Last week, Adam Schleifer, an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, was fired without explanation in a terse email from the White House personnel office shortly after Loomer posted about him on ...

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Justice Department backs away from some cases involving foreign bribery, money laundering and crypto markets. Defense lawyers ...

The prosecution of onetime Portland business executive Andrew Wiederhorn will continue, Justice Department officials in ...

On March 29, the Los Angeles Times reported that Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Schleifer was fired in a brief email sent from the White House “on behalf of President Donald J. Trump.” ...

According to Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, “The White House, in coordination with the Department of Justice, has dismissed more than 50 U.S. attorneys and deputies in the past few ...