The Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to University of California at Los Angeles&#8217;s (UCLA) president Tuesday, laying out an extensive list of the University&#8217;s alleged failures at combating antisemitism. This comes closely following a major <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ucla-will-pay-6-million-to-settle-antisemitic-discrimination-complaints">settlement</a> that had the University shelling out $6 million for allowing blatant antisemitism, including a &#8220;Jew exclusion zone.&#8221;
This move by the Trump administration comes after attacks against prestigious schools for DEI initiatives and well-documented antisemitism. Recently, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-retreats-as-trump-scores-historic-220m-settlement">announced</a> a massive $200 million settlement with Columbia University for its failure to properly handle anti-Israel protests.
As U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-university-california-los-angeles-violation-federal-civil-rights">press release</a>, &#8220;Our investigation into the University of California system has found concerning evidence of systemic anti-Semitism at UCLA that demands severe accountability from the institution.&#8221;
She added that, &#8220;This disgusting breach of civil rights against students will not stand: DOJ will force UCLA to pay a heavy price for putting Jewish Americans at risk and continue our ongoing investigations into other campuses in the UC system.&#8221;
The 10-page <a href="https://www.justice.gov/crt/media/1409416/dl?inline">letter</a> sent to UCLA President Dr. Michael V. Drake lists quite a few instances of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/anti-semitism">antisemitism</a> on the school&#8217;s campus since the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023, which set off countless anti-Israel protests on college campuses.
According to the letter, the DOJ alleges that UCLA failed to address illegal violent encampments on school property that occurred in April 2024. Due to these encampments, a few Jewish students were assaulted– including <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecD39KFX6oU">one student</a> who was knocked unconscious and hospitalized.
The letter says that, &#8220;The encampment was in clear violation of a number of existing content-neutral time, place, and manner rules issued by UCLA and the greater UC System regarding the use of campus spaces for expressive activities.&#8221;
Among the other instances of antisemitism that the DOJ recorded was at least 11 separate complaints alleging that demonstrators were discriminating against students because they were Jewish. Students reported being told that, &#8220;Hitler missed one,&#8221; while at other times they were being coerced to denounce Zionism.
The letter cites the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment and Title XI, which &#8220;require that when a school is made aware of alleged harassment, it must respond reasonably by taking timely and appropriate action to investigate or otherwise determine what occurred.&#8221;
This lengthy note to UCLA&#8217;s president is not a formal complaint or lawsuit. However, it does give UCLA a deadline of September 2nd to reach a resolution with the DOJ – at the threat of a possible lawsuit – in order to &#8220;ensure that the hostile environment is eliminated and reasonable steps are taken to prevent its recurrence.&#8221;
U.S. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon commented about the rampant antisemitism pervasive in the nearly 50,000 student school.
&#8220;UCLA failed to take timely and appropriate action in response to credible claims of harm and hostility on its campus&#8221; Dhillon said. &#8220;Its inaction constitutes a clear violation of our federal civil rights laws, and the Justice Department will hold UCLA accountable to their legal obligations so that all students can have equal protection under the law.&#8221;
A UCLA spokesman said that the school &#8220;has addressed and will continue to address the issues raised in yesterday&#8217;s Department of Justice notice,&#8221; and that the school has &#8220;cooperated fully with the Department of Justice’s investigation and are reviewing its findings closely.

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The Senate on Tuesday narrowly voted to confirm a Justice Department official who previously defended President Donald Trump during his criminal trials to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Overcoming vigorous Democrat opposition, the Republican-led Senate confirmed acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove to the lifetime judicial position in a 50-49 vote. Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Susan Collins (ME) joined Democrats in voting against his appointment. 
“Congratulations to our dear friend Emil Bove on his confirmation to serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals! This is a GREAT day for our country,” Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1950363578646544696">said</a> on X. “I cannot thank Emil enough for his tireless work and support at [the Justice Department]. He will be missed — and he will be an outstanding judge.”
Bove previously worked as Trump’s lawyer when the Biden administration prosecuted him over his alleged mishandling of classified documents and alleged election interference in the 2020 election. Bove also worked with Trump on the New York hush money case, where Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records but given an unconditional discharge. Before working for Trump, Bove was a federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, working on drug and terrorism cases.
In the weeks after Trump nominated him to the judgeship, Democrats have pointed to numerous complaints against Bove from whistleblowers claiming that he instructed Justice Department officials to ignore judicial orders. Democrats were also critical of Bove’s role in the firing of some of the Justice Department lawyers who led the January 6 prosecutions and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-orders-charges-to-be-dismissed-against-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-on-certain-conditions">dismissal</a> of the federal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. 
Ahead of the confirmation vote, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) <a href="https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/rep/releases/grassley-exhaustive-efforts-to-vet-emil-boves-nomination-prove-hes-fit-for-the-job">defended</a> Bove, accusing Democrats of trying to “weaponize” the whistleblower process. 
“He has a strong legal background and has served his country honorably. I believe he will be a diligent, capable, and fair jurist,&#8221; Grassley said. “It’s no surprise to anyone who’s followed this nomination that I have serious concerns with how my Democratic colleagues have conducted themselves. The vicious rhetoric, unfair accusations and abuse directed at Mr. Bove by some on this Committee has crossed the line.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://apnews.com/article/emil-bove-confirmation-whistleblowers-trump-republicans-democrats-71f92822cb2e8d57387748c2451fa724">claimed</a> that the confirmation was a “dark day” for the country. 
“It’s unfathomable that just over four years after the insurrection at the Capitol, when rioters smashed windows, ransacked offices, desecrated this chamber, Senate Republicans are willingly putting someone on the bench who shielded these rioters from facing justice, who said their prosecution was a grave national injustice,” he said.

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The Trump administration has set a new monthly record for criminal prosecution of illegal aliens in June, as it utilizes a powerful tool in its multi-agency approach to crack down on illegal immigration.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) brought cases against more than 3,000 illegal aliens last month, charging the foreign nationals with illegal reentry, a new <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jul/28/trump-sets-new-record-criminal-prosecutions-illegal-immigrants/">report</a> indicates. The charge can be brought against illegal aliens who reenter the United States after having been previously deported back to their country of origin. DOJ prosecutors brought an additional 3,200 cases against illegal aliens for illegal entry.
The decision to criminally prosecute thousands of illegal aliens is part of the administration’s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-trump-sealed-the-border-in-his-first-100-days">whole of government</a>” approach to curtailing illegal immigration. The DOJ asserted that it is “using all available investigative and prosecutorial tools” in the effort to fight the “invasion of illegal immigration.”
Jonathan Fahey, former assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia and the acting director at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump’s first term, explained that the cases almost always end in a conviction. Prosecutors are tasked with proving that the illegal alien has previously been deported, but is currently present in the United States despite the prior deportation.
“They’re a great way to get a conviction, a great way to get a criminal off the street, and a great way to remove them from the country in an expeditious way,” Fahey noted.
While cases have been brought against illegal aliens in states across the country, the increase in prosecutions has been particularly notable in New Mexico. Authorities in the state brought forward 245 cases in May and another 277 in June, marking more than a 100 percent increase since late 2024, when fewer than 100 cases were brought forward each month.
The cases are one more way that the Trump administration has discouraged illegal immigration and encouraged illegal aliens currently present in the United States to self-deport back to their country of origin.
The strategies appear to have been effective, with illegal alien encounters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-patrol-saw-fewer-migrant-encounters-last-month-than-one-single-day-under-biden-homan-says?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=24&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Border+Patrol+Saw+Fewer+Migrant+Encounters+Last+Month+Than+One+Single+Day+Under+Biden%2C+Homan+Says">plummeting</a> more than 90 percent in certain months while tens of thousands of illegal aliens are said to have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tens-of-thousands-of-illegal-aliens-self-deport-through-cbp-home-app-report?author=Spencer+Lindquist&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Tens+Of+Thousands+Of+Illegal+Aliens+Self-Deport+Through+CBP+Home+App%3A+Report">voluntarily left</a> the United States.

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The Department of Justice on Tuesday <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/28/james-boasberg-justice-department-complaint-00480938?nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=00000155-9c90-dad1-ad7d-fed474bb0000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> a misconduct complaint against James Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington, for “improper” comments he made about President Donald Trump at a meeting of federal judges in March.
Boasberg claimed at the biannual closed-door meeting of the Judicial Conference of the United States that he was concerned the Trump administration “would disregard rulings of federal courts, leading to a constitutional crisis.”
The <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26033573-dojboasbergcomp072825/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a>, authored by Attorney General Pam Bondi’s chief of staff Chad Mizelle, alleges that Boasberg strayed from traditional topics to “attempt to improperly influence” the other justices, many of whom are presiding over active litigation involving President Trump.
“These comments have undermined the integrity of the judiciary, and we will not stand for that,” Attorney General Pam Bondi <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1949974166205034753" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote on X</a>.
Boasberg has come under fire for his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-blocking-deportations-of-venezuelan-gang-threatens-trump-admin-with-consequences?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Judge+Blocking+Deportations+Of+Venezuelan+Gang+Threatens+Trump+Admin+With+%E2%80%98Consequences%E2%80%99" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attempts to block</a> the Trump administration’s deportation policies, filing a temporary restraining order blocking the administration’s efforts to deport hundreds of illegal aliens and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/16/nx-s1-5329777/tren-de-aragua-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-venezuelan-gang" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tren de Aragua</a> members to El Salvador, citing an abuse of due process.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-obama-appointed-judge-trying-to-stop-trump-from-deporting-criminal-illegals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Obama appointee</a>, who threatened the Trump administration with “consequences” if it continued its deportations, later had his order vacated by the Supreme Court. Last month, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling against the constitutionality of <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/27/nx-s1-5448821/universal-injunction-supreme-court-executive-order-birthright" target="_blank" rel="noopener">universal injunctions</a>, which lower courts were using to unilaterally block executive orders from being enforced.
The Justice Department’s complaint alleges that, following the conference, Boasberg “began acting on his preconceived belief that the Trump administration would not follow court orders.”
The complaint alleges that “Boasberg rushed the government through complex litigation, sometimes giving the Trump Administration less than 48 hours to respond and threatening criminal-contempt proceedings and the appointment of an outside prosecutor against senior Trump Administration officials for failing to comply with an order that had already been vacated.”
The Judicial Conference serves as the policymaking body for the federal court system and is headed by Chief Justice John Roberts. Its 27 members include each of the chief justices of the 13 federal circuits and a district judge from each circuit.
It is strictly reserved for discussing policy issues related to the federal courts, such as &#8220;budget, security, and facilities.”
“Although his comments would be inappropriate even if they had some basis, they were even worse because Judge Boasberg had no basis,” the complaint reads. It claims that the Trump administration has “always complied with court orders,” noting that Boasberg failed to provide examples of noncompliance alongside his remarks.
University of California, Berkeley law professor John Yoo criticized Boasberg in a recent interview for using an “inappropriate setting” to “try to get the Chief Justice of the United States to give his opinion on whether there is a constitutional crisis between the courts and the presidency.”
He said that Bosenberg was “trying to entrap the Chief Justice of the United States and get him on the record and join him to almost approve what he’s doing to spark this fight with President Trump.”
The complaint requests an investigation into Bosenberg’s conduct. If Bosenberg is found to have engaged in “willful misconduct,” the Justice Department is asking for a public reprimand and consideration of impeachment by the Judicial Conference.

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President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed the controversy surrounding Jeffrey Epstein as a &#8220;Democrat CON JOB,&#8221; saying that further revelations would &#8220;put an end to this HOAX.&#8221;
Trump took to Truth Social to comment on Democrats&#8217; sudden fascination with Epstein, after years of either ignoring the case or actively blocking Republicans from releasing Epstein&#8217;s flight logs.
&#8220;The Radical Left Democrats are doing everything in their power to distract and obfuscate from our GREAT six months of service to America, results of which many are saying is the BEST six months in Presidential history,&#8221; Trump posted.
&#8220;They have gone absolutely CRAZY, and are playing another Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax but, this time, under the guise of what we will call the Jeffrey Epstein SCAM,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;As things are revealed and, I hope will take place quickly, you will see that it is yet another Democrat CON JOB. Hopefully, the Grand Jury Files will put an end to this HOAX. Everyone should see what is there, but people who are innocent should not be hurt. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!&#8221;
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday met with longtime Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell — who is currently serving 20 years for her role in Epstein&#8217;s crimes — and said he planned to continue the interview Friday.
&#8220;Today, I met with Ghislaine Maxwell, and I will continue my interview of her tomorrow. The Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time,&#8221; he posted.
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Today, I met with Ghislaine Maxwell, and I will continue my interview of her tomorrow. The Department of Justice will share additional information about what we learned at the appropriate time.
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According to her attorney, Maxwell has agreed to &#8220;testify truthfully&#8221; and appreciates the president&#8217;s &#8220;commitment to uncovering the truth.&#8221;

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An illegal alien from Senegal attacked multiple ICE officers last week after he was detained in New York City, the Department of Homeland Security told The Daily Wire. 
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York on Thursday announced charges against Bass Ndiaye for allegedly assaulting ICE officers and about one dozen other detainees on July 18 with a pair of scissors. Ndiaye faces one count of assaulting an officer of the United States using a deadly or dangerous weapon. 
“This criminal illegal alien, who released into the country under President Biden, will face justice for his violent crimes,” Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Daily Wire. “Our ICE law enforcement are facing an 830% increase in assaults against them. Secretary [Kristi] Noem stands with the brave men and women of law enforcement as they risk their lives to remove criminal illegal aliens and protect Americans.”
Ndiaye was first arrested on July 17 in New York, where he was taken to the 26 Federal Plaza immigration center in Manhattan for processing. The stabbing incident occurred the next day and the ICE officers were able to disarm Ndiaye, the Department of Homeland Security said
Ndiaye illegally crossed the border on October 22, 2023, when he was arrested by Border Patrol. He was then released into the country by the Biden administration. He could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. 
In recent months, ICE officers and Border Patrol officials have faced increased attacks and hostility. 
Over the weekend, an off-duty Border Patrol officer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspect-in-shooting-of-border-patrol-officer-released-under-biden-dhs-says">was shot</a> during an attempted burglary in Manhattan. Both suspects are illegal aliens with extensive criminal histories. 
“These violent thugs have committed a smorgasbord of crimes and been arrested multiple times and yet New York continued to release them, ignore an ICE detainer and allow them to continue to prey on Americans and terrorize our streets,” McLaughlin said. “How many people have to die, how many lives have to be changed forever for Mayor [Eric] Adams and his sanctuary politician ilk to end these performative politics?”

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The Justice Department announced the formation of a new &#8220;strike force&#8221; on Wednesday that would be tasked with evaluating and assessing the evidence — compiled by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard — relating to former President Barack Obama and his administration&#8217;s efforts to drive the Trump-Russia Collusion narrative.
According to a press release, the Justice Department intended to explore what legal steps should be taken once the evidence had been evaluated — and would be working alongside Gabbard to ensure that nothing was missed.
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The press release, which came from the office of Attorney General Pam Bondi, read as follows:
<blockquote>Today, the Department of Justice announced the formation of a Strike Force to assess the evidence publicized by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and investigate potential next legal steps which might stem from DNI Gabbard’s disclosures.
This Department takes alleged weaponization of the intelligence community with the utmost seriousness.</blockquote>
Bondi added her own comment as well, saying, &#8220;The Department of Justice is proud to work with my friend Director Gabbard and we are grateful for her partnership in delivering accountability for the American people. We will investigate these troubling disclosures fully and leave no stone unturned to deliver justice.&#8221;
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After dropping an initial trove of documents earlier in the week, Gabbard announced on Wednesday that a House Intelligence Committee related to the matter had been declassified and released to the public. That report, she said, offered even more evidence that several key figures within former President Obama&#8217;s administration had actively colluded to manufacture the chosen narrative.
&#8220;New evidence has emerged of the most egregious weaponization and politicization of intelligence in American history. Per President @realDonaldTrump&#8217;s directive, I have declassified a @HouseIntel oversight majority staff report that exposes how the Obama Administration manufactured the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment that they knew was false, promoting the LIE that Vladimir Putin and the Russian government helped President Trump win the 2016 election,&#8221; Gabbard posted. &#8220;In doing so, they conspired to subvert the will of the American people, working with their partners in the media to promote the lie, in order to undermine the legitimacy of President Trump, essentially enacting a years-long coup against him.&#8221;
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A dual citizen of China and the United States pled guilty on Monday to stealing American missile defense technology for the Chinese government. 
The Justice Department <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/engineer-pleads-guilty-stealing-chinese-governments-benefit-trade-secret-technology-designed">announced</a> that 59-year-old Chenguang Gong pled guilty to theft of trade secrets. Gong, a former engineer who lives in San Jose, California, admitted to stealing information developed by the U.S. government for detecting nuclear missile launches, tracking ballistic and hypersonic missiles, and technology to assist fighter jets evade heat-seeking missiles. 
Gong, who faces up to 10 years in prison upon sentencing, is currently free on $1.75 million bond. 
In his plea agreement, Gong said that he transferred 3,600 files from the Los Angeles area research and development company where he worked and moved them to personal storage devices, including a personal laptop. The file transfers took place between March 2023 and April 2023, when he was fired by the company, which was identified as a victim of Gong.
The files contained blueprints for infrared sensors designed for use in space-based systems to detect missiles and blueprints for sensors for American military aircraft to combat heat-seeking missiles. Some of the files were later discovered at Gong’s private residence, the Justice Department said. 
The information on the files was worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to prosecutors.
From 2014 to 2022, Gong applied for multiple “talent programs” run by the Chinese government while working for major American technology companies.  
The Justice Department said that China “established these talent programs as a means to identify individuals who have expert skills, abilities, and knowledge of advanced sciences and technologies in order to access and utilize those skills and knowledge in transforming the PRC’s economy, including its military capabilities.”
Gong sent in applications to the talent programs that mirrored technology produced by his employers. For example, in September 2020, Gong submitted an application for “low light/night vision” image sensors that had the model number of a sensor produced by a defense industry company he worked for from 2015-2019, according to investigators. 
The Justice Department also said that Gong took several trips to China to meet with talent program managers. In a 2019 email, Gong admitted that he “took a risk” to fly to China “because [he] worked for…an American military industry company.”
The guilty plea comes as government officials have attempted to crack down on intellectual property theft by China. It is estimated that Chinese-backed IP theft costs American companies between $300 to $600 billion per year.

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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche expects to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell soon to determine whether she will give the Justice Department more information about those who might have committed crimes alongside her and deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 
In a statement shared by Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday morning, Blanche <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1947622027587723365">said</a> he anticipates meeting with Maxwell, who was convicted of sex trafficking young girls for Epstein, in the &#8220;coming days.&#8221; Blanche also stood by a Justice Department memo released earlier this month that said they had no evidence of an Epstein client list, as was widely believed, and that Epstein committed suicide in a Manhattan prison cell with no proof of foul play. 
“This Department of Justice does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, nor from the responsibility to pursue justice wherever the facts may lead. The joint statement by the DOJ and FBI of July 6 remains as accurate today as it was when it was written,” Blanche said. “Namely, that in the recent thorough review of the files maintained by the FBI in the Epstein case, no evidence was uncovered that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”  
“President Trump has told us to release all credible evidence. If Ghislane Maxwell has information about anyone who has committed crimes against victims, the FBI and the DOJ will hear what she has to say,” he added. “Therefore, at the direction of Attorney General Bondi, I have communicated with counsel for Ms. Maxwell to determine whether she would be willing to speak with prosecutors from the Department. I anticipate meeting with Ms. Maxwell in the coming days.&#8221;
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This Department of Justice does not shy away from uncomfortable truths, nor from the responsibility to pursue justice wherever the facts may lead. The joint statement by the DOJ and FBI of July 6 remains as accurate today as it was when it was…
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In a separate statement, Blanche said: “Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell to ask: what do you know? At [Bondi’s] direction, I’ve contacted her counsel. I intend to meet with her soon. No one is above the law—and no lead is off-limits.” 
FBI Director Kash Patel <a href="https://x.com/FBIDirectorKash/status/1947624986157391946" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reacted</a> to the statement by saying, “Get it.”
The Trump administration has faced criticism in recent weeks after many supporters and commentators voiced frustration over the Justice Department memo. At Trump’s direction last Friday, Bondi requested that all grand jury testimony from the federal cases against Epstein and Maxwell be unsealed.
Trump has also recently filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal for a story it published claiming that he sent a suggestive birthday card to Epstein in 2003.

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In the wake of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s assertion that former President Barack Obama was part of a group that created an intelligence community assessment to vilify President Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson stated that he had “no concern” about bringing Obama in for a deposition before the House.
Gabbard had said Obama, former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper were all involved in the conspiracy to allege that Trump had colluded with Russia in the 2016 election. That conspiracy allegedly collaborated to create the assessment released in early 2017. Gabbard has referred the issue to the Department of Justice.
“There’s no question in my mind that this intelligence community assessment that President Obama ordered be published which contained a manufactured intelligence document — it’s worse than even politicization of intelligence,” Gabbard <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375881194112">told</a> Fox News host Maria Bartiromo. “It was manufactured intelligence that sought to achieve President Obama and his team’s objective, which was undermining President Trump’s presidency and subverting the will of the American people.”
CBN host David Brody asked Johnson, “I’ve heard Stephen Miller call this a ‘seditious conspiracy.’ I’ve heard Tulsi Gabbard call it a ‘treasonous conspiracy.’ You’re a constitutional guy; what do you see in this exactly? How do you term it?”
“Well, I don’t know how to summarize it in — by way of description — in a snappy phrase, but I will tell you it is deeply problematic,” Johnson replied. “Before I became Speaker of the House I served on the House Judiciary Committee, which had jurisdiction over a lot of this, and we knew what was happening. We knew intuitively and we were gathering the evidence as we were investigating all of this ourselves. We knew the Russia collusion thing was a hoax. They used it as a basis to attack the president mercilessly.”
Noting that he had served on Trump’s impeachment defense teams twice, Johnson recalled, “As we were preparing for those defenses, as we were investigating with our oversight responsibility in the Judiciary, we recognized that the people who are being called out now were involved in a scheme. We knew that it was a shameless, false, set of accusations, and yet, they perpetuated the lie on the American people. And they looked right under the camera and just lied, clearly. And they knew what they were up to the whole time so there must be accountability for that.”
Pointing out the most significant threat was the diminution of the American people’s people’s faith in our system of justice itself, Johnson continued,  “We’re in the process of restoring trust and rebuilding the people’s belief in our system of justice itself, and it’s an extraordinary challenge. It was brought about because people were involved in a sinister plot. So there must be accountability.”
“People want to see subpoenas; they want to see depositions,” Brody posited. “They want to see, whether it be Brennan, Clapper, potentially the former President of the United States. Are you willing to go down that route? Cause a lot of people want to see some of these folks questioned under oath.”
“Of course,” Johnson answered immediately. “I think we have a responsibility to follow the truth where it leads and to do it in an unbiased fashion, to do effectively the opposite of what that other team did.”
“Does it get tricky at all with the former president, President Obama, looking at what his role in this is and bringing him in for some sort of deposition, potential subpoena?” Brody asked.
“Well, listen, we have no concern about that,” Johnson said bluntly. “If it’s uncomfortable for him, he shouldn’t have been involved in overseeing this, which is what it appears to us has happened. There’s a lot of allegations on the table. Our job is to go and follow each of those trails and to find out the truth. And so those are very serious allegations with very serious implications, but we’re gonna have very serious people working on it and we will get the answers.”
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A federal judge on Monday sentenced former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison to nearly three years in prison over a drug raid that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020.
The judge’s sentence dismissed a request from the Department of Justice that Hankison be sentenced to only one day in prison and three years of supervised release, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/politics/breonna-taylor-brett-hankison-prison.html">The New York Times</a>. Hankison was convicted of excessive use of force for firing rounds through Taylor’s window during a drug raid. None of the shots hit Taylor.
Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights arm, had asked the judge in the case, Rebecca Grady Jennings, for a sentence that included only one day in prison which would have essentially amounted to time served.
The Taylor family attorneys, led by Ben Crump, said in a statement: “While today’s sentence is not what we had hoped for — nor does it fully reflect the severity of the harm caused — it is more than what the Department of Justice sought. That, in itself, is a statement. The jury found Brett Hankison guilty, and that verdict deserved to be met with real accountability.”
Dhillon’s request symbolized the shift in focus of the Trump Justice Department away from Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and racial justice priorities that dominated the previous administration. Taylor’s case made national waves in the wake of George Floyd’s death and was promoted as another example of allegedly endemic racial bias in law enforcement.
Police shot and killed Taylor in March 2020 while executing a drug raid on her apartment in connection with convicted drug trafficker Jamarcus Glover, who was <a href="https://www.wdrb.com/news/jamarcus-glover-the-target-of-the-breonna-taylor-raid-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison/article_44b58304-eb9d-11ee-bbac-1b9e491f9c14.html">sentenced</a> to seven years in prison last year for violating his probation. Police targeted Taylor’s apartment in connection with Glover, who had dated Taylor previous to the raid, because Glover had stayed at the apartment and at times received his mail there.
Unknown to police at the time, Taylor’s boyfriend Kenneth Walker was with her in the apartment on the night of the raid. Police first knocked, then broke down the door, surprising Taylor and Walker. Walker, who told police he thought Glover was breaking into the apartment, fired on police officers, hitting one in the leg. Officers fired back, missing Walker, but fatally striking Taylor.
Two other officers involved in the raid, former detective Joshua Jaynes and former Sgt. Kyle Meany, are facing charges related to violation of civil rights and obstruction of justice.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly confirmed receipt of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard&#8217;s criminal referral regarding bombshell allegations that former President Barack Obama and his team sought to gin up intelligence to create a narrative of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-receives-gabbards-criminal-referral-bombshell-claims-obama-admin-manufactured-russian-collusion-hoax" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke the story</a> on Monday that the DOJ had acknowledged receipt of the referral. A DOJ spokesperson declined to comment when The Daily Wire reached out to confirm the development.
The report did not have any details on the exact contents of the referral. However, Gabbard and President Donald Trump have said Obama, former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper were involved in the creation of the intelligence assessment released in early 2017.
Gabbard announced on this past weekend&#8217;s episode of &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; that she was including uncovered documents linked to the Obama-era controversy to the Department of Justice and the FBI in a criminal referral.
&#8220;There&#8217;s no question in my mind that this intelligence community assessment that President Obama ordered be published which contained a manufactured intelligence document — it&#8217;s worse than even politicization of intelligence,&#8221; Gabbard <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6375881194112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News host Maria Bartiromo. &#8220;It was manufactured intelligence that sought to achieve President Obama and his team&#8217;s objective, which was undermining President Trump&#8217;s presidency and subverting the will of the American people.&#8221;
Ultimately, it will be up to federal prosecutors to open up a case. But some House Republicans are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-simply-illegal-house-republicans-demand-obama-russia-hoax-arrests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling for arrests</a>.
In a separate &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; interview, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) outlined just what crime may have been committed in response to what Gabbard has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/years-long-coup-gabbard-teases-release-of-more-details-on-obama-russia-intel-controversy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dubbed</a> a &#8220;treasonous conspiracy&#8221; by high-level officials to undermine Trump&#8217;s first term.
&#8220;There needs to be criminal prosecution and arrests,&#8221; Luna <a href="https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1946957017920540711" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News host Maria Bartiromo. &#8220;Lying under oath, putting out a false intelligence report — that’s a violation of 18 U.S. Code 1001.&#8221;
Convictions could lead to several years in prison and financial penalties, Luna noted.
After calling for FISA reform, the congresswoman added, &#8220;There needs to be arrests. This is not partisan. This is simply illegal, what they did, and we’re simply upholding the law.&#8221;
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), who is running to become Florida governor in the 2026 election, agreed with Luna during their joint appearance.
&#8220;There need to be arrests on this matter. People need to go to jail on this because this is about the republic,&#8221; Donalds said. &#8220;This is not about one president — it is about the presidency and the continuation of our country.&#8221;
Democrats have shrugged off the controversy.
&#8220;I actually hope that DOJ takes this to court. They won’t, because they know that the howls of laughter from that court will be heard in four time zones,&#8221; Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, <a href="https://x.com/jahimes/status/1946741445861474718" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;Watch for DOJ action. Not gonna happen. And when it doesn’t, I hope all the MAGA very online people ask why.&#8221;
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA) <a href="https://x.com/MarkWarner/status/1947324887875325959" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> on Monday that Gabbard should not be the director of national intelligence.

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