Jan 20 Acting attorney general resigns as Biden enters By Associated Press Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen will resign when President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office. The Justice Department says Rosen’s resignation goes into effect at noon Wednesday. Rosen has run the department since former Attorney General William Barr resigned… Continue reading
Jan 15 LISTEN: DOJ discusses criminal charges against Capitol attackers By Associated Press Court documents filed late Thursday by federal prosecutors claimed that there is "strong evidence" that the people who broke into the Capitol intended to "capture and assassinate elected officials.” Listen to the Justice Department briefing live here. Continue reading
Jan 07 Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle criminal charge over 737 Max aircraft By David Koenig, Associated Press The Justice Department said Thursday that Boeing agreed to the settlement that includes money for the crash victims' families, airline customers and airlines, as well as a fine. Continue reading
Jan 06 Justice Department says it’s been affected by Russian hack By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department says about 3% of its email accounts could be compromised as part of a massive breach of federal government agencies that U.S. officials have linked to Russia. No classified systems are believed to have been affected. Continue reading
Dec 21 WATCH: Justice Department announces new charges against bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The Justice Department has unsealed charges against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Continue reading
Dec 14 Barr to step down before Christmas, Trump tweets By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press President Donald Trump says Attorney General William Barr is resigning. Continue reading
Dec 14 What a Biden administration could mean for criminal justice reform By Candice Norwood, Daniel Bush President-elect Joe Biden will face pressure when he takes office to make swift changes to the Department of Justice. Continue reading
Nov 27 New rule could allow firing squads, gas for federal executions By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The amended rule, published Friday in the Federal Register, allows the U.S. government to conduct executions by lethal injection or use “any other manner prescribed by the law of the state in which the sentence was imposed.”… Continue reading
Nov 25 Justice Department appeals judge’s decision in Trump defamation case By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A judge concluded last month in a written decision that President Donald Trump’s June 19 statements about columnist E. Jean Carroll didn’t constitute an official act of the presidency and were outside the scope of his employment as president. Continue reading
Oct 28 WATCH: U.S. charges 8 in alleged Chinese surveillance effort By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department has charged eight people with working on behalf of the Chinese government in a pressure campaign aimed at coercing a New Jersey man who was wanted by Beijing to return to China to face charges, officials said. Continue reading