Emil Bove, Justice Dept.’s No. 2, Targets NY Office Where He Rose as a Prosecutor The forceful approach that Emil Bove III has taken toward the Southern District of New York underscores his own fraught relationship with the office that gave him the expertise to do so.

U.S. Attorney Opens Investigation Into Justice Dept.’s Jan. 6 Cases The move was the latest example of how the prosecutor in charge in Washington, Ed Martin, has sought in recent days to wind down the office’s sprawling investigation of the Capitol attack.

Justice Dept.’s Apolitical Tradition Is Challenged by 2 Presidents The post-Watergate norm that political leaders should steer clear of criminal cases is being tested from opposite ends of the political spectrum.