Trump Justice Department
June 15, 2026 — John Hinderaker
In an unusual move, Gavin Newsom has publicly announced that he is being investigated by federal law enforcement. Newsom made the announcement on Twitter (liberals may hate it, but if you want people to see your announcement, BlueSky will hardly do). Notably missing from Newsom’s anti-Trump spiel was any suggestion as to what he supposedly is being investigated for: Today, my wife & I joined Donald Trump’s hit list. He
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June 12, 2026 — Scott Johnson
“Paranoia strikes deep,” goes the classic Buffalo Springfield song. How about the hatred of Jews? It doesn’t have quite the same ring, but a federal indictment emanating from a cast of characters associated with the University of Michigan provides a glaring example of how deeply it strikes. The indictment handed up by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Michigan runs to 63 pages and variously alleges ten counts
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June 5, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Last night, I was on the Sky News U.S. Report with host James Morrow. It was an excellent conversation that covered the latest allegations in the prosecution of the Southern Poverty Law Center, the clown show that Democrats have made out of Congressional committee hearings, and the collapse of 60 Minutes. There is a harkening back to Rathergate, and discussion of the Ku Klux Klan–a group that, years ago, I
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June 1, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The Eleventh Circuit Judicial Council has privately reprimanded an unnamed federal district judge. The reprimand is focused on boinking in the judge’s chambers within the hearing of her law clerks, but it also implictes the judge’s attendance at an event celebrating Atlanta District Attorney Fani Willis. The judge in issue appears to be Eleanor Ross. A pop music nut like me might want to say she has taken a load
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May 28, 2026 — John Hinderaker
CNN reports that the Department of Justice is investigating Jean Carroll, who famously sued President Trump for sexual assault and defamation: The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to her two civil lawsuits
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May 21, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Earlier today, Scott attended the press conference in Minneapolis hosted by Robert Kennedy Jr., Dr. Oz, U.S. Attorney Dan Rosen, and others from DOJ and the FBI. He no doubt will report on the press conference shortly. I will just add a few observations of my own. * The assembled officials announced 15 new fraud indictments relating to various Medicaid programs. This is the fulfillment of what Assistant U.S. Attorney
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May 7, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Liz Collin caught up with Savanah Hernandez for an interview about the assault she suffered at the Whipple Federal Building by the family that flays together — “suburban dad” Chris Ostroushko, suburban mom DeYanna Ostroushko, and whistle blower Paige Ostroushko (video below). The family that flays together has now been indicted by a Minnesota federal grand jury. The video is posted at Alpha News with this accompanying story by Liz
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April 30, 2026 — Scott Johnson
After Fox News broke the story of the sealed indictment handed up by a Minnesota federal grand jury yesterday in the matter of TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez, we received the Department of Justice press release with a copy of the indictment. The press release announces the indictment of the family that flays together — “suburban dad” Chris Ostroushko, wife DeYanna, and daughter Paige: United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen today
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April 29, 2026 — Scott Johnson
O ye of little faith, Fox News reports that two defendants have been indicted in the assault of TPSUA reporter Savanah Herandez at the Whipple Federal Building on April 11. I do not believe the indictments have been made public or the defendants identified. Assuming the Fox News story is accurate, I will go out on a limb and speculate wildly that they include two members of the family that
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April 28, 2026 — John Hinderaker
I suspect that during his disgraceful tenure as Director of the FBI, James Comey may have done things that deserve criminal prosecution. He was indicted today in the federal court in Eastern North Carolina, not for any of those misdeeds but for threatening to kill President Trump. You can read the indictment here. It is brief. It alleges that Comey “publicly posted a photograph on the internet and social media
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April 28, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Yesterday the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment of David Morens, who was a Senior Adviser to Anthony Fauci during the covid era. The indictment includes allegations against two co-conspirators, who have been identified as Dr. Peter Daszak, the president of EcoHealth Alliance, and Dr. Gerald Keusch, an associate director of Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory Institute. EcoHealth Alliance is the nonprofit that got grant money from the
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April 22, 2026 — Scott Johnson
It was Voltaire who observed that the Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire. You can look it up. Unlike the Southern Poverty Law Center, however, it wasn’t a fraud from the name on down. The SPLC is. The Department of Justice has secured an indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center in the Middle District of Alabama (Montgomery, the SPLC’s home base). The indictment is
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April 15, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The assault of TPUSA reporter Savanah Hernandez outside the Whipple Federal Building this past Saturday remains in the national news. However, you’d never know it from reading the Star Tribune. The Star Tribune has published one story on the case and have yet to identify a single one of the perpetrators. How lame can you get? Ms. Hernandez was assaulted as she sought to cover this weekend’s protest at Whipple
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April 12, 2026 — John Hinderaker
I have said it many times over the years: DEI, like affirmative action before it, is not just immoral. It is illegal, at least in employment and education. But for many years, the law went unenforced. That changed with the Supreme Court’s decision in the Harvard and North Carolina cases, the most important decision of recent years. The Court held that the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act mean what
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April 3, 2026 — John Hinderaker
I have never met Pam Bondi, but everyone I know who has worked with her thinks the world of her. “You couldn’t meet a more delightful person,” is how one friend recently summed up his experience with Bondi. So I was sad to see her fired as Attorney General, despite having achieved notable successes in her short time in that role. President Trump praised her as he let her go,
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March 30, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Today Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announced a new civil rights lawsuit against the State of Minnesota. The Department of Justice alleges that the State of Minnesota and the State High School League have violated Title IX by allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports and to shower with the girls, whether the girls like it or not. Buckle up MN — more incoming! https://t.co/VVUjMlWF3Z — Harmeet K. Dhillon (@HarmeetKDhillon)
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March 26, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The Eighth Circuit decision in the Avila case yesterday should scramble the incessant reporting about the orders violated in the flood of habeas cases filed in Minnesota’s federal courts. These orders required respondents to do this and that immediately in connection with Operation Metro Surge. The barrage began with a statement by Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz mentioning orders in 66 cases. As I understand it, 53 of the 66 cases
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