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Appears in 9 stories · Last updated Nov 2, 2026
Under acting AG Todd Blanche, pursuing a third case against Comey while seeking a grand jury indictment
The Justice Department brought a third criminal case against James Comey on October 26, 2026, accusing him of leaking a classified document to a reporter in 2016. Prosecutors filed it as a criminal information, a charging document signed without a grand jury vote, while they work toward an indictment in Washington.
Updated Nov 2
Joined Texas in the consent judgment vacating the rule
The Supreme Court on October 27 refused, without comment or noted dissent, to revive a 2024 regulation that let immigration judges pause deportation cases. That leaves in place a June 2026 agreement between Texas and the Justice Department that threw the rule out.
Updated Oct 29
Filed and resolved the lawsuit
CVS Pharmacy agreed to pay $315 million to settle federal allegations that it illegally filled opioid and other controlled-substance prescriptions from October 2013 through December 2025. It then billed Medicare and other federal programs for many of those invalid prescriptions. CVS admitted no wrongdoing, and the allegations remain unproven.
Updated Oct 27
As of September 2026: Unsealed charges; investigation ongoing
The Justice Department unsealed charges Tuesday against five people it says work for Russian intelligence and run a global killing network. Prosecutors allege the group tried to recruit someone in the U.S. this summer to follow and murder a prominent Russian dissident, offering $40,000.
Updated Sep 16
As of September 2026: Plaintiff in lawsuits against states
Utah has let undocumented high school graduates who applied for legal residency pay in-state college rates since 2002. On September 10, 2026, the Justice Department sued to end that practice, naming the state's higher education board and its commissioner as defendants.
Updated Sep 11
As of May 2026: Filed motion to dismiss Bannon's conviction under Trump administration
The Supreme Court on April 6, 2026, vacated the appeals court ruling upholding Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction. The unsigned order, containing no noted dissents, sends the case back to lower courts, where the Department of Justice has a pending motion to dismiss all charges. Bannon had already served a four-month federal prison sentence in 2024 for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Updated May 30
As of May 2026: Leadership in transition; acting attorney general facing legal challenges; permanent replacement under Senate consideration
President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, replacing her with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who defended Trump in the Manhattan criminal trial before joining the DOJ. He's the fourth Justice Department leader under Trump, after Sessions, Barr, and Bondi. Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans signaled they'd consider EPA administrator Lee Zeldin as permanent replacement. Legal scholars questioned whether Blanche could simultaneously serve as both acting attorney general and acting Librarian of Congress.
As of May 2026: Cleared the acquisition without conditions
Wiz was founded in January 2020 by four veterans of Israel's military intelligence Unit 8200. Six years later, Google paid $32 billion in cash — the largest deal in Google's history, the largest cybersecurity acquisition ever, and more than the combined cost of its eight next-biggest purchases.
As of May 2026: Defendant; planning June 15 release
Joe Biden talked with his ghostwriter for about 70 hours in 2016 and 2017. The Trump-era Justice Department now plans to release the recordings — and Biden sued Tuesday to block it.
Updated May 27
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