James Comey, Hillary Clinton, Anthony Weiner and Our Descent Into Pulp Fiction Democracy

Bill Blum / Truthdig Nov 4, 2016 Forget WikiLeaks, speeches to Goldman Sachs and the behind-the-scenes machinations of John Podesta. The FBI director’s letter to Congress was the ultimate October surprise. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Glenn Greenwald Smokes Out Obama’s Dubious Sense of Justice

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2012 After mischaracterizing a law governing medical marijuana distribution, the president who refused to prosecute those who led the U.S. into an indefinite war on terror told a Rolling Stone interviewer last month that he couldn't ask the Justice Department to "turn the other way" when it comes to potential violations of medical marijuana use. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

22 Million Bush-Era E-Mails Found

Staff / Truthdig Dec 15, 2009 How exactly does an administration lose millions of e-mails? However it happened, 22 million Bush-era White House e-mails have been recovered, and more may be found. The content, however, probably won't be made public for years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gonzales’ New Gig

Staff / Truthdig Jul 8, 2009 Seems like even those Bushies who didn't manage to make it to the end of the W. age with their political reputations intact are popping up with brand new jobs; take, for example, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who's slated to teach a political science course at Texas Tech University this fall. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

House Democrats Subpoena Karl Rove

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2009 The Bush administration may have exited the proverbial building, but that isn't stopping certain House Democrats, such as House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, from taking Bush sidekick Karl Rove to task for his potential role in the Justice Department's pink-slipping of several U.S. attorneys in 2006. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Senate Panel’s Report on U.S. Torture Abuse

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2008 Read the devastating bipartisan report from the Senate Armed Services Committee that indicts high-level Bush administration officials -- including former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld -- as bearing major responsibility for the torture at Abu Gharib, Guantanamo, and other detention facilities. Dig deeper ( 33 Min. Read )

From Fired U.S. Attorneys to Sarah Palin

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Sep 30, 2008 A new internal report confirms our fears about the politicization of the Justice Department. That same contempt for government can be found in the current financial crisis as well as the meteoric rise of the former mayor of Wasilla. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

More Trouble for Gonzales

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2008 It's reassuring to know that when Alberto Gonzales was our nation's attorney general, he schlepped highly classified documents to his home in Virginia in an unlocked briefcase. Oops! Also, once he'd toted them home, Gonzales didn't put them in a safe for extra protection because he "couldn't remember the combination." Fiddlesticks! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mukasey Gives Scandalistas a Pass

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2008 Attorney General Michael Mukasey has said he will not prosecute his predecessor's aides for politicizing the Justice Department. Mukasey said the officials' violations were "disturbing," but not crimes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Goodling’s Role in Gonzales’ Fall

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2008 Last year, something was declared rotten in the Department of Justice and then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was sent packing amid a scandal over politicized hiring and firing practices within the DoJ. Now, an investigation has concluded that a top aide to Gonzales, Monica Goodling, was a key instrument of that abuse of power. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rove Catches Executive Privilege Express Out of the Country

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2008 Karl Rove had been subpoenaed to testify Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee about the partisan politics that allegedly played a role in the U.S. attorney firing scandals that shook up the Justice Department during Rove's time as a key White House adviser -- but he didn't show. Whoops! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Justice Dept. Cherry-Picked Conservatives

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2008 Here's another outrage that has stumbled out in the twilight of George W. Bush: Under the leadership of John Ashcroft and, especially, Alberto Gonzales, the Justice Department illegally sought to hire conservative lawyers, according to a preliminary report from the department's own inspector general. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )