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Jan 18, 2026
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Have any Minneapolis police officers resigned in last week

No reputable reporting in the assembled sources confirms that Minneapolis Police Department officers resigned "in the last week"; the verifiable wave of departures cited across outlets refers to feder...

Nov 13, 2025
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How does ICE collaborate with other agencies on drug smuggling cases?

ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducts drug‑smuggling investigations primarily by building interagency task forces, formalizing agreements for cross‑designation and information sharing,...

Nov 29, 2025
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What evidence do DOJ indictments cite linking Maduro to Venezuela drug shipments?

The U.S. Department of Justice indictments allege Nicolás Maduro and senior Venezuelan officials conspired with drug traffickers and the FARC to negotiate multi‑ton cocaine shipments, provide weapons ...

Nov 3, 2025

Have any individuals been charged or convicted for threatening Trump?

Multiple individuals have been federally charged, arrested, or convicted for making threats against Donald J. Trump, with recent examples including Nathalie Rose Jones, Derek Lopez, and Richard James ...

Jan 19, 2026

How have DOJ statements and redactions affected public access to Epstein‑related records?

The Justice Department’s public statements and heavy redactions have materially constrained what the public can see of the Epstein investigative files, producing a patchwork release that the DOJ defen...

Feb 4, 2026

How did the 2008 non‑prosecution agreement (NPA) affect later attempts to charge Epstein’s associates?

The (NPA) with legally insulated the from prosecuting Epstein—and, by the NPA’s text and related prosecutorial practice, foreclosed that office from pursuing “four named co‑conspirators” and “any pote...

Jan 19, 2026

What was the FBI's involvement in investigating the January 6 Capitol riot?

The FBI led and remains central to the criminal investigation of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, identifying and charging more than a thousand defendants and cultivating a massive tro...

Jan 8, 2026

What role does the Department of Justice play in investigating presidential crimes?

The Department of Justice is the federal agency charged with investigating and prosecuting potential federal crimes, including those that may involve a president or former president, but its actions a...

Jan 7, 2026

How does the Department of Justice determine whether to investigate a member of Congress for alleged wrongdoing?

The Department of Justice decides whether to investigate a Member of Congress through a blend of legal limits (constitutional privileges like the Speech or Debate Clause), internal policies that funne...

Jan 5, 2026

Which specific categories of Epstein‑era documents are still being withheld by the DOJ and why?

The Justice Department has publicly said it is withholding discrete categories of Epstein‑era material — chiefly unredacted victim personal information and records that could jeopardize active investi...

Nov 12, 2025

How does the US court system handle requests to unseal files in high-profile cases?

The available analyses show that the U.S. courts treat requests to unseal files in high‑profile cases as a that sits at the intersection of common-law and First Amendment rights of access, district-le...