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Signal Leak Poses A Test For FBI And DOJ
So far, neither the attorney general, Pam Bondi, nor the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, appear to be planning to investigate whether the...
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5 days ago1 min read
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Justice Department Tries to Protect President From Jan. 6 Civil Lawsuits
The Justice Department made an unusual effort on Thursday to short-circuit a series of civil lawsuits seeking to hold President Trump...
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Mar 212 min read
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DOJ Public Corruption Section Expected To Be Slashed
Prosecutors in the Justice Department section that handles public corruption cases have been told the unit will be significantly reduced...
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Mar 122 min read
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Judge Leaning Toward Dismissing Eric Adams Case
The Justice Department appears likely to get the green light to dismiss the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams after...
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Feb 202 min read
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DOJ Sues New York Over Law Allowing Undocumented Immigrants to Get Driver's Licenses
The second Donald Trump administration brought a civil action against New York over provisions in the state’s “Green Light” law, which...
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Feb 132 min read
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House Democrats Who Used to Work at DOJ Ask for Investigation of Top Two Justice Officials
House Democrats on Wednesday formally called for an investigation into two top officials at the Justice Department, part of a ramped-up...
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Feb 132 min read
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DOJ Halts New Civil Rights Cases
The Justice Department has ordered an immediate halt to all new civil rights cases or investigations — and signaled that it might back...
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Jan 232 min read
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Rape, Crime Rampant Within South Carolina Jail, DOJ Investigators Say
Federal investigators delineated this week, in a scathing e 36-page report , how the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center, a large jail in...
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Jan 162 min read
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DOJ Announces Efforts To Address Suicides in Jails, Prisons
The Justice Department is ramping up efforts to address a crisis of suicides and systemic failures in federal prisons and jails,...
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Dec 5, 20241 min read
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Memphis Police Scathed in Nichols Investigation
The fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers during a traffic stop in January 2023 exposed serious problems in the Memphis Police...
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Dec 5, 20242 min read
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If Todd Blanche Becomes Deputy AG, He Should Steer Clear of Trump's Legal Matters, Experts Say
Todd Blanche — Trump’s pick to be the deputy attorney general who also was the face of Trump’s defense team for the past year — faces an...
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Nov 29, 20242 min read
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Trump Defenders Get His Nod for Top Posts While DOJ Staff Reels
President-elect Trump announced he will nominate his criminal defense lawyers for three top posts in the Department of Justice, while his...
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Nov 15, 20242 min read
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TD Bank Fined $3 Billion for Drug Money Laundering
TD Bank pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of money laundering and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act for failing to monitor money...
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Oct 11, 20241 min read
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AG Merrick Garland Defends Justice Department Impartiality
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that he would not allow the Justice Department “to be used as a political weapon,” as he...
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Sep 13, 20241 min read
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House G.O.P. Pushes Deep Cuts, to 'Punish' Justice Department
A House spending bill approved along party lines by a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee would cut funding for salaries...
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Jun 27, 20241 min read
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Phoenix PD Accused of Civil Rights Violations: DOJ Report
A federal civil rights investigation into law enforcement in Phoenix, the nation's fifth-largest city, reveals discriminatory practices...
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Jun 14, 20242 min read
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DOJ: In Minneapolis Suburb, Mental Health Calls No Longer Nuisances
Anoka, a suburb of Minneapolis, agreed not to disclose private medical information about renters with mental-health issues to resolve a...
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May 22, 20241 min read
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DOJ Sues Oklahoma, To Stop Law That Criminalizes Immigrants Without Papers
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Oklahoma on Tuesday seeking to block a law that seeks to impose criminal penalties on those living in...
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May 22, 20241 min read
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DOJ Issues Notice to Reclassify Marijuana As Schedule III Drug
The Department of Justice plans to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking on Thursday to reclassify marijuana to a less restrictive...
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May 17, 20241 min read
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Despite Evidence, Trump Booster in DOJ Pursued Election-Fraud Inquiry
During the second day of the disciplinary hearing for former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark painted a picture of someone who,...
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Mar 28, 20241 min read
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