Department of Justice

Justice Department to make it easier for police to seize property from crime suspects

By Sadie Gurman, Kyle Potter, Associated Press

The practice has been criticized because it allows law enforcement to take possessions — such as cars and money — without indictments or evidence a crime has been committed.

Attorney General Sessions to visit Guantanamo Bay prison

By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions is visiting Guantanamo Bay on Friday in a show of support for the prison he has called a “perfectly acceptable” place to detain new terrorism suspects, as opposed to holding them in the U.S.

WATCH: Jeff Sessions speaks at DOJ hate crimes summit

By Sadie Gurman and Russell Contreras, Associated Press

More than half of the 250,000 hate crimes that took place each year between 2004 and 2015 went unreported to law enforcement for a variety of reasons, according to a special report on hate crimes from the Bureau of Justice…

Former Trump campaign chairman registers as foreign agent

By Chad Day and Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for political consulting work he did for a Ukrainian political party.

12 cities to receive Justice Department aid to fight crime

By Associated Press

BETHESDA, Md. — The Justice Department will help 12 U.S. cities develop long-term strategies to decrease violent crime, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday.

Trump administration quietly rolls back civil rights efforts across federal government

By Jessica Huseman and Annie Waldman, ProPublica

Previously unannounced directives will limit the Department of Justice’s use of a storied civil rights enforcement tool, and loosen the Department of Education’s requirements on investigations.

WATCH LIVE: Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein testifies in budget hearings

By Associated Press

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is on Capitol Hill today at 10 a.m. ET, addressing the budget appropriations committees for both the House and the Senate. Watch his statements here.

Jeff Sessions wants his testimony on Tuesday open to public

By Hope Yen, Associated Press

Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he wants his testimony before the Senate intelligence committee to be open to the public.

WATCH: Comey says former AG Lynch urged him to refer to Clinton email probe as ‘matter,’ not ‘investigation’

By Associated Press

Comey says in his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that he was confused by the request and it was one of the reasons he felt the need to publicly announce his findings in the Clinton email case.

Michael Flynn turns over documents to panel as part of Russia investigation

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Deb Riechmann and Chad Day, Associated Press

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn turned over about 600 pages of documents to the Senate intelligence committee as part of its investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, according to a congressional aide.