| 2026-06-09 | DOJ dismantles federal election-crime oversight before 2026 midterms; no FBI command center stood up
4 src Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-09 | 6+ EDVA Prosecutors Fired or Forced Out as DOJ Purges Those Who Resisted Comey Political Indictment
3 src Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-24 | Minnesota AG Ellison, Hennepin County Attorney Moriarty, BCA Superintendent Evans Sue DOJ and DHS in DC Federal Court for Evidence Blockade in Good, Pretti, Sosa-Celis Shootings
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Alex Pretti · Renee Good |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-03 | DOJ Drops Then Rapidly Reverses Course on Law Firm Retaliation Cases in Chaotic 24-Hour Reversal
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · Jenner and Block · Perkins Coie · WilmerHale · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-02 | Rep. Thanedar Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against AG Pam Bondi
1 src Pam Bondi | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-30 | Journalist Don Lemon Arrested in Beverly Hills on Federal Grand Jury Indictment
1 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-20 | Judge Novak Issues "Charade of Masquerading" Ruling; Halligan Departs DOJ
2 src Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-13 | DOJ Civil Rights Division Leaders Mass Resign Over Refusal to Investigate Renee Good Killing
3 src Harmeet Dhillon · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-10 | DOJ Issues Grand Jury Subpoenas to Federal Reserve in Unprecedented Powell Criminal Investigation
4 src Jerome Powell · Jeanine Pirro · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-10 | DOJ Serves Fed Chair Powell with Grand Jury Subpoena in Unprecedented Criminal Investigation
3 src Jerome Powell · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Bill Pulte · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-08 | Fifth Federal Judge Rules Trump-Appointed U.S. Attorney Unlawfully Installed
1 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Alina Habba · Lindsey Halligan |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-08 | Fifth Federal Prosecutor Appointed by AG Bondi Ruled Serving Unlawfully by Federal Judge
2 src Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-08 | Vance Announces DOJ Anti-Fraud Position to Be 'Run Out of the White House'
3 src J.D. Vance · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Tim Walz |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-10 | Judge Berman Orders Release of Epstein 2019 Grand Jury Records, Reversing Earlier Decision
3 src Department of Justice · Jeffrey Epstein · Ghislaine Maxwell · Donald Trump · +1 | | reported |
| 2025-12-10 | Trump Intervenes in Netflix-Warner Bros Antitrust Review, Favoring Politically Connected Paramount
3 src Donald Trump · Netflix · Warner Bros. Discovery · Paramount · +2 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-09 | Department of Justice Eliminates 50-Year-Old Disparate Impact Standard from Civil Rights Enforcement, Requiring Proof of Intentional Discrimination
3 src Pam Bondi · Harmeet Dhillon · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-09 | Federal Judge Orders Release of Ghislaine Maxwell Grand Jury Materials Under Epstein Files Transparency Act
3 src Paul Engelmayer · Ghislaine Maxwell · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-09 | Third Federal Judge Calls for Lindsey Halligan's Resignation as Unlawfully Appointed U.S. Attorney
4 src Leonie Brinkema · Lindsey Halligan · Alina Habba · James Comey · +3 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-08 | Alina Habba Resigns as U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Following Appeals Court Ruling
4 src Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| reported |
| 2025-12-08 | Federal Judge Orders Top DOJ Officials to Testify in Criminal Contempt Inquiry Over Secret Alien Enemies Act Deportations That Defied Court Order
3 src James Boasberg · Erez Reuveni · Kristi Noem · Department of Justice · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-08 | Trump Administration Fires Nearly 100 Immigration Judges in Ideological Purge Targeting Immigrant Defense Backgrounds While Court Backlog Exceeds 3.4 Million Cases
3 src Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-07 | Judge Blocks DOJ from Using Evidence Seized from Comey's Attorney in Fourth Amendment Ruling
3 src Colleen Kollar-Kotelly · James Comey · Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · +3 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-04 | Bondi Orders FBI to Compile "Domestic Terrorism" List Targeting Political Beliefs
4 src Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Donald Trump · Kash Patel |
| reported |
| 2025-12-04 | DOJ Orders Prison Auditors to Eliminate PREA Rape Protections for Transgender Inmates
5 src Department of Justice · Bureau of Prisons · American Civil Liberties Union · Trump Administration | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | Trump's 1,600+ Clemency Grants Bypass DOJ Review as 13 Recipients Re-Arrested for New Crimes
7 src Donald Trump · Ed Martin · Jamie Raskin |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-03 | DOJ Sues Six Additional States Demanding Protected Voter Registration Data
7 src Department of Justice · Pamela Bondi · Brennan Center for Justice · Democracy Docket |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-24 | Federal Judge Dismisses Indictments Against Letitia James and Comey, Ruling Halligan's Appointment Unlawful
4 src Cameron McGowan Currie · Letitia James · James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · +6 |
| reported |
| 2025-11-24 | Judge Currie Dismisses Comey and James Indictments, Rules Halligan Appointment Unconstitutional
4 src Lindsey Halligan · James Comey · Letitia James · Pam Bondi |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-19 | Trump Signs Epstein Files Transparency Act, but Active Investigation Loophole May Enable Redactions
4 src Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · U.S. Congress · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-14 | Trump Orders DOJ via Truth Social to Investigate Political Opponents Over Epstein Ties
4 src Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Bill Clinton · Larry Summers · +3 |
| reported |
| 2025-10-30 | DOJ Launches Criminal Investigation Into Black Lives Matter Foundation for Alleged Donor Fraud
3 src Department of Justice · Trump Administration |
| reported |
| 2025-10-29 | DOJ Indicts Democratic Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh for ICE Facility Protest
3 src Kat Abughazaleh · Department of Justice · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Trump Administration |
| reported |
| 2025-10-17 | Two Federal Prosecutors Fired After Refusing to Bring Charges Against Letitia James
4 src Elizabeth Yusi · Erik Siebert · Letitia James · Donald Trump · +4 |
| reported |
| 2025-10-16 | Former NSA John Bolton Indicted on 18 Federal Counts
1 src John Bolton · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-09 | DOJ Indicts New York AG Letitia James on Bank Fraud Charges After Trump Pressure Campaign
3 src Letitia James · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · +2 |
| reported |
| 2025-10-09 | Former NY AG Letitia James Indicted on Bank Fraud Charges by Halligan
2 src Letitia James · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-07 | Attorney General Bondi Testifies Before Senate Amid Accusations of DOJ Weaponization
3 src Pam Bondi · Senate Judiciary Committee · Department of Justice · Dick Durbin · +2 |
| reported |
| 2025-10-01 | DOJ Fires Top National Security Prosecutor Michael Ben'Ary Based on False Social Media Post
3 src Department of Justice · U.S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Virginia · Trump Administration |
| reported |
| 2025-09-25 | DOJ Orders Federal Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros' Open Society Foundations for Alleged Terrorism Ties
3 src Department of Justice · George Soros · Todd Blanche · Donald Trump · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-09-25 | Federal Grand Jury Indicts Former FBI Director James Comey for Disclosure of Sensitive Information
2 src James Comey · Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-25 | Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted by Unlawfully Appointed Prosecutor Halligan
3 src James Comey · Lindsey Halligan · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-22 | Bondi Appoints Insurance Defense Attorney Lindsey Halligan as EDVA U.S. Attorney
2 src Pam Bondi · Lindsey Halligan · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-22 | DOJ Closes Homan FBI Sting Case Despite Recorded $50K Cash Exchange
5 src Tom Homan · Kash Patel · Todd Blanche · Pam Bondi |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-20 | Eastern District of Virginia US Attorney Erik Siebert Resigns Under Trump Pressure to Charge Letitia James
2 src Erik Siebert · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Letitia James · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-09-16 | Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Warns Rule of Law 'Under Attack Like Never Before'
2 src Jack Smith · Department of Justice · Trump Administration |
| reported |
| 2025-09-04 | DOJ Opens Criminal Investigation Into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook for Alleged Mortgage Fraud
3 src Department of Justice · Lisa Cook · Pam Bondi · Bill Pulte · +3 |
| reported |
| 2025-08-22 | FBI Raids Former NSA John Bolton's Home in Patel-Directed Political Targeting
2 src John Bolton · Kash Patel · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-19 | Fired DOJ Antitrust Official Accuses Bondi Leadership of Corruption in $14B Merger
3 src Pam Bondi · Chad Mizelle |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-19 | Trump Installs Unconfirmed Loyalists as US Attorneys, Bypassing Senate
3 src Donald Trump · Alina Habba · Pam Bondi · Department of Justice | | confirmed |
| 2025-08-19 | Trump-Appointed US Attorney Investigates DC Police for 'Fake' Crime Data
3 src Jeanine Pirro · Donald Trump · DC Metropolitan Police · Department of Justice | | confirmed |
| 2025-08-06 | DOJ Drops Charges Against AG Pam Bondi's Brother's Clients in Pattern of Conflicts
3 src Pam Bondi · Trevor Milton · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-05 | DOJ Launches Mortgage Fraud Investigation Targeting Senator Adam Schiff
3 src Department of Justice · Adam Schiff · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-04 | DOJ Inspector General 'Lost' Whistleblower Complaint Against Trump Judicial Nominee for Three Months
3 src Emil Bove · Department of Justice · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-01 | DOJ Uses Legal Loopholes to Install Trump Loyalists as Acting U.S. Attorneys Without Senate Confirmation
3 src Department of Justice · Pam Bondi · U.S. Senate · Federal Judiciary · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2025-08-01 | FBI Redacted Trump's Name from Jeffrey Epstein Files Under Privacy Protections
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · Jeffrey Epstein | | confirmed |
| 2025-08-01 | Ghislaine Maxwell Transferred to Minimum-Security Texas Prison Camp After Meeting with DOJ Officials
3 src Ghislaine Maxwell · Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · Bureau of Prisons · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-07 | DOJ Releases Memo Declaring No Epstein "Client List" Exists
3 src Department of Justice · Pam Bondi | | confirmed |
| 2025-06-09 | DOJ Issues Transformative FCPA Guidelines Prioritizing U.S. National Interests
4 src Department of Justice · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-15 | Critical Briefing - Bondi Informs Trump His Name Appears in Epstein Files
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump | | confirmed |
| 2025-05-14 | Former Qatar Lobbyist Bondi Approves $400M Qatari Plane Gift to Trump
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-05-08 | Former Fox News Host Jeanine Pirro Appointed D.C. U.S. Attorney
1 src Jeanine Pirro · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-04 | World Liberty Financial Sells $25 Million in Tokens Days Before DOJ Crypto Unit Disbanded
5 src Trump Family · World Liberty Financial · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-31 | DOJ Drops Voting Rights Cases in Georgia, Virginia, and Alabama, Abandoning Federal Enforcement
6 src Pamela Bondi · Department of Justice · Civil Rights Division · Brad Raffensperger |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-07 | Bondi Fires DOJ Pardon Attorney Who Refused to Restore Mel Gibson's Gun Rights at Trump's Request
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-04 | DAEO Ethics Waiver Abrogates Patel's One-Year Qatar Recusal 12 Days After FBI Confirmation
6 src Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Office of Government Ethics · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-27 | Attorney General Bondi Releases First Phase of Declassified Epstein Files, Initiating Multi-Phase Document Releases Through November 2025
8 src Pamela Bondi · Jeffrey Epstein · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2025-02-27 | Bondi and Patel Stage Epstein Files Photo Op with Conservative Influencers — Contents Already Public
3 src Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-21 | Attorney General Bondi Says Epstein Files "Sitting on My Desk"
3 src Pam Bondi · John Roberts · Fox News | | confirmed |
| 2025-02-15 | DOJ Kleptocracy Initiative Shuttered: Major Setback for Anti-Corruption Enforcement
3 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Transparency International |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-10 | Trump Executive Order Pauses Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement
4 src Donald Trump · Pamela Bondi · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-05 | Pam Bondi Sworn In as Attorney General, Immediately Begins DOJ Purge
3 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-05 | Trump Administration Shuts Down KleptoCapture Task Force
4 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump · Merrick Garland · Russian Oligarchs · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-01 | DOJ and FBI gut public corruption enforcement teams
5 src Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-24 | DOJ Orders Limits on FACE Act Enforcement, Weakening Abortion Clinic Protection
2 src Department of Justice · Chad Mizelle · Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-23 | DOJ Expands Surveillance of Journalists Covering Administration
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Journalists |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-21 | AG Pam Bondi Eliminates DOJ KleptoCapture Unit and Foreign Influence Task Force
3 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-20 | Trump Issues Blanket Pardons and Commutations for ~1,500 January 6 Defendants
2 src Donald Trump · Pam Bondi |
| confirmed |
| 2024-05-14 | DOJ Finds Boeing Breached Deferred Prosecution Agreement After Door Plug Blowout
3 src Department of Justice · Boeing |
| confirmed |
| 2024-03-21 | DOJ Sues Apple for iPhone Monopoly Maintained Through Ecosystem Lock-In and Developer Restrictions
3 src Department of Justice · Apple · Tim Cook |
| confirmed |
| 2024-01-16 | JetBlue-Spirit Merger Blocked by Court, Rare Victory for Biden Antitrust Enforcers
3 src Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2023-12-18 | FTC and DOJ Release 2023 Merger Guidelines Rejecting Consumer Welfare Standard
3 src Federal Trade Commission · Department of Justice · Lina Khan · Jonathan Kanter |
| confirmed |
| 2023-01-24 | DOJ Sues Google Over Ad Tech Monopoly, Seeks Historic Breakup
4 src Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · Jonathan Kanter |
| confirmed |
| 2022-03-01 | Task Force KleptoCapture Launched: US Expands Anti-Kleptocracy Operations
3 src Merrick Garland · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Secret Service · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2021-11-16 | Jonathan Kanter Confirmed as DOJ Antitrust Chief After Longest Delay in Modern History
3 src Jonathan Kanter · Department of Justice · U.S. Senate · Antitrust Division |
| confirmed |
| 2021-01-07 | Boeing Pays $2.5 Billion in Deferred Prosecution Deal, Zero Executives Charged for 346 Deaths
4 src Department of Justice · Boeing · 346 crash victims |
| confirmed |
| 2020-12-01 | DOJ Reveals Investigation into $2 Million Bribery-for-Pardon Scheme
4 src Donald Trump · Lev Parnas · Rudy Giuliani |
| confirmed |
| 2020-10-20 | DOJ Sues Google for Search Monopoly Through Exclusionary Contracts
4 src Department of Justice · Google · Sundar Pichai · Apple · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2020-02-21 | DOJ Declines Criminal Prosecution of Wells Fargo Executives
3 src Department of Justice · William Barr · Wells Fargo |
| confirmed |
| 2020-02-21 | Wells Fargo Pays $3 Billion, Admits Fraud, No Executives Charged
3 src Wells Fargo · Department of Justice · Securities and Exchange Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2017-02-21 | Attorney General Jeff Sessions Rescinds Obama-Era Private Prison Phase-Out, Citing 'Future Needs of Federal Corrections System'
3 src Jeff Sessions · Department of Justice · Donald Trump · CoreCivic · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2016-08-18 | Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates Issues Memo to Phase Out Federal Private Prisons, Citing Safety Problems and High Costs
3 src Sally Yates · Department of Justice · Bureau of Prisons · CoreCivic · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2006-12-07 | Bush Administration Fires 9 U.S. Attorneys for Political Reasons
3 src Alberto Gonzales · Karl Rove · George W. Bush · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 2004-02-26 | Department of Justice Files Antitrust Lawsuit to Block Oracle-PeopleSoft Merger
3 src Department of Justice · Oracle · PeopleSoft · Larry Ellison |
| confirmed |
| 1978-03-06 | DOJ Returns to Court: Trump Violated 1975 Discrimination Settlement
3 src Donald Trump · Fred Trump · Roy Cohn |
| confirmed |
| 1975-06-10 | Trump Settles Housing Discrimination Case Without Admitting Guilt
3 src Donald Trump · Fred Trump · Roy Cohn |
| confirmed |
| 1973-10-15 | DOJ Sues Trump and Father for Systemic Housing Discrimination
3 src Donald Trump · Fred Trump · Roy Cohn |
| confirmed |
| 1934-06-19 | Office of Legal Counsel Established in DOJ Reorganization; Becomes Binding Interpreter of Executive Authority
3 src Franklin D. Roosevelt · Homer Cummings · U.S. Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 1908-07-26 | Bonaparte Creates Bureau of Investigation Inside DOJ, Bypassing Congressional Opposition
3 src Theodore Roosevelt · Department of Justice · Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |