more equally oppressed.
The administration is pursuing a vendetta, but Comey and the FBI deserve scrutiny and reduced stature.
By demanding that the Justice Department punish the former FBI director for wronging him, the president provided evidence to support a claim of selective or vindictive prosecution.
The FBI director's portrayal of the case exemplifies the emptiness of his promise that there would be "no retributive actions" against the president's enemies.
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Peter Thiel warns of a pending one-world totalitarian government—while himself pushing to supercharge the surveillance state.
The alleged shooter was turned in by his family and roommates while the surveillance state remained clueless.
The late friend of Reason, who coined the term "technological singularity," landed on the feds' radar for his association with a foreign policy dissident.
With government agencies turned into partisan weapons, trust is a tribal matter.
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Using the FBI to track down AWOL Texas Democrats is an unnecessary expansion of federal law enforcement authority.
This is great news, but it also undercuts Donald Trump's claim that violent crime was out of control before he returned to office.
The twist underscores just how little accountability exists in civil forfeiture, which allows law enforcement to seize assets without charging the owner with a crime.
A recently disclosed bulletin from October 2023 shows the Inception-like nature of national security politics.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has placed minor restraints on the government’s ability to impose gag orders on secret subpoenas issued to tech companies.
Like sex trafficking panic more broadly, the Epstein files are a useful political tool—as long as they remain hidden.
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The former FBI director's cringey Instagram photos are not an "exigent circumstance" that allows law enforcement to circumvent the Constitution.
Cops should not be free to forgo the modicum of care required to make sure they’re in the right place.
Plus: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre on wax.
The California senator was trying to ask about immigration enforcement when federal agents handcuffed and ejected him.
Agents detonated a grenade and broke into the house, guns drawn. But while the decision is good news for Curtrina Martin and Toi Cliatt, their legal battle is far from over.
The FBI spied on the civil rights leader for years. Would releasing its surveillance files just be a further violation of King's privacy, or would it make future abuses less likely?
With the OneTaste case, the Department of Justice has embraced infantilizing ideas about women, consent, and coercion.
In 1968, the feds thought that the boxing champion—and future grill salesman—could be a potent weapon against the left.
Former official Brian K. Williams just admitted that he faked a bomb threat during a work meeting. Now he faces up to 10 years in prison.
A lot of conservatives are falling prey to the same snowflakery they criticize.
The Department of Justice told the Supreme Court there were "policy tradeoffs that an officer makes" in determining if he should "take one more extra precaution" to make sure he's at the right house.
Even after the Biden administration realized the most alarming claims were bunk, it didn't publicize the evidence it had.
A declassified assessment contradicts the president's assertion that Tren de Aragua is "closely aligned with" the Venezuelan government and acts at its "direction."
The Wisconsin judge is charged with obstruction of justice and concealing an undocumented alien to prevent his arrest.
A federal court ruled Trina Martin could not sue the government after agents burst into her home and held an innocent man at gunpoint.
The defense secretary, who shared information about imminent U.S. air strikes in a manifestly insecure group chat, thought Clinton should be prosecuted for her careless handling of sensitive information.
Linda Martin's lawsuit alleges that the agency violated her right to due process when it took her $40,200 and sent her a notice failing to articulate the reason.
Journals allegedly written by the government's star witness in 2015 were not authentic, prosecutors now say.
The president says those legislators are "subject to investigation at the highest level," notwithstanding their pardons and the Speech or Debate Clause.
"This is a gut punch," says Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen. "This is a kick to my balls and two black eyes, to be honest with you."
The Trump administration’s spectacle rehashed information that journalists, lawyers, and victims had already unveiled.
The ATF, charged with regulating firearms, has a history of abuse and incompetence.
Whether or not a reasonable police officer violates clearly established law when he declines to check the features and address of his target house before raiding it is thus still up for debate.
One perk that may materialize from Elon Musk upending the federal bureaucracy is the downfall of the government’s obsessive use of abbreviations.
The newly confirmed head of the country's leading law enforcement agency has a history of advocating politically motivated investigations even while condemning them.
