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The U.S. Department of Justice is facing renewed legal and political scrutiny after its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced a formal audit into the agency’s handling of records tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The audit will assess the DOJ’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA), a law requiring the…
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The City of Richmond has agreed to pay $549,000 to resolve a whistleblower lawsuit filed by its former public records officer, bringing to a close nearly two years of litigation centered on alleged violations of public records laws. The plaintiff, Connie Clay, filed suit in March 2024, alleging she was wrongfully terminated after raising concerns…
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Senior U.S. lawmakers are threatening legal and congressional action against the Department of Justice (DOJ) after the Trump administration released only a partial and heavily redacted set of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite a new federal law requiring full disclosure. At a press conference in Washington, D.C., on December…
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Summer Lee (D-PA) scored a major legal and political victory this week after successfully forcing a House subcommittee vote to subpoena the Department of Justice for the full, unredacted release of the Jeffrey Epstein files—despite initial opposition from Republican lawmakers. The House Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement passed Rep. Lee’s motion on a bipartisan…
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In a pointed ruling that offered sharp words for President Donald Trump’s administration, a federal judge this week denounced what she called “seemingly baseless claims” against federal workers and described the administration’s rhetoric about mass government firings as “a slap in the face” to longtime public servants. The case stems from a lawsuit filed by…
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, to release records requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). The ruling comes after the Trump administration argued that DOGE, a quasi-governmental agency, was not subject to…
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s White House-backed efficiency team from accessing sensitive Treasury Department data following a lawsuit filed by 19 states challenging the legality of such access. The lawsuit, brought by a coalition of mostly Democratic attorneys general, argues that President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent violated federal law…
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