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San Diego Restaurant Chain Manager Sentenced for Employment Tax Fraud
The former manager of the San Diego Home Cooking restaurant chain was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months in prison for failing to pay employment taxes over a period of several years.
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Justice Department Working With Tribes on Missing Persons
The Justice Department has finalized its first plan to help address the problem of missing and murdered Native people on one of the largest reservations in Montana
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GOP Rep. Gaetz, Facing Sex Trafficking Probe, Denies Relationship With 17-Year-Old
Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a prominent conservative representing Florida in Congress and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he is being investigated by the Justice Department over a former relationship but denied any criminal wrongdoing.
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Justice Dept. Investigating Prosecutor for Interview About Capitol Riot Cases
A federal prosecutor told a judge Tuesday that the Justice Department is investigating Michael Sherwin, the former U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., for comments he made during a “60 Minutes” interview about the U.S. Capitol Riot probes.
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DOJ Asking for More Time to Prepare Capitol Riot Cases, Citing Sprawling Investigation
The Justice Department asked a federal judge Friday for more time to investigate the Capitol riot before having to proceed to trial in several cases, including the prosecution of nine people accused of being followers or members of the Oath Keepers and joining in the attack
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Mass. Man Arrested for Allegedly Hitting Officer During Capitol Riot
A Massachusetts man was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly assaulting a police officer at the U.S. Capitol as violence broke out there following a pro-Trump rally in January, according to court documents and the FBI.
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US Charges North Korean Computer Programmers in Global Hacks
The Justice Department has charged three North Korean computer programmers in a broad range of global and destructive hacks, including targeting banks and a movie studio
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Biden's Justice Dept. to Ask Nearly All Trump-Era US Attorneys to Resign
The Justice Department will ask U.S. attorneys who were appointed by former President Donald Trump to resign from their posts, as the Biden administration moves to transition to its own nominees, a senior Justice Department official said Monday.
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Watchdog Probes If DOJ Officials Tried to Overturn Election
The Justice Department’s inspector general is launching an investigation to examine whether any former or current department officials “engaged in an improper attempt” to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election
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Justice Dept. Inspector General Opens Probe of Response to Capitol Riot
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog says it will investigate how the department and its agencies prepared for and responded to last week’s riots at the U.S. Capitol
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FBI, DOJ: Hundreds Will Likely Be Charged in Capitol Riot
Steven D’Antuono, Acting Director of the FBI Washington Field Office, and U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin told reporters on Tuesday that they expect hundreds to be charged in connection with the Capitol riot. D’Antuono also defended the FBI’s response to intelligence prior to the riot, saying, “The FBI cannot open an investigation without a threat of violence or alleged criminal activity…...
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Feds Sue Walmart Over Role in Opioid Crisis
The Justice Department is suing Walmart, alleging the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies, helping to fuel the opioid crisis in America
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Justice Department Sues Vermont Medical Center Over Abortion
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against the University of Vermont Medical Center alleging it forced a nurse to participate in an abortion procedure she objected to on religious grounds
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AG Barr, Who Defied Trump on Election Fraud, to Leave Office Next Week
Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, is departing amid lingering tension over the president’s baseless claims of election fraud and the investigation into President-elect Joe Biden’s son.
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Trump Tweets AG Barr Is Stepping Down
President Donald Trump on Monday tweeted that Attorney General William Barr will be “leaving just before Christmas.”
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Justice Department Sues Alabama Over Prison Conditions
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Alabama over conditions in the state prisons
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Trump Aide Banned From Justice After Trying to Get Case Info
The official serving as President Donald Trump’s eyes and ears at the Justice Department has been banned from the building after trying to pressure staffers to give up sensitive case information she could relay to the White House
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DOJ Investigating Potential White House ‘Bribery-for-Pardon' Scheme
Federal investigators are looking into a potential “bribery-for-pardon” scheme involving presidential pardons, according to federal court documents unsealed by the chief judge for the federal court in Washington D.C.. The heavily redacted documents do not name the individuals involved or President Donald Trump, NBC News reports. They also do not indicate if any White House officials had knowledge of...
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Inside the Case Against ISIS Militants Charged in Americans' Beheadings
As two Islamic State militants faced a judge in Virginia last month, Diane Foley listened from home through a muffled phone connection and strained to make out the voices of the men prosecutors say kidnapped her son before he was murdered. Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh stand accused of belonging to an ISIS cell dubbed “the Beatles,” an incongruously…
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US Will Appeal Order Barring Expulsions of Migrant Children
The U.S. government has appealed a judge’s order barring the expulsions of immigrant children who crossed the border alone, a policy enacted during the coronavirus pandemic to deny the children asylum protections