Sam Dorman

1 week ago | theepochtimes.com | Sam Dorman

One key Senate Republican said he wouldn’t support Martin’s nomination. 5/8/2025Updated: 5/8/2025President Donald Trump said on May 8 that he was pulling Ed Martin’s nomination to lead the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia after a key Senate Republican announced he wouldn’t support the nominee. Martin, a conservative attorney and longtime activist, has been serving as Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.

1 week ago | theepochtimes.com | Sam Dorman

President Donald Trump’s administration has invoked the state secrets privilege as a federal court probes for information surrounding Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis revealed the invocation on May 7 in an order requesting briefing from the administration. “The Court requires formal briefing of the Defendants’ invocations of privilege, principally the state secrets and deliberative process privileges,” she said in an order.

1 week ago | theepochtimes.com | Sam Dorman

In a different case this past week, a judge in Texas also ruled that the administration improperly applied the Alien Enemies Act. 5/6/2025Updated: 5/6/2025A federal judge in New York has blocked the government from deporting suspected Venezuelan gang members, holding that the Trump administration improperly invoked an 18th-century law and failed to provide due process for deportees. Issued on May 6, the order is the second preliminary injunction issued by a federal judge in less than a week.

1 week ago | elepoch.com | Sam Dorman

El presidente Donald Trump dijo el 8 de mayo que retiraba la candidatura de Ed Martin para dirigir la fiscalía federal del Distrito de Columbia después de que un senador republicano clave anunciara que no apoyaría al candidato. Martin, un abogado conservador y activista desde hace mucho tiempo, ha estado ejerciendo como fiscal federal interino del Distrito de Columbia.

1 week ago | elepoch.com | Sam Dorman

Un juez federal en Nueva York bloqueó al gobierno de deportar a presuntos miembros de pandillas venezolanas. Dijo que la administración Trump invocó de forma incorrecta una ley del siglo XVIII y no garantizó el debido proceso a los deportados. La orden, emitida el 6 de mayo, es la segunda suspensión preliminar en menos de una semana.