Aug 22 TikTok reaches $400 million settlement with Justice Department over children's privacy By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press The DOJ said Friday that TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after an order vacates an earlier consent decree against its predecessor company, Musical.ly. Continue reading
Aug 19 'No serious dispute' that Comey's seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Prosecutors also called into question Comey's account that he had found the seashells in the numerical arrangement of “86 47” while walking on a beach in North Carolina and suggested that his May 2025 post on Instagram was an effort… Continue reading
Aug 18 Justice Department attempting to revive criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia By Travis Loller, Associated Press The government is appealing the May ruling by U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw that threw out charges of human smuggling against the Salvadoran national. Continue reading
Aug 17 Justice Department watchdog to review DEA tactic that permitted deadly fentanyl to hit streets By Jim Mustian, Joshua Goodman, Associated Press The review will examine government policies and wiretap investigations in which the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration may have learned of fentanyl deliveries before they happened but stood down to avoid jeopardizing larger prosecutions. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 5:23 DOJ deploys tactic to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship By Ali Rogin, Kyle Midura, Ali Schmitz Earlier this month, federal prosecutors moved to strip citizenship from 25 naturalized Americans, accusing them of lying about their pasts and hiding serious crimes. It's called denaturalization and the Justice Department now calls it one of its top priorities. Justice… Continue watching
Aug 12 Former SPLC official charged in Justice Department's broader criminal case against group By Michael Kunzelman, Kimberly Chandler, Jaimie Ding, Associated Press A former Southern Poverty Law Center official has been charged in the Department of Justice’s broader criminal case against the Alabama-based civil rights group, a frequent target of conservative critics who claim the nonprofit is politically biased. Continue reading
Aug 12 WATCH: AG Blanche announces charges over green card scheme involving 'sham' marriages By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The Department of Justice has charged nearly a dozen people with participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to help hundreds of Chinese nationals fraudulently obtain green cards through sham marriages to U.S. citizens, officials said Wednesday. Continue reading
Aug 07 Blanche's attorney general confirmation is in doubt as GOP Sen. Murkowski opposes his nomination By Bill Barrow, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday she will oppose Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general, narrowing the confirmation path for President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department. Continue reading
Aug 05 Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed By Matthew Daly, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department knew or should have known for weeks that its case against a former Olympian charged with intentionally damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was flawed, and that he bore no responsibility for longstanding problems at the landmark,… Continue reading
Aug 05 Judge criticizes Trump's Justice Department as he says he has no choice but to dismiss Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy case By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press The move Tuesday closes the book on the Jan. 6 cases that were wiped out with Republican President Donald Trump's sweeping pardons and commutations last year, freeing from prison people convicted of violent of assaults on police and other crimes. Continue reading