Donald Trump’s transition team has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Justice Department, paving the way for the team to seek FBI background checks on the president-elect’s appointees.

Democrats held a rare bicameral forum to examine the Trump administration’s actions targeting Department of Justice (DOJ) staff and major law firms as the party explores how to push back against ...

the department’s chief of staff — to sign motions or make court appearances that typically would have been handled by career officials. While dismaying to Justice Department veterans, ...

The rumor circulated following media coverage of the firing of former Justice Department pardon attorney Elizabeth G. Oyer, who went public with the circumstances surrounding her termination in ...