Jun 30 Following years of complaints, Justice Department to probe NYPD sex crimes unit By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press The U.S. Justice Department has launched a probe of the New York Police Department unit that investigates sex crimes following years of complaints about the way it treats crime victims. Continue reading
Jun 23 WATCH: Trump pressured Justice Department to seize states’ voting machines, former DOJ officials say By Kenichi Serino Jeffrey Rosen, former acting attorney general, testified on June 23 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings to the public. Continue reading
Jun 23 WATCH: Former Justice Department official said Trump asked him to call the election ‘corrupt’ By Casey Kuhn Former acting deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue spoke on June 23 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings in their fifth public hearing. Continue reading
Jun 23 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. Continue reading
Jun 13 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. Continue reading
Jun 08 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… Continue reading
Jun 04 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… Continue reading
May 24 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. Continue reading
Apr 26 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."… Continue reading
Apr 01 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. Continue reading