- Donald Trump Declassifies More Materials from Crossfire Hurricane in Final Hours as President
President Donald Trump ordered that more documents from Operation Crossfire Hurricane be declassified Tuesday, in his final hours as president. The president noted he requested the Department of Justice to provide the White Hosue with a binder of materials related to the FBI’s investigation of him and his campaign as part of the investigation of […]
- Justice Department Doesn’t Expect Trump to Be Charged with Incitement over Capitol Chaos
A Department of Justice spokesperson said Friday that the agency does not expect President Donald Trump to face charges of incitement in relation to his supporters storming the U.S. Capitol this week. BREAKING: Asked about the prospect of President Trump or other speakers at the Jan. 6 rally being indicted for inciting violence, DOJ spox […]
- DOJ charges 8 individuals for allegedly ‘threatening’ Chinese citizens in the U.S. to return to China
October 28, 2020 The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday unsealed a complaint and arrest warrants charging eight individuals with conspiring to act as “illegal agents of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)” in an “international campaign to threaten, harass, surveil, and intimidate” Chinese citizens residing in the United States to return to China. “The […]
- China Threatening to Detain Americans if U.S. Prosecutes Chinese Scholars
WASHINGTON — Chinese officials have told the Trump administration that security officers in China might detain American citizens if the Justice Department proceeds with prosecutions of arrested scholars who are members of the Chinese military, American officials said. The Chinese officials conveyed the messages starting this summer, when the Justice Department intensified efforts to arrest […]
- Federal Judge Rules US Entitled to $5.2 Million in Edward Snowden’s Book Earnings
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government was entitled to recover $5.2 million in royalties earned by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden from his book sales. The court handed down the judgment against Snowden, who had fled the country after releasing a trove of U.S. classified information in 2013, in a lawsuit […]
- ‘Insufficient Evidence’: Justice Department Closes Probe Into Pennsylvania Discarded Ballots
The Department of Justice on Friday announced it closed an investigation into ballots that were discarded in Pennsylvania. “After a thorough investigation conducted by the FBI and prosecutors from my office, we have determined that there is insufficient evidence to prove criminal intent on the part of the person who discarded the ballots,” acting U.S. […]
- High-ranking federal prosecutor in Georgia resigns, day after leaked Trump-Raffensperger call
On Monday a high-ranking federal prosecutor in Georgia appointed by President Donald Trump resigned from his post, not giving much information surrounding his departure after less than four years on the job. In his Monday statement provided by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak did not give much of […]
- What Is a Militia? And Why Is the Word So Controversial These Days?
When Special Agent Richard J. Trask II of the F.B.I. took the witness stand in federal court in Grand Rapids, Mich., last week to detail a plot to kidnap the governors of Michigan and Virginia, the prosecutor first asked him what the men involved had in common. They were all from “multiple militias from different […]
- ‘No interest in going to Washington’: Gov. Cuomo on potentially becoming Biden’s AG
October 12, 2020 Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) has dispelled rumors that he might become former Vice President Joe Biden‘s Attorney General assuming that the Democratic nominee becomes president. Cuomo, who has become a household name during the pandemic, once almost joined the Democratic presidential primary and was rumored as a potential vice-presidential nominee for Biden. […]
- Justice Dept. Documents Highlight Criticisms of Mueller Inquiry
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department this week turned over to allies of President Trump documents that appeared to undermine aspects of the investigation into the campaign’s ties with Russia. The documents — related to flawed applications for a wiretap on a former Trump adviser and an F.B.I. agent’s criticisms of the prosecution of the former […]
- OPINION: It is a travesty of justice that Andrew Weissman never has been held accountable
With good reason, much has been written about how misguided the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel was and the terrible judgment he showed in selecting almost all active political partisans and donors to Hillary Clinton’s campaign for his team. Indeed, Mueller himself is a partner in the law firm that represented Ms. Clinton […]
- Barr’s last day at the DOJ
Wednesday is Attorney General William Barr’s last day at the Department of Justice. In a parting message to DOJ employees Barr reportedly wrote, “… it has been a great honor to serve once again in this role. Over the past two years, the dedicated men and women of this Department – including its operational components […]
- Google ‘MONOPOLY’ slammed by Justice Department in Anti-Trust lawsuit
October 21, 2020 The Justice Department slammed Silicon Valley tech giant Google Tuesday in a much anticipated anti-trust lawsuit that claims the technological behemoth monopolizes the Internet and shuts out competitors. The case was filed in the federal court in Washington, D.C., and alleges, among many issues, that “Google’s practices are anticompetitive under long-established antitrust […]
- Singaporean Who Spied for China Sentenced to 14 Months
A Singaporean national has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for recruiting U.S. government officers to collect valuable intelligence for the Chinese regime, the Justice Department announced on Oct. 9. Jun Wei Yeo, who also goes by the name Dickson Yeo, admitted in July to soliciting non-public military and political information from unsuspecting U.S. […]
- Unrest In America: Over 300 people charged with federal crimes amid nationwide riots
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that over 300 individuals in 29 states had been charged with federal crimes in connection to nationwide riots. The charges range from attempted murder, assaulting a law enforcement officer, arson, burglary of a federally-licensed firearms dealer, damaging federal property, malicious destruction of property using fire or explosives, felon […]
- Tucker Carlson: Biden DOJ civil rights division pick wrote that Black people have ‘superior physical and mental abilities’
Fox News host Tucker Carlson said Monday evening an investigation by his team at “Tucker Carlson Tonight” has uncovered a decades-old letter from President-elect Joe Biden‘s nominee to lead the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) civil rights division, Kristen Clarke, in which she wrote that Black people “had superior physical and mental abilities.” Their investigation also […]
- Attorney General William Barr Authorizes DOJ to Look into Voting Irregularities
Attorney General William Barr in a memo issued on Monday authorized the Justice Department (DOJ) to look into voting irregularities in the 2020 presidential election. The memo was addressed and signed from Barr to U.S. Attorneys, the assistant attorneys general for the DOJ’s criminal division, civil rights division, the national security division, and the director […]
- Report: Justice Department to File Landmark Antitrust Case Against Google
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its online dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The litigation marks the government’s most significant act to protect competition since its groundbreaking […]
- U.S. charges two Islamic State terrorists for killing U.S. hostages
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it would press charges against two Islamic State terrorists of British origin for their part in the killing of American, British, and Japanese hostages in Syria. Alexanda Amon Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, both former British citizens, are expected to appear at a federal courthouse in […]
- Ricin Suspect Threatened to Kill Trump Over Re-election Campaign, Prosecutors Say
A Canadian woman who was arrested on suspicion of mailing the lethal substance ricin to the White House wanted President Trump to drop out of the presidential race and pledged to find other ways to assassinate him if her poisoning plot failed, according to court documents unsealed on Tuesday. The woman, Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier, […]
