Category: law

Federal workers must now ‘clearly’ show support for Trump on year-end reviews: report

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The Trump administration has added a new requirement to its performance reviews this year that requires workers in the Department of Health and Human Services to produce evidence that they “clearly and demonstrably support implementation” of President Donald Trump’s agenda, according to a new report. HuffPost reported on Monday that “tens of thousands” of HHS employees have received notice that the new requirements will be on their end-of-year reviews. The new metric, dubbed “Faithful Support of Administration of the Law and the President’s Policies,” is one of four new “critical elements” added to their performance reviews, according to the report. HuffPost said that an HHS employee shared a screenshot of the new policy with the outlet. “So basically, we swear we’re going to follow Trump’s policies, which is ridiculous,” the HHS employee, who was granted anonymity, told the outlet.“This is the most critical element for reviewing the job performance of someone who serves under the elected President,” the new language reads in part. “Faithful administration of one’s role in the Executive Branch requires commitment to the principles of the Founding, including equality under the law and democratic self-government,” it adds. “All Senior Professionals must clearly and demonstrably support implementation of the President’s policy priorities through specific results that align with and advance the President’s specific policy agenda.”Read the entire report by clicking here.

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FBI ‘permantly removes’ major drug trafficking operation in Philadelphia

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Dozens of members of a major drug trafficking organization were apprehended and charged in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Friday, in what the Federal Bureau of Investigation is calling a “historic” indictment. The charges come after a multiyear investigation into the Weymouth Street Drug Trafficking Organization, accused of running a dangerous and illicit drug trafficking operation for [.].

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DOJ case against top Trump foe flattened by prosecutors’ own memo: report

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President Donald Trump’s criminal case against New York Attorney General Letitia James was thoroughly flattened in a prosecution memo drafted by people who had investigated the case for months, reported ABC News on Thursday. The controversy stems from a second home James purchased, which Trump’s housing finance director, Bill Pulte, claimed was made with fraudulent statements on a mortgage application. When the seasoned prosecutor heading up the Eastern District of Virginia U. S. Attorney’s office refused to bring this case, Trump forced him out and replaced him with partisan loyalist Lindsey Halligan, who promptly took the charges to a grand jury and secured an indictment. However, according to the report, prosecutors listed serious problems with the charges from the start in this memo, concluding “that any financial benefit derived from her allegedly falsified mortgage would have amounted to approximately $800 in the year she purchased the home . The government lawyers also expressed concern that the case could likely not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt because federal mortgage guidelines for a second home do not clearly define occupancy, a key element of the case, according to sources.”This comes after reporting that Halligan fired Elizabeth Yusi, the career line prosecutor who drafted the memo, last week. It also comes after Halligan has made a number of glaring mistakes in her quest to prosecute both James and FBI Director James Comey, including filing incorrect charging documents with the court.

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