Nearly a dozen of the government's most seasoned lawyers have been relegated to what they refer to as the Justice Dept. rubber room.

Including those two, the Justice Department has fired 17 people who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith's team prosecuting Trump since he returned to power in January.

Justin Banta was booked into a Texas jail on June 6 in connection to the death of a child he was expecting with his girlfriend last year.

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department plans to resume prosecuting cases under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act but with a different strategy than before President Donald Trump was elected. The federal law authorizes criminal and civil prosecution of anyone who tries to bribe foreign government officials to win a business advantage in international transactions.

The lobbying wave comes as the Trump administration has dramatically scaled back the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section, reduced the size of its foreign bribery unit and advised department attorneys that tax enforcement is "not a priority," two of the people familiar with the matter said.

A Justice Department memo to US immigration judges noted that they can rapidly grant case dismissals, meaning that immigrants will not be able to respond in court.

Authorities will close half of current investigations to align with new guidelines aimed at preserving U.S. competitiveness.

For the nearly three months before the Justice Department secured an indictment against the man, it had repeatedly flouted a series of court orders to “facilitate” his release from El Salvador.