United States Department of Justice

Force in Play

Under acting AG Todd Blanche, continuing prosecutions of former officials

James Comey deleted an Instagram post within hours—a fifteen-character image of '8647' written above seashells. A North Carolina grand jury charged him with two counts of threatening the President over that same image. The April 28, 2026 indictment is the second federal case Trump's Justice Department brought against the former FBI Director; a Virginia case filed in September 2025 was dismissed when a judge ruled the interim prosecutor unlawfully appointed. Judge Louise Wood Flanagan issued an arrest warrant, though Comey may self-surrender, and he responded on Substack: 'I'm still innocent. I'm still not afraid.'

Updated May 31

Rule Changes

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

Rule Changes

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.

Updated May 30

Money Moves

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.

Updated May 30

Rule Changes

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