A Magistrate Judge limited Justice Department access to Representative Ilhan Omar’s records in a sprawling immigration fraud probe. Former FBI employees who worked on Trump investigations are suing Kash Patel saying he lied to Congress about their firings. The judge in the Broadview Six case is testing claims made by US Attorney Andrew Boutros and others.  The White House recently released selected records from Jack Smith’s classified documents inquiry and omitted key context to fabricate political ammunition.

With FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey gone, agents are raising concerns about what they might be forced to do by Kash Patel on election Day. The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is criminally investigating former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson about her testimony to the January 6th Select Committee. An FBI whistleblower says the White House pushed an unconstitutional probe of peaceful protesters in Los Angeles during ICE crackdowns. It appears as though Kurt Olson, who recently left the grand conspiracy investigation, failed his polygraph test required for security clearance. Why FBI Officials Are Worried About the Midterms - The Atlantic Plus listener questions. Do you have questions for the pod or something for HITMEINTHEHEADWITHABAT?

Olympian Davey Hearn’s reflecting pool charges have been dismissed by a federal judge WITH prejudice, barring the Justice Department from bringing further charges. Deputy FBI Director Andrew Bailey is out, court-appointed US Attorney in Washington State Roger Rogoff is back IN, two FBI counterterrorism experts have been demoted, and Kurt Olsen has resigned from the grand conspiracy case and the Justice Department.  The full panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals weighs allowing Judge Boasberg to continue his contempt proceedings in the Alien Enemies Act case as the DOJ files a judicial complaint against Minnesota judges over immigration. After failing in the grand conspiracy investigation, Kash Patel has ordered a classified report to examine failures in the investigations into Donald Trump.  Plus listener questions.

A high profile hacking group claims it has breached multiple FBI-related services and stolen data “on all FBI employees and applicants.” Lawyers for several FBI agents fired by Kash Patel have filed a motion asking Judge Aileen Cannon how they’re supposed to testify in the “Grand Conspiracy” case without violating her order prohibiting conveyance of anything in Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report. Lawyers for former federal prosecutor Sheri Mecklenburg say she retired Thursday from the Justice Department — a week before a federal judge is expected to hold a crucial hearing over the mishandling of the “Broadview Six” case. The Justice Department argues the recent Supreme Court ruling widening the President’s power to fire certain agency leaders also extends to Maureen Comey. Plus listener questions.

A top Justice Department official threatened prosecutors with termination if they didn’t pursue voter fraud cases. Minnesota officers arrested ICE agent Christian Castro during a traffic stop after Texas Governor Greg Abbott refused to extradite him. Castro now faces both federal and state charges stemming from the non-fatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Selis. Kash Patel testified before the Senate this week and defended lowering standards for hiring agents at the Bureau. The FBI halted cooperation with Canada over references to the September 11th attacks, further straining relationships with foreign law enforcement agencies. Plus listener questions. Do you have questions for the pod or something for HITMEINTHEHEADWITHABAT?

European prosecutors investigating Epstein coconspirators say the US Department of Justice has ignored requests for assistance. Joe DiGenova abruptly resigned from his post at the US Attorney's office in Miami where he was investigating the non-existent grand conspiracy against Donald Trump.  The contractor that renovated the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has told the Trump administration that errors in its own work and flaws in the repair plan, not vandalism, caused the pool’s new blue liner to peel and break loose. The chief of the Civil Rights Division at Main Justice has sent 29 letters to secretaries of state ordering them to preserve 2024 election materials and informing them that they’re under investigation.

Judge Talwani has issued a preliminary injunction against the USPS making Trump’s vote-by-mail rule mandatory, but allows states to voluntarily participate if they so choose. Jim Comey has filed his replies to the government’s responses in the seashells case. A history of hiring prostitutes or stealing from an employer may no longer be a barrier to being hired at the FBI. ICE officer Christian Castro has been federally charged for making false statements about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minnesota, but the federal prosecutor who brought the charges has been fired. Plus listener questions.

The Legal Accountability Center filed bar complaints on Tuesday accusing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and two lieutenants of violating their ethical duties in seeking to charge six Democratic lawmakers. A federal judge has re-blocked the Trump administration’s executive order curtailing mail in voting after the Supreme Court lifted her previous block last week. Three journalists dismissed from Stars and Stripes are suing the Pentagon accusing the government of violating their First Amendment rights and asking the courts to stop their termination. Two election monitors from the Justice Department tried to interview voters and examine voting machines at polling places during Wyoming’s primaries last week, drawing pushback from the state’s Republican governor. Plus listener questions.

The U.S. Justice Department has ​requested to interview FBI officials who were involved in the 2022 search of Donald Trump's ‌Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Justice Department lawyers file a flurry of briefs in opposition to Jim Comey’s pre-trial motions in the seashells case. A federal judge has granted Don Lemon and Georgia Fort’s motion to review grand jury materials behind closed doors. The Justice Department is asking the court to reinstate the charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia that had previously been dismissed for vindictive prosecution. Plus listener questions.

The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) put out a new opinion expanding the definition of executive privilege to cover up the administration’s corruption. A former employee of the Southern Poverty Law Center has been arrested in California on charges that she oversaw secret payments to informants inside of white supremacist groups. Donald Trump has appealed to the 11th Circuit asking them to halt the sanctions imposed by Judge Williams in Miami over the president’s lawsuit against the IRS. Joyce Vance joins us to discuss the special grand jury empaneled by DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro. Plus listener questions.