Acting AG Blanche Asks Court to Let White House Ballroom Construction Resume After Press Dinner Shooting

U.S. Justice Department files motion that some legal critics say reads like a Trump social media post

The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit that has impeded President Donald Trump's plans for a White House ballroom, saying its opponents "suffer from Trump derangement syndrome" and that an alleged assassination attempt on the president showed the ‌project was necessary.

Stephen Miller’s Pregnant Wife Denies He Used Her as ‘Human Shield’ During WHCD Shooting

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller did not use his pregnant wife, Katie Miller, as a shield during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooting. “They could not give Stephen Miller a good news cycle if they tried,” Katie, 34, said during a Monday, April 27, appearance on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle. “They had to make me the target.” She added, “To that I would say, Stephen did a phenomenal job and he was behind me a…

Journalist Katie Phang sues acting attorney general Todd Blanche over Epstein files

Lawsuit alleges DoJ breached transparency law by withholding records on Jeffrey Epstein and over-redacting disclosuresTodd Blanche, the acting attorney general, engaged in a “brazen, shocking, and ongoing violation” of a law requiring the justice department (DoJ) to release the entirety of the so-called Epstein files, a lawsuit filed in Washington DC alleges.The action on Monday by Katie Phang, an investigative journalist and legal analyst, seek…

Trump Points To WHCA Dinner Shooting In Urging Judge To Let Him Build White House Ballroom

Donald Trump is pointing to the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to make the case to a federal judge that he should lift his order to stop construction of a new White House ballroom. The argument is that the incident never would have happened had the event been at the White House, which currently has a much smaller space, the East Room or outside tents, to host large events. In a new filing late Monday, much of which reads …

Judge rules that fired prosecutor Maurene Comey's lawsuit belongs in federal court

A federal judge says fired prosecutor Maurene Comey's wrongful termination claims belong in court rather than in administrative proceedings despite the government's efforts to move it out of court

Judge Says Maurene Comey Can Sue the Trump Administration for Firing Her

Ms. Comey, a former federal prosecutor who handled cases against Jeffery Epstein and Sean Combs, claimed in her suit that she was fired for political reasons.