Scott MacFarlane

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Scott MacFarlane |Kathryn Watson

Peter Carr, a longtime Justice Department spokesman, has been fired by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Carr told CBS News. Carr did not say why he was terminated, but said it was the deputy attorney general who fired him. Carr was a career employee of the department's office of public affairs. In that role, he served as spokesman for special counsels Jack Smith and Robert Mueller. Smith brought two federal criminal cases against President Trump after the president's first term.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Scott MacFarlane

Amid a tumultuous and controversial campaign of executive orders targeting major law firms, the Justice Department is now adding the American Bar Association to its target list, according to a memo obtained by CBS News. In the memo dated Friday and shared with Justice Department employees, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche ordered that "the Department of Justice will no longer use taxpayer funds to pay for any travel to or engagement with ABA events.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Scott MacFarlane

Bondi on court immigration ruling The Justice Department seeks to drop its criminal case against a Virginia man accused of being the "East Coast leader" of the MS-13 gang, weeks after Attorney General Pam Bondi announced his arrest in a nationally televised press conference last month.   Bondi referred to Henrry Villatoro Santos as "one of the top members and head of the East Coast" of the violent MS-13 gang during a March 27 news conference in Manassas, Virginia.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Jacob Rosen |Jake Rosen |Scott MacFarlane

Federal prosecutors say Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to assassinate President Trump as he golfed last September during the 2024 campaign, also attempted to acquire an anti-aircraft weapon to shoot down Mr. Trump's plane.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Scott MacFarlane

Trump assassination attempt news Ryan Routh, the suspect in the second alleged assassination attempt against President Trump, has formally asked a judge to suppress statements from the eyewitness who identified him to police as the suspect with a high-powered rifle who was a few hundred yards away from Mr. Trump at his Florida golf course.