When President Donald Trump promised, seemingly out of the blue, in late January that prosecutions would “soon” be coming for 2020 election rigging, the Justice Department was already mobilizing an effort behind the scenes to build out a portfolio of cases that would boost the White House’s narrative.

The Department of Justice alleges in separate lawsuits announced Thursday that Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Washington state are imposing unconstitutional restrictions that it says impede law enforcement and threaten agents’ safety.

When he returned to office, President Trump vowed revenge against those he said had challenged or defied him. Here’s an incomplete list of the people his Justice Department has targeted.

The U.S. Department of Justice tells CBS News it will speed up review of certain whistleblower complaints dealing with fraud against benefits programs like Medicare.

By Jasper Ward and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against the University of California Los Angeles on Tuesday,