Jeff Mordock

Police suicides could spike amid George Floyd protests, advocates fear

America's law-enforcement officers were suffering a suicide epidemic before anti-police and racial justice protests engulfed the country, now police advocates worry it will get worse.

June 15, 2020

Justice Department sets dates for federal executions

The Justice Department on Monday scheduled new dates to begin executing federal death-row inmates with four individuals convicted of murdering children set to die later this summer.

June 15, 2020

Feds charge North Carolina man for threatening to burn down black church in Virginia

A North Carolina man is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to burn down a black church in Virginia, the Justice Department announced Friday.

June 12, 2020

Justice Department to release Mueller findings on Roger Stone

The Justice Department said Friday it will make public redacted portions of special counsel Robert Mueller's report detailing the actions of longtime Trump associate Roger Stone.

June 12, 2020

DOJ attorney tells federal appeals court Flynn case has become ‘public spectacle’

Justice Department lawyers have pressed a federal court to sign off on its decision to drop the politically charged case against Michael Flynn, President Trump's first national security adviser, saying the proceedings had become a "public spectacle."

June 12, 2020

DOJ scolds Montgomery Co., Md., for allowing indoor protests but banning religious gatherings

The Justice Department Thursday scolded Montgomery County, Maryland officials saying it is "selectively enforcing" Constitutional rights by allowing an indoor civil rights protest last week, while still imposing its ban on religious gatherings larger than 10 people.

June 11, 2020

Senate approves subpoenas of Obama officials in Russian collusion probe

A Senate committee approved subpoenas Thursday for more than 50 mostly Obama-era officials in a dramatic escalation of the investigation into origins of the Trump-Russia collusion probe.

June 11, 2020

Minneapolis looters released from jail without bail

Hundreds of rioters arrested by the Minneapolis police during the George Floyd protests were immediately back on the streets when authorities refused to press charges and released them without bail.

June 10, 2020

Head of DOJ’s criminal division to step down next month

The head of the Justice Department's criminal division announced Wednesday that he will be stepping down next month.

June 10, 2020

Devinare Parker, Seattle protester, charged with federal firearms violation

A protester in Seattle, who allegedly attacked a police officer during the civil unrest last week, is now facing federal firearm charges, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.

June 10, 2020

Dianne Feinstein: Coronavirus unemployment program ‘riddled with fraud’

Financial institutions have already detected $500 million in bogus coronavirus unemployment benefit claims from overseas fraudsters, officials revealed to Congress on Tuesday, saying the scammers use databases of stolen personal identifying information and file jobless claims in the names of unsuspecting Americans.

June 9, 2020

Charles Lieber, Harvard professor in China case, facing new charges

The Justice Department on Tuesday filed new charges against Harvard University's chemistry chairman, accusing him of making false statements about his ties to a controversial Chinese talent recruit program.

June 9, 2020

Jim Kenney, Philadelphia mayor, to eliminate proposed $19M budget increase for police department

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Tuesday that he will eliminate a proposed $19 million budget increase for the city's police department, making him the latest big-city mayor to cave to the "defund police" movement.

June 9, 2020

DOJ official says PPP fraud prosecutions expected to increase

Prosecutions for Paycheck Protection Program fraud are expected to increase even as the coronavirus pandemic itself begins to wane, a top Justice Department official told senators on Tuesday.

June 9, 2020

Branden Wolfe charged in Minneapolis police precinct arson

Federal prosecutors Monday filed the first criminal charges for the torching of a Minneapolis police precinct last as protests raged through the city of the death of George Floyd.

June 8, 2020

William Barr: Movement to defund police is ‘wrong,’ ‘dangerous’

Attorney General William P. Barr on Monday criticized the movement to defund the police as "wrong" and "dangerous."

June 8, 2020

Prince Andrew refuses to cooperate in Jeffrey Epstein probe, feds say

U.S. authorities said Monday that Prince Andrew has "unequivocally" refused to cooperate with the investigation into sex trafficking crimes committed by deceased billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

June 8, 2020

Police organization slams Democrats’ proposed overhauls

The National Association of Police Organizations on Monday slammed Democrats' police reform bill as an "unworkable hodgepodge of conflicting laws and policy."

June 8, 2020

Democrats introduce sweeping police reform package in response to nationwide protests

Democrats on Capitol Hill unveiled a sweeping police reform package on Monday, calling for significant changes to training, resources and accountability policies for police nationwide.

June 8, 2020

U.S. prosecutors demand that Prince Andrew answer questions about Jeffrey Epstein: Report

U.S. prosecutors are demanding the United Kingdom hand over Prince Andrew to address questions about his ties to deceased billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a report published Monday.

June 8, 2020