The FBI searched former National Security Adviser John Bolton's home in Maryland on Friday in search of classified records. More details have emerged about the purge of top officials at the FBI as the agency lowers recruiting standards and the Trump Administration appoints a Co-Deputy Director to assist Dan Bongino. The Department of Justice misses the deadline to hand over Epstein files to the House Oversight Committee. A federal judge calls Alina Habba’s appointment as US Attorney in New Jersey unlawful. Kilmar Abrego files a motion to dismiss the criminal charges against him citing selective and vindictive prosecution. Plus listener questions…

Attorney General Pam Bondi has purportedly removed the District of Columbia police chief and replaced her with the head of the DEA as an emergency police commissioner. The DC Attorney General has filed suit against this takeover. DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office has admitted it’s having a hard time securing grand jury indictments against DC protesters for interfering with immigration and customs enforcement. A group of former national security and FBI officials has issued a warning about the ongoing purge inside the FBI. Plus, we speak with former Merit Systems Protection Board Member Cathy Harris about her wrongful termination. Plus listener questions… Do you have questions for the pod?

The Department of Justice ratchets up Trump's revenge tour by launching investigations into Leticia James, Adam Schiff, Jack Smith, and the 2016 Russia investigation. Several former justice department attorneys are seeking elected office. CIA officials worried that the release of a House report on 2016 Russian election meddling could reveal top-secret spying techniques and sources, but the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard authorized a lightly redacted version with President Trump’s blessing. The political purge of FBI personnel continues with the ouster of Steven Jensen and Brian Driscoll. Plus listener questions…

Convicted sex trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell, was granted limited immunity for her interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. A week later, her sex offender status was waived and she was moved to a minimum security prison in Texas. Judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals press Department of Justice lawyers on deportation quotas as the Attorney General files a judicial complaint against Chief Judge Boesberg. A criminal defendant is challenging the appointment of Alina Habba as the interim U.S. attorney in New Jersey, citing Judge Eileen Cannon's dismissal of the classified documents case against Trump in their complaint. The Senate has confirmed Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Emil Bove, to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals as a whistleblower complaint languished in the Department of Justice Inspector General's office for months. Plus listener questions…

Tulsi Gabbard declassifies new documents in the latest attempt to cast doubt on the 2016 Russia investigation. A former January 6th prosecutor and former DOJ employees are suing the Trump Administration for wrongful termination. The Department of Justice circumvented the Vacancies Act to install Alina Habba as the interim US Attorney in New Jersey after the NJ District court judges rejected her. One of the people Trump freed in the prisoner swap with Venezuela using the CECOT detainees is a convicted murderer. Plus listener questions…

Attorney General Pam Bondi fires 20 Department of Justice employees who worked on the Trump documents case, and her personal ethics chief, as two-thirds of the unit defending Trump policies have quit Key prosecutor of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, Maurene Comey has been fired, and Senator Wyden tells NBC that FBI agents were instructed to flag mentions of donald trump in the epstein files The State Department has quietly posted some of the agreement between the US Government and Salvadoran President Bukele as a deal is finalized to swap the men at CECOT for prisoners in Venezuela. The interim status of Alina Habba as the US Attorney for New Jersey comes to an end as another US attorney clings to his position after being appointed as his own assistant. Plus listener questions…

President Bukele of El Salvador told the United Nations that the United States has constructive custody of the prisoners sent to CECOT. Former F.B.I. Director, James Comey, and the former C.I.A. Director, John Brennan, are under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice for their roles in the Russia investigation. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have demanded Attorney General Pam Bondi release Special Counsel Jack Smith’s full report as well as any mention of Donald Trump in the Epstein Files. Judge Xinis becomes frustrated with the Department of Justice’s failure to produce a witness with knowledge of the next steps for Mr. Abrego in a series of hearings. Plus listener questions…

Trump and the Department of Justice issue letters about the Tik-Tok ban that dangerously expand executive powers. Attorney General Pam Bondi fires three January 6th prosecutors sending another chill through the Justice Department, as the weaponization task force hires a January 6th rioter that threatened police. The Department of Justice coordinated with the Texas Attorney General to kill the Texas Dream Act in under six hours. The Supreme Court clarifies that the stay on blocking deportation to third countries includes Judge Murphy’s remedial order granting due process to the 8 men stuck in Djibouti on their way to South Sudan.

Now-fired career Department of Justice lawyer Erez Reuveni has sent a letter to the Inspector General, the Office of Special Counsel, and the chairs of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees outlining Emil Bove’s alleged defiance of court orders in three due process cases. The Supreme Court rules from the shadow docket and without explanation that a lower court’s order barring deportation to third countries without due process is on indefinite hold. Two separate hearings involving Mr. Abrego led his civil attorneys to ask his criminal defense team to keep him in prison pending a hearing in Maryland on a motion to block his removal from the country. Emil Bove faced questions about DoJ Lawyer Erez Reuveni’s whistleblower complaint alleging Bove instructed him and other DoJ lawyers to ignore court orders. Plus listener questions…

Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Erez Reuveni Regarding Violation of Laws, Rules & Regulations, Abuse of Authority, and Substantial and Specific Danger to Health and Safety at the Department of Justice