DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

The Capitol riot panel hears of an explosive Oval Office showdown with Trump and justice department lawyers.

Former acting Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Donoghue testifies he rebutted an 'arsenal' of allegations Trump raised in trying to overturn election.

Federal agents have searched the Virginia home of a Trump-era Justice Department official who championed efforts by President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Former Justice Department officials will testify at today's hearing about Trump's attempts to involve them in his claims of election fraud.

The DOJ claimed that Meta targeted users with housing ads based on algorithms that relied partly on characteristics protected under the Fair Housing Act.

Prosecutors say a lack of access to committee evidence, which the Justice Department has sought for months, could delay a key seditious conspiracy trial.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack will send copies of its witness interviews to the Department of Justice 'in due time,' chairman says.

The disagreement reflects a debate within the committee over the best strategy to hold the former president and others accountable.

The House select committee sends mixed messages about the prospect.

An alleged gun trafficker who purchased firearms that were later used in multiple incidents in Texas, Canada, and other parts of the United States has been charged, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

Donald Trump's former Attorney General gave extensive testimony about the efforts he made to convince his former boss that the 2020 election was not stolen.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger said he believes the select committee accomplished its goal of reminding the country "of the truth of what happened."

The findings and recommendations will be detailed in a report, which will be made public.

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The Civil Rights Division stands ready to vigorously enforce the law when employees who complain about sexual harassment are subject to retaliation.”“Discrimination in the workplace is toxic,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan of the Northern District of Georgia. According to the lawsuit, on advice of a high-level county official, the director extended Brooks’ probation by three months instead. Under the settlement agreement, submitted for court entry and approval, the county will pay Brooks $190,000 for lost wages and compensatory damages. The full and fair enforcement of Title VII is a top priority of the Justice Department’s Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division. Additional information about the Civil Rights Division and the jurisdiction of the Employment Litigation Section is available on its websites at www.justice.gov/crt/ and www.justice.gov/crt/employment-litigation-section.

Uvalde's mayor has requested the Department of Justice uncover what went fatally wrong during the Robb Elementary School shooting.

The agencies' watchdogs' authority to prosecute fraudsters is limited to fraud of $150,000 or less, and the Department of Justice is too busy for cases under $1 million.

The agencies' watchdogs' authority to prosecute fraudsters is limited to fraud of $150,000 or less, and the Department of Justice is too busy for cases under $1 million.

Inspectors general need more authority to go after fraud in the COVID-19 relief programs, the independent committee overseeing federal pandemic relief spending said Tuesday.

On Friday night, KPRC 2 Legal Analyst Brian Wice referenced potential criminality in the calling for a thorough investigation into law enforcement during the massacre in Uvalde.

Commissioner Ronald Garza said he agreed with Rep. Joaquin Castro that the FBI should investigate the response to the shooting.

The ship's crew "are refusing to sail" with U.S. authorities, according to a court document.

Federal regulators accuse the company of violating a 2011 agreement over the treatment of users' personal data, including phone numbers and email addresses.

Biden is signing the order on federal policing two years after Floyd died at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

The policy spells out situations in which officers have an "affirmative duty" — to prevent or stop other officers from using excessive force, and to render or call for medical aid when it's needed.

A new Justice Department policy on when and how federal agents may use force requires them to intervene if they see an officer using excessive force -- a change that comes after the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in front of other officers.

A growing number of large companies are offering travel benefits for employees living in states with restrictive abortion laws.

Natalie Le Demola is serving a life term for helping to murder her mother. She allegedly masterminded the $2 million scheme involving mostly COVID-linked unemployment benefits.

A woman imprisoned for life after helping murder her mother allegedly led a group of 13 people to defraud California out of at least $2 million.

The Justice Department is suing longtime Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn to compel him to register as a foreign agent because of lobbying work he performed at the behest of the Chinese government during the Trump administration.

The Justice Department sued longtime Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn on Tuesday to compel him to register as a foreign agent because of lobbying work it says he performed at the behest of the Chinese government during the Trump administration. The department said it had advised Wynn repeatedly over the last four years to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA, and is suing now because Wynn refused to do so.

The school said the search left the student athletes "humiliated" and accused officials of misconduct and racial profiling.

Garland's order came after the leak of a draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade stoked fierce outrage from abortion-rights supporters.

Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have charged the leader of a notoriously violent Haitian gang with conspiracy to commit hostage taking for his alleged role in the kidnapping of 16 Americans last year.

The Biden administration has announced a wide-ranging enforcement strategy aimed at holding industrial polluters accountable for damage done to poor and minority communities.

The case is currently being investigated by the FBI and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is prosecuting the case.

The 33-count indictment includes charges for two murders, six attempted murders, drug and gun related charges as well as racketeering offenses.

The 33-count indictment includes charges for two murders, six attempted murders, drug and gun related charges as well as racketeering offenses.

Kenneth Pilon, 61, allegedly left nooses with handwritten notes attached in Michigan stores and parking lots.

The man could face prison time if convicted for what officials described as "despicable" and "hate-filled" messages.

The man could face prison time if convicted for what officials described as "despicable" and "hate-filled" messages.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Congress is not required to extend a federal disability benefits program to residents of Puerto Rico.

The CDC's mask mandate was enacted in February 2021 and recently extended through May 3.

The DOJ said Tuesday that it disagrees with a district court's decision to end the mask mandate.

The DOJ said Tuesday that it disagrees with a district court's decision to end the mask mandate.

Allegations of bullying and intimidation as well as complaints about the distribution of more than a million dollars in donated funds have led to bitter conflict among Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendants.

The three Russians worked to undermine the U.S. and "promote Russia's illicit actions designed to destroy the sovereignty of Ukraine," an indictment alleged.

The Justice Department has declined a request this week from the House oversight committee regarding the contents of records that former President Donald Trump took to his Florida residence after leaving the White House.

With the latest announcement from the Biden administration, here's a look at what so-called "ghost guns" are and what the government's new rule does.

Rather than debating whether to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department, lawmakers should be holding sustained public hearings on the attack.

John Heilemann talks with his pal Nicolle Wallace, host of Deadline: White House on MSNBC, about the January 6th committee and Liz Cheney’s battle against authoritarianism in the Republican Party, assesses whether the threats to American democracy posed by the far right are worse than those of Al-Qaeda, weighs in on the missing seven and a half hour gap in the White House phone logs on 1/6 and the incompetence of the Trump administration, and explains why the Department of Justice may be more willing to investigate Hunter Biden than Donald Trump. Tune in to the full episode to hear about the latest bombshell reporting on efforts to subvert the 2020 election — namely, a series of text messages revealing that conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, pressured then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to overturn Biden’s victory.

Black Lives Matter's reported purchase of a $6 million California mansion with charitable donations is sparking calls for the Department of Justice to investigate the politically powerful nonprofit.

A congressional committee says the Justice Department is interfering with an investigation into former President Donald Trump.

A congressional oversight committee on Thursday said the Justice Department is “obstructing” its investigation into former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records by preventing the release of information from the National Archives. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland accusing the Justice Department of impeding the panel's expanded investigation into the 15 boxes of White House records that Trump took to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after leaving office last year.

The news comes as the department faces increasing political pressure to disclose its plans in the case.

Lynn Clark allegedly sent nearly 100 threatening messages to the police chief candidate, forcing them to withdraw and delaying the election.

Lynn Clark allegedly sent nearly 100 threatening messages to the police chief candidate, forcing them to withdraw and delaying the election.

Garland attended an event with FBI Director Christopher Wray hours before the positive result. He was at a D.C. dinner with hundreds of VIPs on Saturday.

Four other people, including two inmates at the facility, have also been charged for their alleged roles in the operation.

Congress is racing to pass a mammoth $1.5 trillion legislative package that would fund the government for the rest of the year.

The Justice Department says it is gravely concerned about allegations that a high-ranking federal prison official entrusted to end sexual abuse and cover-ups at a women’s prison may have taken steps to suppress a recent complaint about staff misconduct.

The Justice Department is scrapping the name of a Trump-era initiative intended to crack down on economic espionage by Beijing but criticized as unfairly targeting Chinese professors at American colleges because of their ethnicity.

Families of American hostages and detainees say they're frustrated with the Justice Department over what they see as the agency's refusal to consider prisoner exchanges that could get their loved ones home.

Four Texans have pleaded guilty for their role in breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, federal court documents said.

The Justice Department will begin transferring thousands of inmates out of federal prisons this week as part of a sweeping criminal justice overhaul signed by President Donald Trump more than three years ago.

Attorney General Merrick Garland vows to hold accountable anyone who was responsible for last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, whether they were physically there or not.

A Harris County man was arrested Tuesday, accused of fraudulently acquiring more than $3.3 million in funds through the government’s coronavirus pandemic Paycheck Protection Program.

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has voted to pursue contempt charges against Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who refused to answer the committee’s questions.

A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection will vote Wednesday to hold Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official, in contempt of Congress.

President Joe Biden’s choice to lead enforcement of competition laws at the Justice Department has won Senate approval.

An Associated Press investigation has found that more than 100 federal Bureau of Prisons employees have been arrested, convicted or sentenced in criminal cases since the start of 2019.

The Biden administration is nominating its first set of U.S. Marshals, including the first Black man to serve as the U.S. Marshal in Minnesota, along with a slate of other historic firsts for U.S. attorney posts across the nation.

A former Justice Department official who aligned himself with Donald Trump after he lost the 2020 election has declined to be fully interviewed about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit against the State of Texas and the Texas Secretary of State over voting procedures it deems restrictive that have been put into place by Texas Senate Bill 1, which was signed into law in September 2021.

U.S. authorities are expecting arrests and criminal charges related to ransomware in the coming weeks.

A federal jury convicted a Houston-area physician for unlawfully prescribing more than 1.3 million doses of opioids, the Department of Justice announced.

Law enforcement officials in the U.S. and Europe have arrested 150 people and seized more than $31 million in an international drug trafficking investigation stemming from sales on the darknet.

The Biden administration is looking to the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to halt a restrictive Texas law that has banned most abortions since September.

A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied the panel’s subpoena.

A congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has set a vote to recommend criminal contempt charges against former White House aide Steve Bannon after he defied the panel’s subpoena.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has issued a subpoena to a former Justice Department lawyer who positioned himself as an ally of Donald Trump and aided the Republican president’s efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election.

The Justice Department is poised to sue government contractors and other companies who receive U.S. government grants if they fail to report breaches of their cyber systems.

An Indian national citizen has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud in a fraud sting that occurred between 2018-2020, the U.S. attorney’s office says.

Four prominent female gymnasts testified on Wednesday at a Senate hearing regarding the FBI’s mishandling of sexual abuse allegations against former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to target pornography, LGBT rights and other hot-button cultural issues.

Abortion clinics in neighboring Oklahoma and nearby Kansas say they're still seeing a high volume of patients from Texas as a new state law there banning most abortions remains in effect.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the Justice Department has filed suit against Texas over SB8, the abortion law that went into effect on Sept. 1.

Garland provided no details of how federal officials may challenge one of the nation’s strictest bans on abortion. His statement came days after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block the law, at least for now.

The first set of federal agents working for the Justice Department began wearing body cameras under a new policy that reversed a yearslong ban.

Senators have met privately with a former U.S. attorney in Atlanta who resigned in January as then-President Donald Trump pressured officials to overturn his election defeat.

President Joe Biden is nominating eight new leaders for U.S. attorney positions, including in the office overseeing the prosecutions of defendants in the Capitol insurrection.

The Justice Department says it has decided not to open a civil rights investigation into government-run nursing homes in New York over their COVID-19 response.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has formally prohibited federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in leak investigations.

Attorney General Merrick Garland has tossed a Trump administration policy that barred immigration judges from temporarily shelving some deportation cases.

A ransomware attack has paralyzed the networks of at least 200 U.S. companies.

An Alabama man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the Oath Keepers extremist group has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and is cooperating with prosecutors in another major boost for the Justice Department in its sweeping Jan. 6 investigation.

The Justice Department’s internal watchdog has launched an investigation after revelations that former President Donald Trump’s administration secretly seized phone data from at least two House Democrats.

The Justice Department says it no longer will secretly obtain reporters’ records during leak investigations.

A Latvian woman has been charged with developing malicious software used by a major cybercrime digital network that infected computers worldwide and looted bank accounts of millions of dollars.

The filibuster stands in the way of Democrats passing bills aimed at expanding access to the vote. Meanwhile, the executive branch has lost one of its most powerful tools for intervening.