DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/ReutersMarjorie Taylor Greene is up to her old tricks—this time, protesting a routine ATF inspection of a Georgia gun store Monday under the guise that there apparently were too many agents from “blue states” conducting the operation.“It’s not normal to be out-of-state,” Greene complained to an ATF official, referring to the agents. “16 of ’em, and most of ’em are out-of-state.”In a follow-up tweet, Greene complained the search was carried ou

The DOJ announced it made an arrest in the case of last year's firebombing of pro-life group Wisconsin Family Action's office in Madison, Wisconsin.

Sergey Cherkasov sent jubilant messages to his handlers, per US court documents, but a few years later his fake identity fell to pieces.

Ian R. Diaz plotted to frame his former fiancee for stalking his new wife because he was "so hell-bent on punishing her after their relationship dissolved," according to a 2018 civil lawsuit.

Moms For Liberty Founder blasted the Department of Justice for using federal authorities to target parents after they were called domestic terrorists for speaking out at school board meetings.

Former Florida state Rep. Joseph Harding pleaded guilty to committing $150,000 in COVID-19 relief fraud. If convicted, he could face up to 35 years in prison.

Supreme Court is being asked to review whether a law prohibiting the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders violates the Second Amendment.

Department of Justice investigators are looking into an incident that led to the death of a woman and hospitalization of a man in northern Wisconsin.

Anthony Cole, a former Department of Justice (DOJ) official, said on Sunday that former President Trump’s remarks about his possible looming arrest in New York was an attempt to “intimidate local prosecutors” and would “poison” the jury pool. “What I think is happening here is [Trump] trying to, number one, intimidate local prosecutors and number…

The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to allow a federal ban on gun ownership for individuals under domestic abuse retraining orders to stand.

Six Republican senators led by Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., are demanding the Justice Department sue the Chinese Communist Party for its role in the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Princeton University student was arrested Tuesday on charges that he joined other rioters in pushing against police officers guarding an entrance to the U.S. Capitol during a mob’s attack.

Two House Republicans are seeking an investigation into reports that the Red Cross is providing information to migrants seeking to cross the U.S. border illegally.

Biden's Justice Department is continuing to purse the death penalty for the New York City bike path killer. The killer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Elizabeth Warren's shocking Spirit folly will hurt all air travelers. Democrats embrace antitrust attack on JetBlue merger, return to ‘big is bad’ strategy.

Left-wing organizations are pressuring the Biden administration to do more to increase voter turnout ahead of 2024 in what critics call an overreach of federal authority.

Axel Cox was sentenced to 42 months in prison for intimidating his Black neighbors by burning a cross in their front yard, according to the Department of Justice.

Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, is calling on the Department of Justice to reestablish its Trump-era China initiative and says China only understands "tough and aggressive" messaging.

None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. CLAIM: Footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol shows that Jacob Chansley, who participated in the riot sporting face paint, no shirt and a fur hat with horns, was “led through the Capitol by police the entire time he was in the building.” THE FACTS: Court documents and video footage from the attack on the Capitol make clear that Chansley, who is widely known as the “QAnon Shaman” and is one of the most recognizable Jan. 6 rioters, entered the Capitol without permission, was repeatedly asked to leave the building and was not accompanied at all times.

A pristine Michael Jordan card from 1986 was among the fakes used to swindle his victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, prosecutors say.

According to the Department of Justice probe, officers tased the man, even though he wasn't a threat, and left him on the ground.

The DOJ released results of its investigation into the Louisville Police Department, alleging that officers repeatedly violated the Constitution.

The department will also review the Memphis Police Department's use of force and de-escalation policies at the request of the city's mayor and police chief.

The Biden administration sued on Tuesday to block the $3.8 billion purchase, saying the deal would reduce competition and drive up air fares for consumers.

The Justice Department's cautious analysis could complicate matters for Merrick Garland and Jack Smith as well as prosecutors in Georgia's Fulton County.

Attorney General Merrick Garland says he won’t interfere with an investigation into Hunter Biden’s taxes run by the U.S. Attorney in Delaware.

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday took heavy criticism from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who accused him of politicizing the Justice Department.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said he is "proud" of the Department of Justice's work as he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

AG Garland on Wednesday will face questions form Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on the anti-Catholic leaked FBI memo and the agency's FACE Act prosecutions against pro-life activists.

The ransomware attack was considered a "major incident" by officials, impacting a "stand-alone" system within the service, an agency spokesperson said.

Time is ticking on an ambitious antitrust agenda, as modern-day trustbusters like the FTC's Lina Khan meet resistance from industry, Congress and the courts.

"You are no longer in the West, you are in the Middle East, women like you are killed," Khaled Abughanem said to his daughter, according to the DOJ.

J. Michael Luttig spelled out how the former vice president was playing a dangerous game refusing to testify in the Justice Department probe into Jan. 6.

The Department has already filed two antitrust lawsuits against Google focused on its search distribution and its online advertising business.

Garret Miller also assaulted several police officers and, after leaving the Capitol grounds, replied to a tweet from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with, "Assassinate AOC."

Attorney General Merrick Garland will testify before the Senate Judiciary committee next Wednesday, marking Garland's first congressional testimony in the new congress.

The Justice Department announced Wednesday eight new indictments against individuals protesting an abortion clinic in Michigan in 2020, adding to the growing list of prosecutions of pro-life protestors.

Justice Department officials in Washington have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, removing the case from the hands of the federal prosecutors in Texas who'd long been leading the probe, according to state prosecutors. The move is the latest development in the federal investigation into Paxton, who came under FBI scrutiny in 2020 after his own top deputies accused him of bribery and abusing his office to help one of his campaign contributors, who also employed a woman with whom the attorney general acknowledged having had an extramarital affair.

The concerns stem from TikTok's ownership by China-based ByteDance, since China's national security laws can compel firms based there to hand over information.

The companies' policies for third-party apps on its devices and whether it unfairly favors its own products are two areas of focus, according to the Journal.

The Justice Department will charge Congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., after a years-long probe into sex trafficking allegations.

Four Florida men were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the July 7, 2021 assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Mois, according to the DOJ.

The Justice Department is sending out more than $200 million to help states and the District of Columbia administer “red-flag laws” and other crisis-intervention programs.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have in recent months turned over to federal investigators additional documents with classified markings as well as a laptop belonging to a Trump aide.

Former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home is being search with consent from the former vice president's team. This comes after Pence reported classified documents in his possession.

Fox News host Sean Hannity discusses politicized and weaponized federal agencies and says there should be no place for political bias at the FBI and DOJ in Thursday's monologue.

Robinhood will work with the Department of Justice to purchase Sam Bankman-Fried's shares, which amount to 7% of the company.

Justice Department attorneys said in a Tuesday brief that the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency in the U.S. would terminate Title 42 immigration orders.

Special Counsel Jack Smith is overseeing criminal investigations into former President Trump’s handling of classified documents and a separate probe into attempts to stop President Biden from assuming office.

The Justice Department will review Memphis' police force after several officers were fired and charged with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols, Mayor Jim Strickland said.

A well-known former investigative journalist for ABC News has been arrested on a charge of “transporting” images depicting the sexual abuse of children, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday. James Gordon Meek, 53, of Arlington, Virginia, who covered national security and the military, was arrested Tuesday, months after his home was searched by federal authorities. Authorities found images of children engaged in sexually explicit conduct on electronic devices taken from his home.

Jonathan Turley warns the White House will have to get a handle on the situation as FBI agents search President Biden's home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Political squabbling bogged down attempts at police reform after George Floyd’s killing. City officials must do better after Tyre Nichols’s violent death.

Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Saturday.

Oregon is launching a hotline offering free legal advice on abortion.

The Justice Department is finalizing tighter regulations on guns with accessories known as stabilizing braces, a gun-control action touted by President Joe Biden after the devices were used in mass shootings.

The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department probes into the discovery of classified documents at the home and former office of President Joe Biden has focused renewed attention on the role such prosecutors have played in modern American history.

Donald Trump is facing a new legal threat, but there's little sign the Republican Party is defending the former president with the same intensity and urgency that defined his previous legal clashes.

Two people from Jacksonville and one from Gainesville were among nearly three dozen indicted for their involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy centered in south Georgia and reaching into the Caribbean, the Department of Justice announced Tuesday.

The Biden administration is putting forth seven new Justice Department and judicial nominations covering three U.S. attorney’s offices in Texas and other senior posts.

A federal judge has appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter in the criminal investigation into the presence of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida home.

The Justice Department says three Iranian citizens have been charged in the United States with ransomware attacks that targeted power companies, local governments and small businesses and nonprofits, including a Pennsylvania domestic violence shelter.

Defense attorney Page Pate was an expert on constitutional law and was recognized as one of the best legal minds in America.

A judge on Thursday sentenced a former Duval County teacher to five years and 10 months in prison for possessing images and videos depicting sexual abuse of children, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.

The Justice Department says classified documents were “likely concealed and removed” from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the discovery of the government records.

The Justice Department on Friday released an affidavit explaining the justification for an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida earlier this month when agents removed top secret government records and other classified documents.

The rescue of thousands of beagles from a breeding facility in Virginia that sold dogs to various laboratories across the US to be experimented on has captured the hearts of dog lovers across the country.

For much of the year, small cracks in Donald Trump’s political support have been growing.

The Justice Department’s legal effort to block the merger of book publishing giants Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster is more than just a showcase for the Biden administration’s tougher approach to corporate consolidation.

The Justice Department says it's investigating illegal dumping in Houston, including dead bodies and medical waste, that officials say is plaguing Black and Latino neighborhoods in the nation’s fourth largest city.

The NAACP is making a direct plea to Attorney General Merrick Garland for the Justice Department to open a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Jayland Walker, the Black man who was killed last month by officers in Ohio in a hail of police gunfire.

A $325 million superyacht seized by the United States from a sanctioned Russian oligarch has arrived in San Diego Bay.

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.

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.

In the wake of the Texas school shooting, lawmakers in Florida send school safety bill to he Governor.

The Department of Justice on Friday announced new initiatives to address and prevent hate crimes in the United States.

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.

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.

A 38-year-old registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday by the FBI on a charge of attempted production of child pornography.

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.

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

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.

A Jacksonville man faces a mandatory penalty of two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft, according to a news release Thursday from the Department of Justice.

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.

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.

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

A registered nurse has pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product, specifically injectable fentanyl, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.

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.

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.