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Justice Department Installs Joe diGenova to Oversee Florida ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Probe

The choice signals a harder line in a probe widely questioned for political bias.

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Rudolph Giuliani, left, and Joseph diGenova, center, attorneys for President Donald Trump, conduct a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, in Washington on Nov. 19, 2020.
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media outside the Oval Office of the White House, April 13, 2026.
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Overview

  • Justice Department officials confirmed Saturday that Joe diGenova will serve as counsel to the attorney general to steer a Florida-based investigation into former officials who investigated Trump.
  • DiGenova is a longtime Trump ally who joined the failed 2020 legal push and has used harsh rhetoric about John Brennan, a record that defense lawyers say raises fairness concerns.
  • His appointment follows the departure of career prosecutor Maria Medetis Long after her reported objections to a rushed effort to bring charges against Brennan.
  • The inquiry runs through the Southern District of Florida under U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones, using a Fort Pierce grand jury overseen by Judge Aileen Cannon.
  • Investigators have issued more than 130 subpoenas, including to former FBI Director James Comey, and are pursuing a broad “grand conspiracy” theory that could link older actions to recent conduct, with no public indictments announced so far.