Student loans, #SpecialEducation to move out of #Education Dept
#Trump continued his push to unwind the US Dept of Education, announcing that the management of the entire federal #StudentLoan portfolio & of the dept's "special needs" programs would be moved to other #FederalAgencies immediately.
#USpol #corruption #law #regulation #PublicIntegrity #kleptocracy
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5336330/trump-education-department-student-loans-special-education-fsa
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is demanding answers from the DOJ on the dismantling of the Public Integrity Section, a move that weakens anti-corruption efforts. Restoring these resources is vital to holding the powerful accountable. #Corruption #PublicIntegrity www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release...
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Several senior lawyers managing #pardons, #bankruptcy litigation & other #legal issues at the #DOJ were forced out on Friday as the #Trump admin continued to remove or reassign ofcls with many years of experience. The ofcl overseeing the Office of Professional Responsibility [#OPR], which handles internal #ethics investigations [of course], was placed on admin leave.
#law #justice #corruption #PublicIntegrity #felon47 #PamBondi #EmilBove #ToddBlanche
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-justice-dept-ousters.html?smid=url-share
US #Senate confirms ex-Trump defense lawyer as Deputy Attorney General
The #Republican-controlled U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed #Trump's former #criminal defense attorney #ToddBlanche to serve as Deputy Attorney General, the No. 2 role at the #Justice Department.
#law #DOJ #PublicIntegrity #corruption #MafiaState
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-confirms-ex-trump-defense-lawyer-deputy-attorney-general-2025-03-05/
#Trump is sowing #chaos at a blistering pace.
- Thomas B. Edsall
He “is dismantling #watchdog offices & other parts of the #PublicIntegrity apparatus for 2 reasons, one backward-looking & one forward-looking,” Richard Primus, a #law prof at the University of Michigan, wrote by email:
#felon47 #DOJ #JAG #accountability #criminal #corruption #MafiaState #kleptocracy #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opinion/trump-agenda-firings-chaos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z04.UfIN.jWziIQ-9S4EQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Hochul to Seek New Oversight, but Won’t Remove #Adams For Now
Gov #KathyHochul of #NY is said to be planning to announce that she will not remove Mayor #EricAdams at this time, but she will seek to increase the state’s supervision of #NYC’s affairs.
#Trump #QuidProQuo #DOJ #justice #corruption #PublicIntegrity #EmilBove #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/nyregion/hochul-adams-nyc-oversight.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Though the hearing was about #EricAdams, #EmilBove articulated a vision for the #DOJ that precludes it from prosecuting public officials who are useful to carrying out the #Trump admin’s political & policy objectives.
One of Bove’s rationales for dropping the Adams case was that the prosecution would “interfere with the defendant’s ability to govern in New York City” & thus has hurt the mayor’s ability to support Trump’s #immigration agenda.
"Some of you have been forced to consider whether your actions will result in the elimination of the #PublicIntegrity Section, created in the wake of the Watergate scandal, & whose vital work is intended to protect the public from government #corruption," it said. "Several of you have resigned, & others are wondering what will happen to the Department we served & revere."
