WASHINGTON - Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's nominee for FBI director, vowed on Thursday to protect FBI employees against \"political retribution\" even as the Trump administration has begun to fire and sideline Justice Department officials who were involved in investigations into the president.

The Department of Justice under the Trump administration has demanded that members of the Oath Keepers militia who have been barred from entering Washington D.C. or the US Capitol be allowed to do so.

After a tumultuous tenure clouded by two failed criminal prosecutions against the incoming president, Attorney General Merrick Garland is leaving the Justice Department the same way he came in: trying to defend it against political attacks.

In termination letters sent to more than a dozen officials, acting Attorney General James McHenry wrote that he did not believe they "could be trusted to faithfully implement the President's agenda."

The order states that all eight defendants need Mehta's permission to visit the Capitol in particular as well as Washington, D.C. in general. However, the Justice Department said in its motion ...

A new Department Justice memo issued Friday and obtained ... years of criticism by President Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill, who have argued the FACE Act was disproportionately enforced ...

The sweeping action removes oversight of his new administration. Some members of Congress are suggesting it violated federal oversight laws.

Gregory Charles Peck, Jr., a Connelly Springs man charged in August, is expected to enter a plea on Thursday on a civil disorder charge and felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a deadly or dangerous weapon.

An Associated Press review of more than 100 podcasts that Kash Patel hosted or on which he was interviewed reveals how Patel has habitually denigrated the investigations into Trump.

President Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 defendants charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack on Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A San Francisco man was arrested on Wednesday for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol., the United States Department of Justice said. Frank Peter ...

On Capitol Hill, Trump faced bipartisan complaints as constituents and affected groups flooded lawmakers’ offices with phone calls.