Former CIA director John Brennan is accusing the Justice Department of “irregular activity,” including possible judge shopping and improper leaks to the media, in a letter from his defense attorney that also disclosed Brennan is the target of a grand jury investigation launched out of Florida.

The Justice Department said the law illegally regulates federal law enforcement by barring courthouse arrests and allowing residents to sue immigration agents.

Welcome to Court Crawl, Colorado Politics’ roundup of news from the third branch of government. A member of the Colorado Supreme Court unexpectedly announced her retirement from the bench, plus the state’s Access to Justice Commission has made recommendations following a renewed listening tour.

The Justice Department’s leadership asked career prosecutors in Florida Tuesday to volunteer over the “next several days” to help to redact the Epstein files, in the latest internal Trump administrationpush toward releasing the hundreds of thousands of photos,

The suit claims that the registration restrictions on semi-automatic rifles in the District is an “unconstitutional ban.” The Justice Department is suing D.C. police, calling the District’s ban on AR-15s and other weapons unconstitutional.

Two Times journalists interviewed more than 60 attorneys to understand the department’s tumultuous transformation, and the sweeping implications.

At least 16 files related to Jeffrey Epstein abruptly disappeared from the U.S. Department of Justice public website.