The Department of Justice filed a Monday motion urging a judge to allow White House ballroom construction to resume, but critics immediately flagged the filing's striking resemblance to President Donald Trump's social media posts.

Trump shared the filing in full on Truth Social Tuesday morning.

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You’ve got to hand it to Pope Leo, who used a speech Thursday in Cameroon to express “woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.”

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell submitted a USB drive to the Department of Justice to support her appeal against her 20-year prison sentence, according to The Swamp, The Daily Beast's Substack.

The contents of the digital file remain unclear, though calls to make the materials public are expected.

The Justice Department has opened a federal assault investigation into former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).

According to NOTUS, Swalwell already faces investigation by local prosecutors in New York, the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, following allegations from five women that he engaged in sexual misconduct and assault with them, including a staffer who claims he assaulted her when she was severely intoxicated.

In a surprise announcement on Thursday afternoon, Department of Justice Inspector General William Blier is initiating a review of his department over complaints that the release of the entire Jeffrey Epstein files is not in compliance with the law signed by Donald Trump.

Posted on the DOJ’s website, Blier stated, “The DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is initiating an audit of DOJ’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Our preliminary objective is to evaluate the DOJ’s processes for identifying, redacting, and releasing records in its possession as required by the Act.”

CNN's Katelyn Polantz walked through the drubbing the Justice Department got in court this week, as the judge presiding over the criminal case of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter, visibly angry, chastised them for their showboating tactics.

"So, Katelyn, what did they do that upset the judge?" asked anchor Boris Sanchez.

President Donald Trump's Justice Department attached the "wrong document" to a filing in their lawsuit against the state of Minneosta to obtain their full, unredacted voter rolls, liberal elections outlet Democracy Docket reported on Friday.

"The Trump DOJ’s latest blunder came one day after it asked a federal court for permission to fix what judges across the country have already called a fatal defect in its voter roll demands: failing to explain why it needed the data in the first place," said the report. "But instead of waiting, DOJ rushed to file a new 'additional basis' for its demand — and fumbled the rollout."

As reported by ProPublica, Attorney General Pam Bondi's DOJ shuttered over 23,000 criminal cases in its first six months, abandoning investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and nursing home abuse.

February 2025 alone saw nearly 11,000 declinations—the highest monthly total since at least 2004.