Even as the selection of a career agent, Christopher G. Raia, leaves an unusual three-person leadership structure in place, it returns a career agent to the No. 2 post.
Christopher G. Raia was a Coast Guard officer before he joined the F.B.I. As an agent, he spent much of his career in Texas, rising through the ranks from investigating violent crime to managing counterterrorism work.
The assertion was a brazen effort to toss out the traditional boundaries that have long existed between the White House and investigations conducted by federal law enforcement.
Vice President JD Vance said the Justice Department would create a high-ranking position to investigate fraud across the country, but offered few specifics.
A new web page on the official White House site blames the Capitol Police and Democrats for the pro-Trump mob riot, absolving the president of responsibility and calling participants “innocent.”
The ruling was the most robust effort to date to press the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, on why she has continued to serve as the U.S. attorney, despite an order throwing out her appointment.
A federal judge ordered Lindsey Halligan to explain why she continued to lay claim to her title after a different judge had determined that she was unlawfully appointed.
Some pardoned rioters have been rearrested. Others returned to poverty and mental health challenges. And many became consumed by resentment and demands for payback.
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