Special Counsel Jack Smith Asks Court to Vacate Deadlines and Calendar in Trump I Jan. 6 Prosecution.

Stephen Miller to Return to White House as Trump II Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy.

Trump II Reinstates FCC Complaints About Networks’s Election Coverage in 2024. ABC, NBC, CBS.

Trump II Appointee Fires Jan. 6 Prosecutors, Seeks Roster of FBI Agents.

The FBI has suspended an agent, Brian Auten, who had worked on two high-profile investigations: Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the analysis of Hunter Biden's laptop. FBI chief Kash Patel included Auten's name in a list of federal employees contained in a book he wrote ("Government Gangsters").

The memo directs the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to investigate allegations of unlawful use of online fundraising platforms for making "straw" or "dummy" contributions or foreign contributions to political candidates and committees. The Attorney General is also directed to report back on the investigation's results within 180 days. The order is in response to concerns about potential evasion of federal source and amount limitations on political contributions and potential misuse of these platforms by foreign nationals. [Editor: The Memo specifically identifies ActBlue, the Democratic-party leaning online fundraiser.]

The Justice Department fired at least three prosecutors involved in the U.S. Capitol riot criminal cases. Previously the Justice Department fired about three dozen attorneys involved in pursuing Jan 6 criminal convictions.