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Pamela Hemphill, one of the 1,500 January 6 rioters whom President Trump pardoned on his first day back in the White House, has formally rejected and returned her pardon. Hemphill is reportedly the only defendant to do so. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane has the latest.
Pamela Hemphill of Idaho is one of the more than 1,500 people whom Mr. Trump pardoned earlier this year for their roles in the U.S. Capitol Insurrection.
President Trump flexed the power of his office this week, issuing a blitz of pardons and commutations. The president also said he would consider pardoning the men convicted in a plot to kidnap Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Ali Bauman has more.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger spoke with CBS News Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane before retiring from his post at the Capitol. Manger discussed challenges he faced when he arrived on the job in 2021, shared his concerns about a spike in threats against lawmakers, and recalled President Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 rioters.
President Trump has pardoned several people in recent days, including reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley and former Rep. Michael Grimm of New York. CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.
Capitol police chief Thomas Manger has led — and then rebuilt — the department since the Jan. 6 riot. He speaks to CBS News ahead of his retirement on Friday.
U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger, who is retiring Friday, tells CBS News' Scott MacFarlane that the day President Trump issued January 6 pardons was one of his worst days on the job and a "slap in the face to every police officer that was here." CBS News' Jake Rosen has the latest.
Ashli Babbitt's death was a rallying point for Trump loyalists and Capitol rioters who alleged police used unnecessary force in stopping the mob on Jan. 6.
A new report from The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism finds online threats targeting individual judges have soared over the past year. CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more on that and the settlement reached with the family of Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt.
President Trump's first moves during his second term in the White House included pardons for many convicted of crimes for their roles during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Since then, President Trump's appointees have changed the shape of the Department of Justice, according to CBS News' Scott MacFarlane.
Current and former Seattle Police officers who attended President Trump's Jan. 6 rally are seeking to keep their identities out of public records related to the insurrection.
President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that could vastly reshape federal elections and potentially disenfranchise millions of eligible American voters. The sweeping new order would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and seeks to mandate that all U.S. ballots be received by and counted on Election Day. David Becker, CBS News election law expert and contributor, and Scott MacFarlane, CBS News Department of Justice correspondent, have more.
President Trump is questioning former President Joe Biden's signature on preemptive pardons issued to the members of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
President Trump visited the headquarters of the Justice Department Friday, where he addressed employees in a campaign-style speech. The address comes amid a purge that's accelerated inside the Justice Department, in which prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 cases and Trump investigations have been fired. Scott MacFarlane reports.
President Trump made a rare presidential visit to the Justice Department on Friday and discussed his relationship with the department. Historically, presidents have strayed from recognizing the long-standing ties between the White House, the attorney general and the DOJ. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane and former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb join "America Decides" with analysis.
President Trump is expected to deliver remarks Friday at the Department of Justice focused on "law and order." The visit comes amid mass layoffs and demotions at the department. David Weigel, political reporter for Semafor, and Deepa Shivaram, White House correspondent at NPR, join CBS News to discuss what to expect.
Stacey Young, an 18-year veteran of the Justice Department who resigned a few weeks ago, is now leading a group of former officials helping those still inside the department facing demotions or firings. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane spoke exclusively with Young about what's happening at the department.
The reshaping of the U.S. Justice Department continues with more career prosecutors being fired or being moved out of long-held positions. CBS News has learned nearly a dozen senior prosecutors who handled Jan. 6 related case were demoted last week at the direction of Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney in D.C. Scott MacFarlane has more.
The Senate confirmed Kash Patel to lead the FBI in a 51-49 vote on Thursday. Some lawmakers have expressed concern that the Trump ally could use the bureau's power to go after perceived political enemies of the president. CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane explains.
A CBS News investigation is looking into President Trump's sweeping Jan. 6 pardons, including for violent offenders. One woman said she's worried about her own safety and the safety of others after a Jan. 6 defendant who she previously dated and had prior convictions was released under President Trump's orders.
"Everyone is hailing him as a hero and he is not a hero. He is a violent, violent man," says a woman whose former partner was pardoned.
Before he took office last month, President Trump said there could be "some exceptions" to his campaign promise to grant clemency to Jan. 6 rioters. In the end, Trump pardoned everyone, including more than 150 convicted for assaulting police. Jim Axelrod spoke to a woman who says she's now living in fear of her former partner released from prison as part of the mass pardons.
Ty Cobb, an attorney on the Trump White House legal team during the Mueller investigation, joins Major Garrett on "The Takeout." They discuss the possibility of a Trump indictment, how Cobb would have handled the special master dispute, and the House Jan. 6 committee's investigation.
Former Washington, D.C., police officer Michael Fanone joins Major Garrett on the 300th episode of "The Takeout." Fanone recounts how he was "frantically searching for ways to survive" when he was attacked at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Fanone says he voted for Donald Trump in 2016 but now believes he "doesn't represent any of us, he only represents his own self interest." Fanone also discusses his relationship with lawmakers, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Marc Short, a top aide to former Vice President Mike Pence, joins Major Garrett for this week's episode of "The Takeout" to discuss the FBI search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, GOP strategy for the midterms and the fallout from the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The 2025 government shutdown entered its second day on Thursday with no signs of an imminent resolution. Follow live updates here.
The terror attack unfolded outside a synagogue in the English city of Manchester while worshippers were inside, authorities said.
A dispute over a gift given by President Trump to King Charles forced out the museum boss, sources say.
The Justice Department has fired two of the highest-level prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia, two sources told CBS News, just days after President Trump ousted the U.S. attorney there.
Pfizer is the first of many drug makers President Trump claimed has agreed to offer steep drug discounts to all Americans through TrumpRx, in line with the lowest prices paid by Europeans.
A notification sent to Congress and viewed by CBS News says President Trump has determined drug cartels are engaged in an "armed attack" against the U.S.
A White House compact asks universities to freeze their tuition for five years and ban the use of sex and gender as criteria used in admissions.
President Trump's suggestion that combination childhood vaccines, including the measles, mumps and rubella shot, should be separated marks a sharp break from decades of immunization practice.
Since launching its crackdown in Washington, D.C., the Trump administration has recorded over 3,500 arrests in the district, with nearly 1,400 strictly immigration-related.