Manhattan's top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.

Under the Trump administration, federal prosecutors have been sent to investigate federal lawmakers, the chairman of the Federal Reserve and the widow of Renee Macklin Good.The Department of Justice is once again at the center of the news.

The top career prosecutor in the Justice Department’s Eastern District of Virginia office has been fired, according to three people familiar with the development Monday.

As Attorney General Pam Bondi approaches her first anniversary on the job, the firings of career attorneys have defined her turbulent tenure.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, alleging the Democratic leaders may have impeded federal immigration enforcement through their public statements, two people familiar with the ...

Minnesota federal prosecutor Joseph Thompson and four others gave notice of their resignations after disagreements about the ICE-involved shooting.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are under federal investigation, multiple sources told CBS News on Friday. The Department of Justice, according to the sources, is looking at them as part of a "conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents.

At least four federal prosecutors have resigned. President Donald Trump weighed in again on the situation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as calls for accountability continue to grow following the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer last week.