President Trump is strongly considering installing Fox News host and ex-prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, sources say.

A former law clerk to Aileen Cannon, the judge who dismissed Donald Trump's classified documents case, is now serving in the DOJ under Trump's former defense lawyer.

Elon Musk appeared to boast of advance knowledge of a planned arrest related to Social Security fraud, frustrating law enforcement officials, sources tell ABC News.

An NPR investigation finds federal judges have enormous influence with few checks on their power. Law clerks and other judicial employees are vulnerable to mistreatment and have few job protections.

Efforts by a White House intermediary to push the DOJ to hire candidates with "exceptional loyalty" to Trump sparked clashes with AG Pam Bondi's top aide, sources say.

Efforts by a White House intermediary to push the DOJ to hire candidates with "exceptional loyalty" to Trump sparked clashes with AG Pam Bondi's top aide, sources say.

Danielle Sassoon, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, submitted her resignation Thursday, according to a source familiar with the move.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke to President-elect Trump Tuesday to recommend a former law clerk for a job in the new administration, ABC News has learned.

DOJ officials during the first Trump administration may have leaked private information to media outlets in a bid to influence the 2020 election, a watchdog report says.

DOJ officials during the first Trump administration may have leaked private information to media outlets in a bid to influence the 2020 election, a watchdog report says.

Russell Vought, who would lead the Office of Management and Budget, has spent years building plans to rework the American structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.