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DOJ Discusses Dropping Charges Against NYC Mayor Adams
Senior Justice Department officials have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping...
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Uncertainty Grips DOJ Under New Trump Administration
Lawyers with the United States Department of Justice who specialize in issues ranging from national security to the environment to...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 151 min read
Trump Pick For AG Faces Questions In Confirmation Hearing
Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, faced sharp questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee during her...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 151 min read
Poll Finds Little Confidence That DOJ Will Be Fair Under Trump Administration
According to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research , only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults are “extremely” or...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 24, 20242 min read
DOJ Claims Louisiana Holds Inmates Past Release Date
Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences , the U.S. Department of...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Trump Picks Conservative Activist And Supporter Harmeet K. Dhillon To Head DOJ Civil Rights
President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Harmeet K. Dhillon — a California lawyer who has long championed Trump in public, in court...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 14, 20244 min read
'Provocative' Gaetz AG Pick Draws Immediate Flak in GOP Ranks
President-elect Trump's announcement that he will nominate Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general demonstrated Trump's intent to radically...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 14, 20242 min read
Former DOJ Veteran and SG Ted Olson Dies at 84
Theodore Olson, who argued 65 cases at the Supreme Court as President George W. Bush's solicitor general and as a private lawyer and who...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 19, 20241 min read
DOJ: Housing Provider for Migrant Children Engaged in Sexual Abuse
Employees of Southwest Key Programs, the largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S., repeatedly sexually...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 12, 20242 min read
House Likely To Vote On Holding Garland In Contempt Over Biden Audio
The Republican-led House is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. At...
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Crime and Justice News
May 7, 20242 min read
House Republicans Ready To Hold Attorney General In Contempt Over Biden Audio
House Republicans plan to move forward next week with holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for his refusal to...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 18, 20241 min read
DOJ To Pay $100M To Larry Nassar Victims Because of FBI Inaction
Because the FBI did not act on abuse allegations, the U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 18, 20241 min read
DOJ Opens Chicago Gun-Intel Hub, Task Forces To Curb Carjacking
The Justice Department is ramping up its efforts to reduce the nation's violent crime, launching a specialized gun intelligence center at...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 12, 20241 min read
Piquero: Biden Justice Budget Skimps On Building Evidence Base
The Biden administration's former director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Alex Piquero, challenged the administration to put more...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 23, 20242 min read
Justice Dept. Files Statement of Interest in D.C. Police-Response Suit
The U.S. Department of Justice today filed a statement of interest in Bread for the City v. District of Columbia, a lawsuit in the U.S....
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 30, 20241 min read
A.G. Garland to Transfer Power During 90-Minute Surgery
Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled for back surgery this weekend, but is going out of his way to make sure that there are no...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 4, 20241 min read
St. Louis Suburb to Pay Nearly $3M in Post-Ferguson Class-Action
Florissant, a St. Louis suburb, will pay nearly $3 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of violating the constitutional rights of...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 9, 20231 min read
DOJ Investigates Mississippi Police Department for Constitutional Violations
A small police department in Lexington, Mississippi has become the 11th in the nation to be reviewed by the Biden administration’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 25, 20231 min read
DOJ Files $300 Million Civil Forfeiture Against Superyacht
The United States filed a civil forfeiture complaint in the Southern District of New York against the motor yacht Amadea – a 348-foot...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 29, 20232 min read
'Defund' Justice Strategy Faces Tricky Rules Questions
When the House Appropriations Committee takes up the main justice funding bill in September, it will confront a question brewing among...
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