attorney

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“It was Agent Crook who escalated,” Ricardo A. Nicol, a defense attorney who represented Hipolito pro bono, told the jury.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Plus, the attorney general learned she was out during a short limo ride with Trump, and Hegseth removed the Army’s top general.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

As is standard fare for this administration, Trump announced the staffing change on Truth Social: Pam Bondi is out as attorney general.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Bondi previously worked as the state attorney general in Florida from 2011 to 2019, in which she could have investigated accusations from Epstein’s victims but did not.

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026

The ex-CIA agent had been identified as James McCord, currently employed by the Committee to Reelect the President—which was headed by Nixon’s former attorney general, John Mitchell.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin