Department of Justice

WATCH: Rep. Thompson says Trump wanted Justice Department to ‘legitimate his lies’

By Associated Press

The Jan. 6 committee is hearing from former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from Donald Trump over the 2020 presidential election results while suppressing a bizarre challenge from within their own ranks.

WATCH: Attorney General Garland speaks on efforts to curb gun trafficking

By Associated Press

The Justice Department announced on Monday that a man who allegedly purchased 75 guns in just six months from a single federally licensed firearms dealer, is facing federal firearms charges.

WATCH: Attorney General Garland names 9 people who will review response to the Uvalde school shooting

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

The Justice Department has named a team of nine people, including an FBI official and former police chiefs, to aid in a review of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers…

DOJ spares Meadows and Scavino from contempt charges

By Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro has been indicted on charges that he refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. But the Justice Department spared two other advisers, including the…

WATCH: Garland announces over $1 billion in penalties against mining giant Glencore over bribery investigation

By News Desk and Associated Press

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that mining giant Glencore is to pay more than a billon dollars after bribery investigations.

WATCH: Russian oligarch money should go ‘directly to Ukraine’, says Garland

By Associated Press

U. S. Attorney General Merrick Garland told Congress Tuesday he supports legislation to allow some of the proceeds from assets the U.S. Justice Department seizes from Russian oligarchs to go "directly to Ukraine."…

WATCH: Attorney General Garland announces 12 arrests, including 3 soldiers, for firearms trafficking

By News Desk and Mike Balsamo, Associated Press

Twelve people, including three U.S. Army soldiers, are accused in a large-scale gun trafficking ring that prosecutors allege supplied nearly 100 guns to gang members in Chicago.

U.S. drops case against MIT professor accused of ties to China

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The Justice Department said in a filing Thursday in federal court in Boston that it could no longer meet its burden of proof at trial in the case against Gang Chen.

U.S. regulators take aim at illegal and anticompetitive mergers

By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

Two agencies are seeking public comment on how current merger guidelines can be updated to better detect and prevent illegal and anticompetitive deals.

WATCH: Attorney General Merrick Garland vows accountability for anyone responsible for Jan. 6 Capitol riot

By Associated Press

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday vowed to hold accountable anyone who was responsible for last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, whether they were physically there or not.