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DOJ vows to aggressively combat coronavirus price gouging

Attorney General William P. Barr said Monday the Justice Department will aggressively prosecute anyone who jacks up the price for sterile gloves, face masks or other health essentials in short supply because of the coronavirus outbreak.

March 9, 2020

One more black eye for the FBI: Agents missed chances to stop U.S. terrorists

The FBI missed opportunities to stop domestic terrorists from killing Americans because they failed to conduct follow-up investigations of people identified as violent extremists, the Justice Department watchdog said in a scathing report released Wednesday.

March 7, 2020

Hillary on the hot seat: Clinton forced to spill the beans on private home server

A federal judge on this week ordered former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to sit for a deposition in a lawsuit related to her use of a private email server while at the State Department.

March 7, 2020

Justice Department pushes back at federal judge’s strong rebuke of AG Barr

The Justice Department Friday evening clapped back at a federal judge who a day earlier questioned whether Attorney General William P. Barr was honest with the American public about ex-special counsel Robert Mueller's report.

March 6, 2020

House Dems seek rehearing of McGahn ruling with full appeals court

The House Judiciary Committee on Friday asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rehear last week's decision blocking former White House Counsel Don McGahn from testifying before Congress.

March 6, 2020

Charles Edwards, former Homeland Security watchdog, charged with defrauding the government

Charles Edwards, the former top watchdog at the Department of Homeland Security, was charged Friday with stealing software from one government agency so his company could resell it to another agency for a profit.

March 6, 2020

Harsh rhetoric from lawmakers leads to disrespect of judges, court security experts say

A culture of disrespect and hostility toward judges is sweeping across the country and court security experts say the heated rhetoric from Washington leaders, such as Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, is to blame.

March 5, 2020

Judge Reggie Walton rebukes William Barr over Mueller report

A federal judge Thursday ordered the Justice Department to turn over former special counsel Robert Mueller's full unredacted report, saying he doesn't trust that Attorney General William P. Barr truthfully represented the report's conclusions.

March 5, 2020

DOJ, tech companies reach ‘historic’ agreement to prevent online child sexual exploitation

A coalition between the U.S. Justice Department, six tech companies and five countries have adopted 11 voluntary principles to prevent online child exploitation, Attorney General William P. Barr said Thursday.

March 5, 2020

McConnell, Grassley demand Chuck Schumer apologize for Supreme Court threat to Kavanaugh, Gorsuch

Two key Republican senators on Thursday demanded Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer apologize for saying Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch would "pay a price" during a pro-abortion rally.

March 5, 2020

DOD linguist charged with disclosing names of U.S. intelligence assets to Lebanese national

A Department of Defense contract linguist was charged Wednesday with turning over the names of confidential U.S. intelligence assets to a Lebanese national with ties to Hezbollah.

March 4, 2020

FBI missed chances to stop domestic terror attacks because of lack of follow-up: DOJ watchdog

The FBI missed opportunities to stop domestic terrorists from killing Americans because field offices failed to further investigate individuals who had been labeled homegrown violent extremists, the Justice Department watchdog said in a scathing report released Wednesday.

March 4, 2020

Bureau of Prisons hoodwinked into buying cow hearts disguised as ground beef: DOJ watchdog

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has so few safeguards against serving substandard food to inmates that it once purchased whole cow hearts disguised as ground beef, the Justice Department's Inspector General said Tuesday.

March 3, 2020

FISA reform uncertain as deadline looms

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are uncertain how to move forward on reforms to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as the expiration of three key provisions inches closer.

March 3, 2020

Brandon Fleury sentenced to over 5 years for cyberstalking families of Parkland shooting victims

A California man on Monday was sentenced to more than five years in prison for cyberstalking and harassing the families of victims of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

March 3, 2020

Hillary Clinton to be deposed in lawsuit over emails, judge rules

A federal judge on Monday ordered former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to sit for a deposition in a lawsuit related to her use of a private email server while at the State Department.

March 2, 2020

Federal judge demands Russian business indicted by Mueller comply with DOJ subpoena

A federal judge gave a Russian firm charged with interfering in the 2016 presidential election another chance to comply with a Justice Department subpoena in a contentious hearing Monday.

March 2, 2020

Kendel S. Ehrlich, former Maryland first lady, eyed by Trump for key Justice Department post

President Trump said Friday he will nominate Kendel S. Ehrlich, the wife of former Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich, to a key position at the Justice Department.

February 28, 2020

Michael Flynn wants ‘exoneration,’ not pardon, says his lawyer

President Trump's former national security adviser is seeking exoneration, not a pardon, his attorney said in an interview posted Friday.

February 28, 2020

House Judiciary Committee seeks docs for probe into DOJ interference in politically tinged cases

The House Judiciary Committee on Friday demanded that the Justice Department turn over documents and make more than a dozen officials available for interviews as it launches a new probe into allegations of political interference in cases of personal interest to President Trump.

February 28, 2020