Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has joined a coalition of Democratic lawmakers in introducing legislation that would impose statutory gift restrictions on U.S. Supreme Court justices, an effort aimed at closing what supporters describe as one of the judiciary’s most significant ethics gaps. The proposed High Court Gift Ban Act, introduced in the Senate by Sens.…
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…