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Harmeet Dhillon walks through a hallway after talking to reporters at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Justice Department will switch its focus on voting and prioritize Trump’s elections order, memo says

A new mission statement for the Justice Department unit that upholds voting rights shows it’s being redirected toward prioritizing President Donald Trump’s executive order on elections.
 
Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, speaks before President Joe Biden arrives at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Head of NAACP disinvited from speaking to Texas state bar over suit against Trump administration

 
Pedestrians walk as police secure the area around the Justice Department before President Donald Trump speaks Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump pledges to ‘expose’ his enemies in political speech at Justice Department

 
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Ex-Secret Service agent and conservative media personality Dan Bongino picked as FBI deputy director

 
This undated image provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, shows Danielle R. Sassoon, interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. (U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York via AP)

Order to drop New York Mayor Adams’ case roils Justice Department as high-ranking officials resign

 

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Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick to be the director of the FBI, arrives to speak at an Inauguration parade in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Attorney General Merrick Garland reacts during a farewell ceremony at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Merrick Garland exits with his record under scrutiny and the Justice Department bracing for upheaval

 
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned after submitting his Trump report, Justice Department says

 
FILE - Kash Patel, former chief of staff to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, speaks at a rally in Minden, Nev., Oct. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, File)

Trump taps Kash Patel for FBI director, an ally who would aid in his effort to upend law enforcement

 
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden's son, accompanied by his attorney Abbe Lowell, leaves a House Oversight Committee hearing as Republicans are taking the first step toward holding him in contempt of Congress, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Hunter Biden indicates willingness to comply with a Republican subpoena under certain conditions

 
Former President Donald Trump speaks in Clinton Township, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Mike Mulholland)

Federal prosecutors press Trump gag order request as judge sets hearing for arguments

 
Former Connecticut U.S. Attorney Nora Dannehy appears at her Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, confirmation hearing on her nomination to the Connecticut State Supreme Court at the Connecticut Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn. Dannehy told state lawmakers she resigned from the Trump-Russia probe because of her concerns with public comments made by then-US Attorney General William Barr. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

Ex-prosecutor who resigned from Trump-Russia probe confirmed for Connecticut Supreme Court

 
Former Connecticut U.S. Attorney Nora Dannehy appears at her Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, confirmation hearing on her nomination to the Connecticut State Supreme Court at the Connecticut Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn. Dannehy told state lawmakers she resigned from the Trump-Russia probe because of her concerns with public comments made by then-US Attorney General William Barr. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

Former federal prosecutor who resigned from Trump-Russia probe says she left over concerns with Barr

 
The indictment in Georgia against former President Donald Trump is photographed Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Here’s a timeline of events leading up to Donald Trump’s indictment in Georgia

 
FILE - Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, walks from Marine One upon arrival at Fort McNair, June 25, 2023, in Washington. The Republican chairmen of three key House committees are joining forces to probe the Justice Department's handling of charges against Hunter Biden after making sweeping claims about misconduct at the agency. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Grassley releases full FBI memo with unverified claims about Hunter Biden’s work in Ukraine

 
IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley, left, and IRS Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler, are sworn in at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing with IRS whistleblowers, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

IRS whistleblowers air claims to Congress about ‘slow-walking’ of the Hunter Biden case