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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Oct 111 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Sep 131 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Jun 271 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Jun 142 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
May 221 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
May 221 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
May 171 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Mar 281 min read
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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Crime and Justice News
Mar 222 min read
Lagging Trump Prosecutions: 'None of These Trials May Go Forward'
In 2021, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland set the course for an investigation that resulted in the August 2023 indictment of former...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 82 min read
Kentucky Deputy Convicted of Violating Civil Rights
Tanner Abbott, 31, a former sheriff’s deputy in central Kentucky has been convicted in federal court of violating the civil rights of...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 81 min read
DOJ Warns of Harsher Punishments for Criminal Misuse of AI
The Justice Department is stepping up its focus on artificial intelligence, with officials warning Thursday that companies and people who...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 291 min read
Despite GOP Criticism, Biden Claims Crime-Reduction Efforts Work
President Biden on Wednesday welcomed local police chiefs and law enforcement officials to the White House to discuss his...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 61 min read
Justice Department Proposal Could Fix Crime Victim Fund Disparities
Money from the Office of Victims of Crime, part of the U.S. Department of Justice, goes to states, where it is distributed to help crime...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 61 min read
Fed Prosecutors Who Withheld Brady Evidence Face Few Sanctions
Sanctions came late and light for two federal prosecutors who withheld key evidence resulting in a defendant’s wrongful imprisonment, the...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20232 min read
Justices Divided Over Longer Sentences for Defunct Drug Charges
The Supreme Court appeared divided on Monday when weighing how to apply sentencing guidelines to criminal defendants who commit serious...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 15, 20232 min read
Report: DOJ Seeks to Override Trump Lawyer's Privilege Claim
In a sign of escalating legal peril for former President Donald Trump, federal prosecutors investigating his handling of classified...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Trump Candidacy Pushes DOJ Toward Critical Decisions
Donald Trump's formal declaration of his 2024 presidential candidacy poses a number of tricky questions for the Justice Department,...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 28, 20222 min read
Barr Dishes on Trump's Final Days in New Book
William Barr's tenure as President Donald Trump's attorney general was marked by accusations that he sometimes acted more like Trump's...
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