NYTIMES (Alan Feuer) - Blocking Trump’s Fund, Judge Presses for Guarantee It Won’t Move Forward
The ruling was the strongest effort to date to hold the administration to its word that its plans to create the fund have actually been set aside.
The ruling was the strongest effort to date to hold the administration to its word that its plans to create the fund have actually been set aside.
Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department’s increasing inability to follow through on the president’s desire to indict his rivals.
A top prosecutor, Robert E. McGuire, painted an extraordinary picture of senior Justice Department leaders peering over his shoulder and hurrying him along.
Grassley said the series of reports, which were done by New York Times reporters Glenn Thrush, Alan Feuer and Adam Goldman, date back to 2023.
The prosecutor, Julie T. Le, told a judge that she and her colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office were overwhelmed by the White House’s immigration operation in Minnesota.