• WATCH: Alejandro Mayorkas faces nomination vote from Senate Homeland Security Committee

    WATCH: Alejandro Mayorkas faces nomination vote from Senate Homeland Security Committee

    Jan 26, 2021 03:31 PM EST

    ... are also a nation of laws," he said during his confirmation hearing. At his confirmation hearing, senators raised the 2015 report by the Office of Inspector General that criticized Mayorkas for his management of a program that granted U.S. residency to foreign investors. The investigation found he created an ...

  • Trump impeachment trial threatens new divisions in Congress

    Trump impeachment trial threatens new divisions in Congress

    Jan 25, 2021 11:50 PM EST

    ... s gone, is really still being attached to some chaos and to some real questions. This time, it's at the Department of Justice. The inspector general today announced that his office is going to be launching an investigation to see if any DOJ officials try to wield power to ...

  • Watchdog investigates if DOJ officials tried to overturn election

    Watchdog investigates if DOJ officials tried to overturn election

    Jan 25, 2021 06:37 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department’s inspector general is launching an investigation to examine whether any former or current department officials “engaged in an improper attempt” to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Inspector General Michael Horowitz said Monday that the investigation will probe allegations concerning the conduct ...

  • WATCH: Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden's Homeland Security pick, testifies in confirmation hearing

    WATCH: Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden's Homeland Security pick, testifies in confirmation hearing

    Jan 18, 2021 11:34 PM EST

    ... Watch the hearing in the player above. Mayorkas faced questions from Sen. Rob Portman, the Ohio Republican who chairs the Homeland Security committee, about an inspector general's report that criticized his management of an investor visa program that he oversaw as head of the immigration services committee under President ...

  • Census Bureau director to resign amid criticism over citizenship data

    Census Bureau director to resign amid criticism over citizenship data

    Jan 18, 2021 10:41 PM EST

    One whistleblower told the Office of Inspector General that the work was "statistically indefensible." After the release of the inspector general's report, leaders of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, Asian Americans Advancing Justice and The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights called for Dillingham ...

  • LISTEN: DOJ discusses criminal charges against Capitol attackers

    LISTEN: DOJ discusses criminal charges against Capitol attackers

    Jan 15, 2021 05:31 PM EST

    ... general’s office will examine whether information was appropriately shared by the Justice Department to other law enforcement agencies about the potential for violence. The inspector general said it “also will assess whether there are any weaknesses in DOJ protocols, policies, or procedures” that hampered preparation and response to the ...

  • Justice Department watchdog opens probe of response to riot

    Justice Department watchdog opens probe of response to riot

    Jan 15, 2021 03:22 PM EST

    ... inspector general investigation will examine whether information was adequately shared by Justice to other agencies, including the Capitol Police, about the potential for violence. The inspector general said it “also will assess whether there are any weaknesses in DOJ protocols, policies, or procedures that adversely affected the ability of DOJ ...

  • News Wrap: U.S. coronavirus deaths near 390,000

    News Wrap: U.S. coronavirus deaths near 390,000

    Jan 14, 2021 11:50 PM EST

    ... Former Governor Rick Snyder is facing misdemeanor counts of willful neglect. We will get details after the news summary. The U.S. Justice Department's inspector general says agency leaders knew their zero tolerance border policy would separate children from parents. Today's report says that officials implemented the policy ...

  • WATCH: New York attorney general sues NYPD over Floyd protest response

    WATCH: New York attorney general sues NYPD over Floyd protest response

    Jan 14, 2021 06:47 PM EST

    ... watchdog agency have also criticized the department's actions.Human Rights Watch issued a report in November on the Bronx crackdown and the city's inspector general issued a report in December that found that the NYPD was caught off guard by the size of the protests and resorted to ...

  • Government watchdog: DOJ failed 'zero tolerance' management

    Government watchdog: DOJ failed 'zero tolerance' management

    Jan 14, 2021 06:12 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department leaders under President Donald Trump knew their 2018 "zero tolerance" border policy would result in family separations but pressed on with prosecutions even as other agencies became overwhelmed with migrants, a government watchdog report released Thursday has found. The report from the inspector general for the ...