The Trump administration’s chaotic handling of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files continued Friday as the Justice Department asked a federal judge to make public years-old grand jury testimony made behind closed doors against the convicted sex offender.

P resident Donald Trump has filed a libel lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch and others over the Thursday report about Trump's alleged birthday message sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. Trump has denied to the Wall Street Journal that he wrote the letter. ABC News has not been able to confirm the existence of the letter.

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked “multiple” California sheriffs for data about any migrants they were holding in their county jails, including in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Election clerks in both parties, who have been subject to harassment and lawsuits over Trump’s 2020 false election claims, worry about efforts to examine their voting machines.

The DOJ suggested former officer Brett Hankison, who was charged with violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor during a botched raid, should receive one day in jail.

DOJ issues requests to California sheriffs for information on noncitizen inmates and release dates as part of Trump administration's immigration enforcement.

More than 900 former U.S. Department of Justice employees on Wednesday warned the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee against confirming President Donald Trump's nominee Emil Bove to serve as an appellate court judge,

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