NEW: Harmeet Dhillon's Civil Rights Division is trying to indict former Trump White House official Cassidy Hutchinson, a star witness before the Jan. 6 Committee.

“He’s crawling around now, so I’m excited to chase him around the house and give him all the love that, that, you know —have been kind of withheld for the last 10 months. I’m so excited.”

Have some journalistic jealousy over this look into the crop of new DOJ Civil Rights Division hires from @glennthrush.bsky.social:

And there's a photo!

CIA gold bars story gets crazier:

NEW: Justice Department tells employees to adopt Trump’s AI rebrand

“We fully understand that undertaking these investigations will not be welcomed by the political appointees who have taken positions and made statements that have already been refuted by evidence... But the job description of IGs does not include pleasing people at high levels of the government.”

“Anything less than a full and fair review would be a betrayal of your mission and perpetuate the outrageous mistreatment of Mr. Hearn," his attorneys tell the IGs.

NEW: Olympic canoeist who went through "nightmare" Reflecting Pool case is pushing two government watchdogs to probe "incompetence and wrongdoing."

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Jan. 6 defendants are “the best of America,” says recently departed Trump DOJ official Ed Martin.

Plea agreement hearing set for ex-CIA officer found with gold bars

We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.

“You have these meetings, you hear them out, you nod and say, ‘We’ll look into it,’ ” the prosecutor explained. “And then at some point you have another meeting and gently tell them why they’re fucking insane and wrong.”

Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal