Top prosecutor in NYC resigns after feud with administration
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman of the Southern District of New York said in a statement that Attorney General William Barr’s decision “to respect the normal operation of law and have Deputy U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss become Acting U.S. Attorney”…
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What’s next in the Barr-Berman standoff?
Manhattan’s U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who is investigating President Trump’s key associates, is refusing to step down, hours after the Justice Department moved to oust him.The standoff comes as a new book by former White House National Security Adviser, John…
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DOJ inspector general finds Russia probe was appropriately opened — but Barr disagrees
A long-awaited report into the origins of the Russia probe found no evidence of a political conspiracy against President Trump. But the Justice Department’s inspector general criticized the FBI’s handling of wiretap applications used in the early stages of the…
EPA prosecutions of polluters approach quarter-century lows
Justice Department figures show criminal prosecution and convictions of polluters have fallen to quarter-century lows under the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency.
The push, known as Project Guardian, was unveiled at a news conference in Memphis, Tennessee, alongside officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The Justice Department is seeking to "recover all proceeds" from Snowden's book, which was released Tuesday.
But the department says it's unclear how that will happen.
The Trump administration wants up to two years to find potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the border before a judge halted the practice last year, a task that it says is more laborious than…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued legal guidance on Friday, reiterating that organizations may be exempt from following certain laws if doing so conflicts with their religious belief. The guidance, which does not change existing law, has been criticized by civil…
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