Department of Justice

Eric Holder bids farewell to DOJ after 6-year tenure

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Attorney General Eric Holder was bidding farewell to the Justice Department on Friday after six years as the nation's top law enforcement official.

Lynch to bring prosecutor's perspective to Justice Department

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — As attorney general Loretta Lynch assumes a portfolio that includes fighting terrorism, preventing cyberattacks and dealing with police and race — issues strikingly similar to what she's dealt with as top federal prosecutor for much of New York…

Loretta Lynch is confirmed as next U.S. attorney general

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

Federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch won confirmation to serve as attorney general Thursday from a Senate that forced her to wait more than five months for the title and remained divided to the end.

Report: FBI investigators overstated evidence against criminal defendants

By PBS News Hour

The Justice Department and FBI formally acknowledged that FBI forensic investigators routinely gave flawed testimony overstating evidence against criminal defendants during the 1980s and 1990s. In more than a dozen cases, defendants were later executed or died in prison. Spencer…

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S.C. activists demand DOJ probe local police killings since 1994

By Daniel Costa-Roberts

Civil rights groups in North Charleston, South Carolina have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an investigation into all the fatal officer-involved shootings in Charleston County since 1994.

Memo to DOJ employees: don't solicit prostitutes

By Associated Press

Attorney General Eric Holder has issued a memo to Justice Department employees reminding them that soliciting prostitutes is against agency rules and can lead to suspension or termination.

Federal pilot project seeks to stem racial bias in law enforcement

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

Six cities have been chosen for a federal pilot program aimed at reducing racial bias and improving relationships between law enforcement and communities.

AP Source: Federal charges expected against Sen. Menendez

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bob Menendez, under federal investigation for his relationship with a Florida doctor and political donor, is expected to face criminal charges in the coming weeks, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.

Gwen's Take: Hillary, Congress & Ferguson: The perils of seeing more clearly

By Gwen Ifill

Let’s have a chat about transparency, and how much we really want to know about the way things work. This week provided several good examples of the discussion along the campaign trail, and in all three branches of government.