‘Cannot simply act as a rubber stamp’: Judge challenges DOJ’s ‘seemingly inconsistent’ effort to toss Jan. 6 defendant’s gun case over Trump pardon

Left inset: An alleged selfie of Elias Costianes at the U.S. Capitol…

‘Entitled to reimbursement’: Trump DOJ says Jan. 6 defendants deserve to get restitution refunds after having cases ‘invalidated’

Rioters supporting President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan.…

‘Bad all around’: Trump admin’s top DC prosecutor says charging of Jan. 6 rioters is DOJ’s ‘greatest failure’ since Japanese American internment camps

FILE – Ed Martin speaks at an event hosted by Rep. Matt…

Jan. 6 defendant who got busted with illegal guns and Army grenades gets the Trump pardon treatment

Left: President Donald Trump gives remarks during an event celebrating the 2024…

‘It is not entirely clear on what basis he even seeks a vacatur’: Judge bemoans effort by Jan. 6 defendant to link gun and drug case to Trump pardon

Left inset: An alleged selfie of Elias Costianes at the U.S. Capitol…

‘Would defy rationality’: Trump-appointed judge rejects administration’s claim that Jan. 6 rioter’s pardon extends to firearm convictions 

Left: Daniel Edwin Wilson is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Jan.…

‘Independent, volitional action’: Jan. 6 rioter can’t get the Trump-pardon treatment for planning ‘assassination missions’ of FBI agents, judge rules

Edward Kelley (images via FBI court filing). A federal judge in Tennessee…

‘Great betrayal’: Jan. 6 defendant wants sanctions against Trump’s top DC prosecutor for lying to his face about getting access to case file and ‘all of discovery’ after case dismissal

William Pope at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack (via…

Federal judge ‘disqualifies herself’ after being ordered to release Jan. 6 rioter convicted on unrelated weapons charges

Left: U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston (Eastern District of California). Right:…

‘Not given a reason’: Senior FBI official ordered to turn in ‘retirement papers’ by Trump administration just weeks after telling staff it was ‘time to dig in’ against Jan. 6 purge

Background: Assistant director in charge of the FBI New York Field Office,…