The Second Circuit Court of Appeals voted 12 to 3 on April 29, 2026 to reject Donald Trump's request for a full-court rehearing of the $83.3 million defamation judgment won by E. Jean Carroll, pushing the legal battle closer to a final showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Justice Department's internal watchdog has opened a formal audit examining how the agency handled millions of pages of Epstein investigation records — scrutinizing redactions, missed deadlines, and the accidental exposure of alleged victims' identities.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has been subpoenaed by Congress to testify on the Justice Department's handling of Jeffrey Epstein files, raising concerns over transparency and possible mismanagement.
The Justice Department has issued a sweeping new Corporate Enforcement Policy that replaces a patchwork of overlapping division-specific frameworks with a single standard for how companies earn cooperation credit and voluntary disclosure benefits across federal criminal enforcement.
In case 9:23-cr-80101-AMC, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has permanently barred the public release of former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Volume II report on President Trump’s handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
A lawyer linked to President Trump’s 2020 election challenges repeatedly asked an intelligence contractor to look for proof of voter fraud, according to people familiar with the discussions.
