Kerry Johnson

So far, the bill has no Republican sponsors.

Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee dropped the nearly 300-page transcript on New Year's Eve.

Jack Smith fielded questions about his work building criminal cases against now-President Donald Trump over Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his alleged refusal to turn over secret documents to the FBI.

Smith told lawmakers the election case was built on Republicans.

who put their allegiance to the country before their political party, and that several state and federal officials would have been witnesses for the prosecution.

The Justice Department dropped both cases against Trump after last year's election, following a long policy that the sitting president cannot be prosecuted.

Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.

The three-judge panel for the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit unanimously ruled Alina Haba is disqualified from supervising cases.

The court found Haba had been put into the U.S.

attorney job in New Jersey in an unlawful way.

The Trump administration's been frustrated in advancing some of its nominees.

for those top prosecutor jobs.

But the court said people in New Jersey and loyal workers at the Justice Department deserve some stability and clarity.

Similar challenges are underway to Trump prosecutors in California, New York, Nevada, and Virginia.

A court there dismissed indictments against former FBI Director Jim Comey and New York Attorney General Tish James based on the appointments issue.

Carrie Johnson, NPR News.

The case has come to symbolize how parts of D.C.

have resisted a surge of federal law enforcement agents.