Federal prosecutors are now looking at whether Matt Gaetz obstructed justice during a phone call he had with a witness in the sex-crimes investigation, according to two sources familiar with the situation. The phone call MORE
On Wednesday, the DoJ ‘expressed concerns that a controversial audit and recount of the November election in Arizona’s Maricopa County may be out of compliance with federal laws.’ Issues include: Ballots, voting systems and other MORE
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a Department of Justice investigation into the practices of the Louisville Police Department. The investigation comes a year after Louisville officers shot and killed Breonna Taylor in her apartment MORE
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Wednesday that the Justice Department will launch a civil investigation ‘into whether Minneapolis Police Department engages in a pattern of unconstitutional or unlawful policing.’ AG Garland’s announcement comes one MORE
“I personally believe the evidence is trending toward that, and probably meets those elements,” said Michael Sherwin, who had led the Justice Department’s inquiry into the riot. Evidence the government obtained in the investigation into MORE
John McAfee and his bodyguard Jimmy Gale Watson Jr were charged for a scheme to exploit McAfee’s large Twitter following by publicly touting cryptocurrency offerings and digital tokens that they later sold once prices MORE
Merrick Garland is set to go before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday morning at 9:30am ET as he is vetted as Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Justice Department. Five years ago, Garland was MORE
Although it doesn’t necessarily mean that Alex Jones, Roger Stone, and other wing nuts who got involved in the Jan. 6th attack on the Capitol Building, the DoJ and FBI just wants to investigate what MORE
John Durham of Connecticut will remain to lead the investigation of the origins of the Russia probe, and U.S. attorney for Delaware David Weiss will also remain. NBC: The Biden administration will begin removing all MORE
Washington Post: A day before rioters stormed Congress, an FBI office in Virginia issued an explicit internal warning that extremists were preparing to travel to Washington to commit violence and “war,” according to an internal MORE
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has embarked on an 11th-hour bid to undo some civil rights protections for minority groups, which could affect women, people with disabilities and L.G.B.T. people, according to a draft document, MORE
Federal prosecutors have discussed making a legal request for Rudy Giuliani‘s electronic communications, two sources familiar with the probe tell NBC News, a sign that the investigation into President Donald Trump’s personal attorney remains active and MORE
Billy Barr is considering stepping down before President Trump’s term ends next month, according to three people familiar with this thinking. One said Mr. Barr could announce his departure before the end of the year. MORE
The official serving as President Donald Trump’s eyes and ears at the Justice Department has been banned from the building after trying to pressure staffers to give up sensitive information about election fraud and other matters she could relay to the White House, three people familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press. MORE
The parallels between Sarkozy and Trump are striking, and one of them is that their electorates found their in-their-face presidential styles tiring. They were both retired after one term. In 2012, the French opted for MORE
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Before William Barr became President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Department of Justice, he represented Caterpillar Inc, a Fortune 100 company, in a federal criminal investigation by the department. Much MORE
The Justice Department’s top election crimes prosecutor resigned Monday in protest after Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors that they should examine allegations of voting irregularities before states move to certify results in the coming weeks. Richard Pilger, MORE
“While it is imperative that credible allegations be addressed in a timely and effective manner, it is equally imperative that Department personnel exercise appropriate caution and maintain the Department’s absolute commitment to fairness, neutrality and MORE
I put a link to Law and Crime because of The New York Times’ paywall. Geoffrey S. Berman was outraged. The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, Mr. Berman had traveled to Washington in June 2019 MORE
A federal judge on Tuesday denied the Justice Department’s effort to effectively end a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump brought by a longtime magazine columnist who has alleged he raped her, paving the way for the MORE
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The Justice Department designated NYC, Portland and Seattle as “anarchist jurisdictions” under guidelines issued by President Trump earlier this month Trump’s Sept. 2 memo directs federal agencies to minimize funding for designated cities Federal grants MORE
Federal prosecutor Nora Dannehy, a top aide to U.S. Attorney John H. Durham in his Russia investigation, has quietly resigned from the U.S. Justice Department probe – at least partly out of concern that the MORE
“Today’s actions demonstrate that Trump will do everything possible, including using the full powers of the federal government, to block discovery from going forward in my case before the upcoming election to try to prevent MORE
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein privately narrowed the focus of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s effort to get President Trump elected in 2016, according to a New York Times report that cites former Justice Department MORE