F.B.I. Suspends Bureau Employee on Patel’s So-Called Enemies List
The employee was a longtime counterintelligence analyst who had worked on the F.B.I.’s investigation examining Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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The employee was a longtime counterintelligence analyst who had worked on the F.B.I.’s investigation examining Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
A presidential decree instructing the Justice Department to scrutinize whether a former official broke the law crosses a new line.
If confirmed, Stanley Woodward would join a number of other former lawyers for President Trump who have been selected to key law enforcement positions.
The F.B.I.’s No. 2 official said he would rise above partisanship, an admission that reflected skepticism among former and current agents about whether he would maintain the bureau’s independence.
Many of the people serving in the administration do not have decades of experience in government, or deep knowledge of its rules and why they exist, former officials say.
In the Trump era, the definition of an official secret depends on whatever works best for the president.
The attorney general said the focus should be on the success of the U.S. military strike in Yemen, not that military information was shared in advance in a group text among top officials.
The move to disqualify the judge was emblematic of the Trump administration’s broader attacks on the federal judiciary, which in recent weeks has pushed back against executive actions.
President Trump’s expansive interpretation of presidential power has become the defining characteristic of his second term.
The president revived a number of falsehoods he had used on the campaign trail last year, including his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him.