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- Feb 6
- 2 min
Jordan Subpoenas DOJ Records On Threats Against School Officials
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) unloaded the House GOP’s first subpoenas a month into the new majority, demanding records about...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 22
- 1 min
DOJ Probes Abbott Laboratories Over Formula Plant Shutdown
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating an Abbott Laboratories infant formula plant in Michigan that was shut down for months last...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jan 16
- 3 min
Garland's DOJ Targets Civil Rights Amid High-Profile Politics Cases
Attorney General Merrick Garland believes that his department’s civil rights work is just as essential as its high-profile probes of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 9, 2022
- 1 min
DOJ Vows Strong Foreign Agent Probes Despite Two Big Losses
Jay Bratt, head of the Justice Department’s counterintelligence division vowed Thursday that the department would not be deterred by a...
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Crime and Justice News
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
DOJ Asks Prosecutors To Fight For Inmate Restitution To Victims
A new U. S. Justice Department memo seeks to address criticism that the agency has shielded inmates’ money meant to go to the victims of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
DOJ Swamped With Data, Hampering White Collar Cases
When the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan brought securities-fraud charges against executives of cable operator Adelphia...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
Trump Special Counsel Works From Europe To Assemble Team
Newly appointed special counsel Jack Smith continues to work remotely from Europe as he assembles a team, finds office space and takes...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 15, 2022
- 1 min
Giuliani Avoids Criminal Charges in Ukraine Hunter Biden Case
Rudy Giuliani, an adviser to former President Trump, won’t face criminal charges over his work on issues related to Ukraine, federal...
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Crime and Justice News
- Nov 4, 2022
- 2 min
DOJ Mulls Special Prosecutor in Possible Cases Against Trump
The Justice Department hopes to reach a decision on whether to bring charges against former President Trump before the 2024 campaign...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
GOP Strategists Expect Trump Indictment Within 90 Days
Republican aides and strategists expect Attorney General Merrick Garland to pursue an indictment of former President Trump within 60 to...
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Crime and Justice News
- Oct 18, 2022
- 1 min
Former AG Benjamin Civiletti Dies; Known For Major Criminal Cases
Benjamin Civiletti, President Jimmy Carter’s attorney general in a troubled final 17 months of a Democratic administration besieged by...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 21, 2022
- 1 min
DOJ Undercounted Almost 1,000 Prison, Arrest Deaths, Probe Finds
The Department of Justice undercounted at least 990 prison and arrest-related deaths in the 2021 fiscal year alone, a Senate subcommittee...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 21, 2022
- 1 min
Garland, Ukraine's Kostin Agree on War Crime Prosecution Effort
Attorney General Merrick Garland and his Ukrainian counterpart, Andriy Kostin, signed an agreement Tuesday aimed at formalizing...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 12, 2022
- 2 min
Critics Call Republican Attacks On DOJ 'Sickening and Reckless'
Donald Trump’s drive to paint the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search to recover classified documents as a political witch hunt is drawing rebukes...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
NIJ Should Fund Research On The 'How' Questions, La Vigne Says
Scientific evidence has an essential role in promoting a fair, equitable, and effective justice system and improving public safety for...
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