Jeff Mordock

Justice Department misses deadline to hand over FISA, Clinton investigation documents

The Justice Department has missed the Thursday deadline to give the House Judiciary Committee nearly 1.2 million documents related to FBI investigations surrounding the 2016 election, despite a subpoena, a congressman has confirmed.

April 6, 2018

Donald Trump mulled replacing Jeff Sessions with Scott Pruitt this week: Report

President Trump reportedly weighed replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions with Scott Pruitt as recently as this week, even as scandals grow around the embattled Environmental Protection Agency head.

April 5, 2018

Three Los Angeles gang members agreed to plead guilty to federal hate crimes

Three East Los Angeles men Thursday agreed to plead guilty to federal hate crime charges in connection to the May 2014 firebombing of African-American residences at the Ramona Gardens Housing Development in Los Angeles, the Justice Department said.

April 5, 2018

Phony Homeland Security agents sentenced to prison for online dating scam

Two Orlando-area men were sentenced Thursday in federal court for pretending to be Homeland Security agents and entrapping victims in an online dating scam, federal prosecutors in Florida announced.

April 5, 2018

MS-13 member pleads guilty in 2014 Long Island murder case

An MS-13 gang member pleaded guilty Thursday to firearms charges in connection with a July 2014 murder in Long Island, New York, community of Brentwood, the Department of Justice announced.

April 5, 2018

Chinese national sentenced to 121 months for stealing genetically-modified rice seeds

A Chinese scientist was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison Wednesday for conspiring to steal genetically-modified rice seeds from a Kansas research facility, the Justice Department said.

April 4, 2018

Justice Department seeks to strip citizenship from two convicted Yugoslav war criminals

The Department of Justice is seeking to strip the citizenship from two Yugoslav nationals convicted of war crimes, including the murder of civilians and prisoners, for their actions in the early 1990s Balkans conflict.

April 4, 2018

Federal agents seize 142 pounds of meth; said to be largest meth bust in Ohio history

Federal agents seized about 142 pounds of methamphetamine in the Cleveland suburb of Hudson, Ohio, in what is believed to be the largest meth bust in state history, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.

April 3, 2018

Alexander Van der Zwaan, Dutch attorney indicted by Robert Mueller, receives 30 days in jail

Dutch attorney Alexander Van der Zwaan was ordered Tuesday to serve 30 days in jail and pay a $20,000 fine in the first sentencing flowing from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

April 3, 2018

Justice Department seeks to join opioid settlement talks

The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday it wants to participate in settlement talks in a federal court case involving hundreds of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors.

April 2, 2018

Spencer Steckman, Maryland military employee, facing child pornography charges

A Maryland military employee has been arrested and indicted for the production, transportation and possession of child pornography, the Department of Justice said Monday.

April 2, 2018

Justice Department sues California over federal land sales

The Trump administration has escalated its legal battle with California, announcing Monday the Justice Department has sued California over a state law that gives California the power to block the sale of federal land to private parties.

April 2, 2018

ATF not adequately tracking weapons, says inspector general in new report

The ATF's inadequate record-keeping policies creates a risk of ammunition, explosives and less-lethal devices such as smoke canisters being lost or stolen without the bureau knowing, according to a report released Monday by the Justice Department's inspector general.

April 2, 2018

John Huber, U.S. attorney leading FBI investigation, a special counsel in every way but name

Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have declined calls to appoint a second special counsel to investigate the FBI's behavior during the 2016 campaign, but the man he has picked to lead an internal Justice Department review is a special counsel in every way but name.

April 1, 2018

Jeff Sessions rejects call for second special counsel

Attorney General Jeff Sessions rejected requests to name a second special counsel to probe allegations of misconduct at the FBI, saying Thursday that other investigations should be able to cover the ground already.

March 29, 2018

South Carolina agrees to provide assistance for deaf inmates

The South Carolina Department of Corrections has agreed to provide assistance to hearing-impaired inmates, settling claims it had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.

March 29, 2018

FBI employees who fail polygraph tests could still access classified information: IG report

FBI employees who failed polygraph tests to determine truthfulness still accessed classified information, making the bureau vulnerable to security breaches, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz alleged Thursday in a report.

March 29, 2018

Barclays to pay $2B to settle fraud claims from 2000s housing crisis

Barclays Capital has agreed to pay $2 billion in civil penalties to settle a 2016 civil action alleging the bank fraudulently sold residential mortgage-backed securities between 2005 and 2006, the Justice Department said Thursday morning.

March 29, 2018

IG will probe FBI abuses of FISA, after Trump surveillance

The Justice Department's inspector general confirmed Wednesday that it is looking into how the department and the FBI handled requests to conduct secret surveillance, in what appears to be a review of how the Obama administration used the anti-Trump Steele dossier.

March 28, 2018

Justice Department officials defend CLOUD Act, new data-storage law

Two Department of Justice officials defended the CLOUD Act, legislation buried in last week's $1.3 trillion spending bill that could upend both the tech industry and a U.S. Supreme Court case.

March 28, 2018