Sep 25 Watch Understanding Eric Holder's legacy for the Justice Department By PBS News Hour After six years as head of the Department of Justice, Eric Holder, the nation’s first African-American attorney general, will be stepping down. Holder has focused on major civil liberties issues, but has also been a lightning rod for partisan criticism. Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch 8:13 Justice Department aims to rebuild trust in police with community engagement initiative By PBS News Hour In the wake of the death of an unarmed black teenager at the hands of police in Ferguson, Missouri, the Justice Department is launching a $5 million initiative to foster better relationships between communities and their police departments. Gwen Ifill… Continue watching
Sep 15 DOJ launches pilot program to counter violent extremists By Associated Press Attorney General Eric Holder says in a video message released Monday that the pilot programs will involve religious leaders, prosecutors and community representatives. Continue reading
Sep 12 Holder says immigrant kids should get lawyers, but his department disagrees By Erica Werner, Associated Press The contradiction emerges between what the administration argues the children are constitutionally entitled to, and what Holder says he supports as a policy. On Friday he discussed a new $1.8 million program to help legal aid organizations represent migrant children… Continue reading
Sep 12 One simple legal fix could help fight overseas credit card fraud, claims DOJ By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Though prosecutors do have existing tools and have brought international cybertheft cases in the past year, the Justice Department says a new law is needed at a time when criminals operating largely in Eastern Europe are able to gobble up… Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch How will the Justice Department investigation in Ferguson work? Judy Woodruff speaks with Robert Driscoll, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Tracie Keesee, Center for Policing Equity, on what to expect from the Justice Department’s civil rights investigation of the Ferguson police department. Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch Justice Department to investigate Ferguson police department By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch Justice Department to investigate Ferguson police department By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 04 Justice Department launches civil rights probe into Ferguson police practices By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to open a wide-ranging civil rights investigation into the practices of the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department following the shooting last month of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer in the St. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch Will the $17B Bank of America penalty deter individuals from breaking the law? By PBS News Hour Bank of America will pay nearly $17 billion for its role in writing and securitizing risky home loans in the run up the housing crisis. For a closer look at the Justice Department deal, and the impact it and earlier… Continue watching