Former Adams Aide Pleads Guilty in Corruption Investigation

Mohamed Bahi pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He is one of several people in Mayor Eric Adams’s orbit who were swept up in investigations.

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Unnoticed Whistle-Blower Document Alarms Justice Department Veterans

A complaint concerning a top Justice Department official, Emil Bove III, went unnoticed for more than two months, raising worries that an internal watchdog has gone dormant.

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How Trump Is Attacking the Legal System, via the Legal System

The president has an outside-inside strategy to fight the judiciary.

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Senate, Rejecting Whistle-Blower Alarms, Confirms Bove to Appeals Court

The Trump loyalist was narrowly approved as Republicans brushed aside concerns about his conduct as a senior Justice Department official.

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Grassley Spurns Whistle-Blowers in Bove Confirmation Fight

The senator’s treatment of whistle-blowers detailing allegations against Emil Bove, the Trump loyalist and appeals court nominee, has had a chilling effect, critics say.

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Republicans on Senate Panel Vote to Advance Bove’s Nomination After Democrats Storm Out

An even more intense battle is expected on the Senate floor over the nomination of a Trump immigration policy enforcer to a lifetime judicial post.

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Ex-Justice Dept. Lawyers Urge Senate Not to Confirm Emil Bove as Federal Judge

The lawyers wrote that Emil Bove III, the face of some controversial moves by President Trump’s Justice Department, had disgraced the department.

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Justice Dept. to Move Ahead With Bribery Case Against Cuellar

The decision to sustain the prosecution of the Texas Democrat stands in contrast to the department’s decisions to drop or downgrade investigations of Trump allies or those he deems politically useful.

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Appeals Court Delays Decision on Contempt Plan in Venezuelan Migrant Deportation Case

The three-judge panel has allowed the case to languish in a kind of legal limbo, catching the eye of some legal experts.

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Senate Approves First Judge of Trump’s Second Term

The pace of judicial confirmations is lagging compared with the president’s first stint in office, but more are in the pipeline.

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