This is the article @whitehouse.senate.gov just had Grassley enter into record of Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to show the cost of illegal US attorney appointments ⬇️
Among other things, the number of federal prosecutors in northern Nevada is expected to shrink to zero.
Chattah also collected oppo research on a judge who's been ruling against her office by releasing immigrants detained w/out bond hearings. The info was used in a MAGA-aligned reporter's article labeling the judge (whose family has received multiple threats) as judicial activist
Read full story for the Bondi drama that beset DOJ congressional affairs this past year. As Epstein scrutiny escalated, Bondi’s team rebuffed her Senate-confirmed Hill liaison’s request for more lawmaker outreach & took hearing advice from inner circle of zinger writers ⬇️
DOJ leg affairs office is about half its authorized staffing level, as political appointees have left what's always a thankless job, but one that's been made more difficult by Bondi sidelining their boss, multiple source say.
111 ex-Chicago AUSAs have signed a statement - aboutblaw.com/blX0 - condemning leadership of US Attorney Andrew Boutros. I can't recall this level of concerted criticism from an office's named former prosecutors in this admin. Story by Megan Crepeau: news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/e...
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Brad Heath
News: Ahead of Blanche confirmation battle, DOJ has tried repairing strained Hill relations, especially among Rs, after Bondi's team marginalized & distrusted head of leg affairs. That official, Patrick Davis, could be key in wooing Senate for Blanche. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
News: In a twist, DOJ market prosecutors return to Crim Div fraud section, for now, after being loaned to Trump admin’s new Fraud Division. More staffing tumult in internal reorg memo resolving a major source of consternation in white collar bar.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
There is escalating heat on Chicago US Attorney Andrew Boutros, as critics call for his resignation over Trump-aligned moves.
For our story exploring this dynamic, Boutros' office provided an extraordinary 6-page Q&A statement that reframed our questions.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
I went long on a new form of Trump DOJ turmoil: Top Las Vegas prosecutor Sigal Chattah repeatedly bypassed Main Justice recusal orders, pushed cases for ex-clients & friends, targeted political foe, & much more.
"It's charitable to call it chaos."
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
