The filing by the Justice Department came ahead of a hearing scheduled for Thursday afternoon in Federal District Court.

Nearly a dozen of the government's most seasoned lawyers have been relegated to what they refer to as the Justice Dept. rubber room.

The lobbying wave comes as the Trump administration has dramatically scaled back the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section, reduced the size of its foreign bribery unit and advised department attorneys that tax enforcement is "not a priority," two of the people familiar with the matter said.

A Justice Department memo to US immigration judges noted that they can rapidly grant case dismissals, meaning that immigrants will not be able to respond in court.

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Including those two, the Justice Department has fired 17 people who worked on former Special Counsel Jack Smith's team prosecuting Trump since he returned to power in January.

Authorities will close half of current investigations to align with new guidelines aimed at preserving U.S. competitiveness.

Investigations and prosecutions of foreign bribery will now focus on bribery that undercuts U.S. companies and key industries, such as intelligence and defense, officials said.

The Department of Justice is accusing the North Carolina State Board of Elections of violating a 2002 federal law, the Help America Vote Act, by not collecting the required information from voters.

For the nearly three months before the Justice Department secured an indictment against the man, it had repeatedly flouted a series of court orders to “facilitate” his release from El Salvador.