Aug 06 Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in U.S. political assassination plot By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Court documents do not identify any of the potential targets. But U.S. officials acknowledged last month that a threat on Donald Trump’s life from Iran prompted additional security in the days before a Pennsylvania rally in which Trump was injured… Continue reading
Jul 27 DOJ accuses TikTok of collecting U.S. user views on issues like abortion and gun control By Haleluya Hadero, Eric Tucker, Associated Press In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department is accusing TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion… Continue reading
Jul 01 House Republicans sue Attorney General Garland for access to audio from Biden's interview with special counsel Hur By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The lawsuit filed by the House Judiciary Committee marks Republicans' latest broadside against the Justice Department as partisan conflict over the rule of law animates the 2024 presidential campaign. Continue reading
Jun 28 Meet one family of 737 Max crash victims seeking federal prosecution against Boeing By David Koenig, Associated Press California residents Ike and Susan Riffel lost two sons in the Ethiopia crash. Ike Riffel fears that instead of putting Boeing on trial, the government will offer the company another shot at corporate probation. Continue reading
Jun 27 WATCH: Garland details nationwide enforcement against $2.7 billion in health care fraud By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 15 House will go to court for Biden audio after DOJ's refusal to prosecute, says Speaker Johnson By Alanna Durkin Richer, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will go to court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden's special counsel audio interview, hours after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt… Continue reading
Jun 14 Watch 6:04 Phoenix police routinely used excessive force and violated civil rights, DOJ says By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins A sweeping new report from the Justice Department reveals a pattern of racism and excessive force at the Phoenix Police Department. The three-year probe followed a series of high-profile incidents of misconduct and one of the highest rates of officer-involved… Continue watching
Jun 14 Garland won't be prosecuted for contempt over refusal to provide Biden audio, DOJ says By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Attorney General Merrick Garland will not be prosecuted for contempt of Congress because his refusal to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case “did not constitute a crime," the Justice Department said Friday. Continue reading
Jun 11 WATCH: Special counsel Weiss says no one 'is above the law' after Hunter Biden is convicted on federal gun charge By Associated Press David Weiss, U.S. Attorney for Delaware, spoke after a Delaware jury convicted Hunter Biden of three felonies Tuesday related to his purchase of a handgun in October 2018. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 6:25 How Trump could upend the rule of law and pursue political prosecutions in a second term By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman, Ali Schmitz For months, former President Trump and his allies have claimed, without evidence, that the Biden administration has weaponized the Department of Justice to pursue prosecutions against him for political reasons. But the presumptive Republican nominee has also suggested a second… Continue watching