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The Trump Justice Department likes to say it's doing more cases with fewer prosecutors, but the numbers it heralds in Nevada don't line up with their own case data, report @benjaminpenn.bsky.social and Owen Auston-Babcock news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Data Contradicts Claims of Big Indictment Bump, Review ShowsThe Justice Department is overstating the extent to which the Nevada US attorney’s office has increased criminal charges and indictments while losing prosecutors during President Trump’s second term, ...news.bloomberglaw.com

NEWS: Trump DOJ is quietly recruiting prosecutors to join a public corruption initiative inside the new Fraud Division that'll target state officials like Tim Walz for failing to prevent schemes, ramping up probes of blue state leaders ahead of midterms news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Trump Targets State Officials Via New DOJ Public Corruption TeamThe Justice Department is quietly recruiting prosecutors for a public corruption initiative within its White House-linked fraud division, potentially ramping up politically charged investigations of s...news.bloomberglaw.com

SCOOP: DOJ sets a case quota for all line prosecutors, requiring at least 25 open matters. Trump DOJ leaders are monitoring stats to find low performers. Spox says this'll push out unproductive AUSAs, with "patriotic AUSAs taking their place." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Sets Case Quotas for Line Prosecutors in Push to Boost StatsJustice Department leaders have started requiring all prosecutors to maintain at least 25 open cases, tightening the Trump administration’s grip on operational decisions previously left to US attorney...news.bloomberglaw.com

President Trump has suggested he may ask the Supreme Court to rehear its just-decided birthright citizenship case. It's nothing short of a legal Hail Mary, one expert told me: "The longest of long shots." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Trump Bid for Birthright Redo Would Be ‘Longest of Long Shots’The US Supreme Court hasn’t agreed to rehear a case even on a partial basis in more than 60 years. President Donald Trump, looking to reverse a loss this term on one of his key policies, says he may a...news.bloomberglaw.com

News: Trump DOJ is declining to prosecute more corporate pharma and related consumer protection cases, fueled by DAG rejecting Criminal Div head's push to charge Abbott Labs & execs over contaminated baby formula linked to infant deaths. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Closing Abbott Labs Case Spurs Wider Corporate Crime RetreatJustice Department leaders’ shutdown of a long-running criminal case against Abbott Laboratories over contaminated baby formula has fueled a broader pullback on corporate prosecutions protecting consu...news.bloomberglaw.com

News: Under mounting Trump admin. pressure, DOJ inspector general starts sending GOP senators troves of interview transcripts on Crossfire Hurricane probe -- a first-of-its-kind production widely expected to chill future cooperators and whistleblowers news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Watchdog’s Release of Russia Probe Transcripts Prompts AlarmThe Justice Department watchdog recently bypassed its own disclosure rules by providing Senate Republicans with highly-sensitive interview transcripts scrutinizing DOJ’s probe into Russian 2016 electi...news.bloomberglaw.com

SCOOP: Stephen Miller was driving force behind DOJ memo eroding decades of disability rights protections. His push was rooted in view (not backed by evidence) that de-institutionalizing people w/ disabilities increases homelessness. w/ @ccastronuovo.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Stephen Miller Said to Drive DOJ Memo Eroding Disability RightsWhite House adviser Stephen Miller was the driving force behind the Justice Department’s recent memo authorizing states to institutionalize people with disabilities rather than fund community-based ca...news.bloomberglaw.com

Among other things, the number of federal prosecutors in northern Nevada is expected to shrink to zero.

New: DOJ has a long history of setting robust internal controls to ensure taxpayer $$ is responsibly & legally awarded to deserving victims. That’s all missing from the Trump IRS settlement $1.8B anti-weaponization fund. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Anti-Weaponization Fund Lacks Safeguards From Past ProgramsThe Justice Department’s new $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund lacks the rigorous controls that typically guide programs compensating victims out of litigation settlements or congressional mandat...news.bloomberglaw.com

New: DOJ tactic of paying lawyers to stick around is spreading, as DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is offering ~$5k-$7k ad hoc bonuses to preferred prosecutors. What Pirro calls "performance rewards" others see as an attempt to prevent further attrition. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

US Attorney Pirro Pays Ad Hoc Bonuses as Senior Prosecutors ExitWashington US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is doling out informal bonuses in the range of roughly $5,000 to $7,000 to prosecutors, a tactic some attorneys see as an attempt to prevent further attrition of t...news.bloomberglaw.com

NEW: DOJ leaders are locked in turf battle over the future of Trump white collar probes, as Blanche ally tries to expand scope of White House-launched fraud division. Deadline for final recommendation is tomorrow. Exclusive on the negotiations: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

DOJ Leaders Clash on Expanding Fraud Division to Financial CrimeSenior Justice Department officials are locked in a dispute over whether to enlarge the scope of a newly established fraud division ahead of a Thursday deadline that will shape the focus of Trump-era ...news.bloomberglaw.com

Story updated with exclusive details: DOJ Civil Division to start paying all current attorneys retention incentives in every paycheck thru Thanksgiving, as experienced lawyers keep fleeing offices critical to defending Trump agenda in court. Biweekly bonuses of ~ $60-$220⬇️⬇️

The US Attorney prosecuting James Comey for the sea shells post, Ellis Boyle, has been imitating Trump's mannerisms over his nine months in office. It wasn't until he secured the indictment this week that he surely caught Trump's attention. My latest: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Top Comey Prosecutor Parroted Trump on Way to Targeting His FoeEllis Boyle, the top federal prosecutor in eastern North Carolina charging former FBI Director James Comey with allegedly threatening the president’s life, has emulated President Donald Trump’s style ...news.bloomberglaw.com