Justice Department
A judge threw out the criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James because the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, was not legally appointed and had no authority to bring the charges. Since she was the only prosecutor involved, the judge said everything she did — including the indictments — is invalid. The cases were dismissed without […]
The Justice Department has formally ended a 1966 school desegregation order in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish, signaling what officials suggest may be the beginning of a broader rollback of similar Civil Rights-era court mandates. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon praised the move as correcting a “historical wrong.” While state officials argue the measures are outdated, civil […]
The Trump administration has accused New York Attorney General Letitia James of mortgage fraud and asked the Justice Department to investigate. They claim she gave false information to get better loan deals, including lying about a property’s size and where she lived. No charges have been filed yet, and James says the accusations are politically […]
The Justice Department just announced the arrest of multiple USPS workers in a $1.3 million dollar identity theft scheme. The DOJ said they believe since 2018 the postal workers stole credit cards before being delivered to customers. The unauthorized credit cards were used at high-end stores and then sold the merchandise that was purchased. Multiple […]
In a lengthy statement last night, Donald Trump stated that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump declined to comment on why the FBI executed the warrant on his resort but has said that the search was unannounced. While it isn’t exactly clear as to why the […]
On Monday, the Justice Department decided not to prosecute Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for misrepresenting the Trump administration’s failed push to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. CNN reported: “Democrats had requested that Gustafson investigate Ross for how he characterized the genesis of the citizenship question in his March 2018 congressional testimony. At […]
Congratulations to Kristen Clarke! Clarke was confirmed by the Senate this week to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. The longtime civil rights lawyer, Clarke is the first woman of color to formally serve in the position. Democrats and Republicans fought over Clarke’s record during confirmation to earn the appointment. According to Yahoo News, […]
The Justice Department has ended its investigations into the insider trading that allegedly occurred by Senators Dianne Feinstein of California, Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma. The accusations are based on transactions made in the weeks before the coronavirus pandemic began affecting the stock market. Recent discoveries in the inquiry suggest that Senator Richard […]
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