Kerry Picket
Articles by Kerry Picket
Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi says she will examine Trump Jan. 6 pardons ‘case by case’
Attorney general nominee Pam Bondi told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that she would look at pardons for Jan. 6 participants on a "case by case basis." Published January 15, 2025
Pam Bondi, AG nominee, says she will ‘fix’ the Bureau of Prisons
Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi on Wednesday told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she planned to repair the problems plaguing the Bureau of Prisons. Published January 15, 2025
Democrats skipping Trump’s inauguration aren’t calling it a boycott
Many congressional Democrats don't plan to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, but this time around, they're not calling it a boycott. Published January 14, 2025
Last-minute push: Democrats want Trump probe records protected before Bondi takes office
Senate Judiciary Democrats want Attorney General Merrick Garland to preserve records related to the Justice Department's Trump investigations because they anticipate President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General, Pam Bondi, plans to "weaponize" the Department against those involved in the probes. Published January 13, 2025
Jan. 6 prisoner advocates preparing for mass commutations by Trump on Inauguration Day
A Jan. 6 prisoners advocacy organization is now preparing for the mass release of all incarcerated Jan. 6 defendants when President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into the White House on Jan. 20. Published January 11, 2025
Vance resigns from Senate
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance announced Thursday his resignation from the Senate effective at midnight, so he can be sworn in as vice president on Jan. 20. Published January 9, 2025
Rep. Richard Hudson reintroduces concealed carry reciprocity legislation
Rep. Richard Hudson reintroduced the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow people with state-issued concealed carry licenses or permits to transport a handgun to any other state that allows concealed carry. Published January 8, 2025
Confirmation hearings for Trump DOJ and FBI choices likely postponed, says Sen. Grassley
Confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general and FBI director nominees may be postponed, Sen. Charles E. Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday. Published January 8, 2025
GOP lawmakers introduce legislation to abolish ATF
A pair of Republican lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday to abolish the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Published January 7, 2025
Cotton calls on AG Garland to stop attacking police departments with last-minute consent decrees
Sen. Tom Cotton on Tuesday rebuked Attorney General Merrick Garland for imposing a last-minute takeover of a dozen police departments using federal consent decrees. Published January 7, 2025
New gun laws take hold across the country
New gun laws took effect on Jan. 1 in states that expand and restrict the right to carry a firearm. Published January 7, 2025
How the House GOP upended Democrats’ Jan. 6 narrative
Four years after the day of the fateful attack on the U.S. Capitol -- and two years after congressional Democrats' investigation laid blame largely at Donald Trump's feet -- that narrative has been severely altered thanks to a two-year GOP probe that has rewritten the script. Published January 5, 2025
Quiet riot: Joint session to confirm Trump’s win set to go smoothly this time
Some Democrats this week will no doubt simmer over certifying President-elect Donald Trump's White House win, but there isn't much they can do about it thanks to a new law to prevent the chaos that gripped the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Published January 5, 2025
FBl agents eager for new leadership after New Orleans terror attack; decorum, procedures breached
FBI agents say the bureau's first response to the New Year's Day terrorist massacre in New Orleans' French Quarter was disastrous and another reason why the Senate can't move fast enough to confirm President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the agency. Published January 4, 2025
Tesla Cybertruck explosion being investigated as potential act of terrorism
The Tesla Cybertruck explosion at Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was intentional, and reportedly is being investigated as a potential act of terrorism. Published January 1, 2025
Details emerge about man behind New Orleans terror attack
New Year's festivities in New Orleans French Quarter came to a bloody end early Wednesday after an Army veteran plowed through a large crowd with a pickup truck carrying an ISIS flag killing at least 15 people and injuring 35 others. Published January 1, 2025
FBI searching for other suspects associated with New Orleans car attacker
The FBI said Wednesday that the man who rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers in the French Quarter of New Orleans likely did not act alone, and the search was on for more terrorists. Published January 1, 2025
New Orleans terror attacker is U.S. citizen with ISIS flag
The FBI has identified Shamsud Din Jabbar as the U.S. citizen who drove a pickup truck with an ISIS flag in a crowd of New Year's Day revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens of others. Published January 1, 2025
Trump says attack in New Orleans proves he’s correct about criminals crossing U.S. border
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said that the deadly truck attack in New Orleans validated his warning about criminals entering the U.S. across the border. Published January 1, 2025
New Year’s terror: Driver dies in police shootout after rampage kills 15 in New Orleans
A pickup truck driver plowed into a crowd in New Orleans' French Quarter early New Year's Day in what the mayor called a terrorist attack that killed at least 10 people and injured 35 others. Published January 1, 2025
