A new counsellor at the Department of Justice, now pardoned, was alleged to have urged violence toward police officers.

Cannon ruled that Smith's appointment by Attorney General Merrick Garland violated a constitutional provision that requires “Officers of the United States” to be appointed by the president and ...

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces his appointment of Jack Smith as a special counsel for the investigations of former President Donald Trump, in the briefing room of the U.S. Justice ...

What You Need To Know A federal judge says the Justice Department can release special counsel Jack Smith's investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case ...

Cannon ruled that Smith's appointment by Attorney General Merrick Garland violated a constitutional provision that requires “Officers of the United States” to be appointed by the president and ...

The Justice Department is not expected to appoint an outsider to serve as special counsel to handle politically sensitive criminal investigations, but will likely deputize a US Attorney to handle such ...

Last year, Trump's personal lawyers launched an aggressive, and successful, challenge to the appointment of Jack Smith, the special counsel ... ruling that then-Attorney General Merrick Garland had ...

But she also questioned whether Attorney General Merrick Garland has oversight of the case, and took the unusual move of allowing nonparties who support Trump to argue in front of her.

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington.