DOJ agrees to end decade-long consent decree with Seattle Police Department
The Justice Department filed a proposed agreement Tuesday with Seattle to end a 2012 consent decree, ending more than a decade of federal supervision over…
DOJ urges more help for understaffed, underfunded public defenders
Much of the nation’s public defense practice for the poor remains plagued by inadequate funding, short staffing and staggering caseloads as Justice Department officials urged a renewed…
Michigan landlord sexually harassed female tenants, sent nudes: DOJ
DETROIT — The Department of Justice is suing a Michigan landlord, alleging he sexually harassed female tenants during the pandemic by soliciting sexual favors in exchange for housing…
Trump’s Jan. 6 liability is all too limited in DOJ brief
The Department of Justice on Thursday filed a brief with a reassuring bottom line for those who yearn for accountability for Donald Trump. The department…
Trump can be sued for Jan. 6 Capitol riot, DOJ tells appeals court
Justice Department urges appeals court to set standards for lawsuits against a president.Department lawyers argued that presidents should not be allowed to incite violence.WASHINGTON –…
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner subpoenaed by DOJ special counsel
Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have been subpoenaed by the Justice Department's special counsel investigating the former president's efforts to block the…
DOJ special counsel overseeing Trump probes subpoenas former VP Pence
WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the Justice Department's special counsel overseeing inquiries into Donald Trump's efforts to subvert the…
The California-born DOJ attorney facing House GOP investigations
WASHINGTON — Assistant Atty. Gen. Carlos Uriarte has spent months preparing to face off against House Republicans as they unleash a gantlet of congressional investigations into…
Ex-FBI agent violated sanctions by aiding Russian oligarch: DOJ | Russia-Ukraine war News
Former head of FBI counterintelligence division in New York allegedly worked for sanctioned oligarch Oleg Deripaska. A former top Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) official…
More Biden documents found by DOJ after search of his Delaware home
WASHINGTON — Investigators from the Department of Justice found an additional six items with classified material from President Joe Biden's home in Wilmington, Del. during an all-day search…
DOJ launches inquiry related to Abbott baby formula plant in Michigan
Abbott Laboratories confirmed Friday that the Justice Department had launched an investigation into operations related to its Michigan baby formula plant.Justice has "informed us of…
‘Lords of war’: DOJ lays out case that Proud Boys leaders led Capitol breach
The trial is the most significant to emerge from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Though prosecutors had already won a conviction in a…
DOJ antitrust chief cleared to oversee Google probes
Before his confirmation as assistant attorney general in November 2021, Jonathan Kanter had represented companies including Microsoft, News Corp. and Yelp in their complaints over…
Biden classified documents: DOJ reviewing recovered documents
The Justice Department is reviewing a number of classified documents recovered last fall in a storage closet connected to an office used by President Joe Biden…
January 6 committee to vote on urging DOJ charge Trump: reports
WASHINGTON – The House committee investigating the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, will vote Monday on recommending the Justice Department charge former President Donald…