Department of Justice

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, announced Tuesday that he would be placing a hold on all Justice Department nominees over bribery concerns stemming from the ultra-luxury airplane the Qatari government plans to gift the White House.

The incident is likely to receive renewed attention now that Pirro is President Donald Trump’s pick to be the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C.

The two men were accused of targeting gamblers at Southern California casinos and ambushing them on the local freeways to steal their winnings.

Memos show the division has abandoned a mission of enforcing laws against discrimination in hiring, housing and voting rights in favor of new priorities.

A Texas man was sentenced in federal court on Friday to four months in custody and 180 days in home confinement after trafficking six protected Mexican Spider Monkeys, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Here’s an explanation of contempt of court and the potential consequences for a president and the federal government if a judge’s order is ignored.

The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it would be launching an investigation into the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department over possible infringement of the 2nd Amendment.

Government and tax records show millions of dollars in gang intervention funds have poured into a pair of non-profits operated by an alleged gang leader of the Rollin’ 60s Crips, who prosecutors announced Wednesday was suspected of diverting thousands of dollars for his personal use. Eugene “Big U” Henley, Jr., 58, of the South LA community of Hyde Park, was...

“The Government maintains that there is no justification to order the provision of additional information,” the agency said in a court filing.

Under Article II of the Constitution, presidents are able to grant pardons for every federal crime– except for one. Here’s what you need to know.

President Donald Trump defended his allies Friday while calling for his perceived political opponents to be jailed during a speech at the headquarters of the Justice Department — an agency that was prosecuting him just months ago.

President Donald Trump used a triumphant visit to the Justice Department on Friday to air a litany of grievances about the criminal investigations that threatened to torpedo his political career, decrying in often profane terms his adversaries and casting himself as a victim of unfair and biased prosecutions.

Only a small fraction of the Public Integrity Section’s employees will remain in an office that had dozens of employees and oversaw cases nationwide.

Gibson, a supporter of Trump, lost his right to purchase or own a handgun after a 2011 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction.

A much-ballyhooed release of documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case devolved into anger and disappointment Thursday, with conservative figures and even Attorney General Pam Bondi alleging FBI agents were hiding the full case files.

The sweeping pardons that President Donald Trump granted to Jan. 6 rioters in his first day back in office do not apply to a Capitol rioter who was separately convicted by a federal jury in Tennessee of plotting to murder FBI agents who investigated his actions at the Capitol, federal court says.

In a heated exchange Tuesday, a federal judge pressed the Justice Department on an executive order from President Donald Trump that directed the military to stop using preferred pronouns, arguing there was no link between pronouns and military readiness.

A longtime federal prosecutor resigned Tuesday rather than carry out what she described as orders from Trump-appointed officials to take actions unsupported by evidence, according to a copy of her resignation letter obtained by NBC News.

The Department of Justice fired multiple immigration judges on Friday, according to two sources familiar with the decision and a statement from one of the judges on LinkedIn.

Danielle Sassoon, a Republican who was interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced her resignation in an email to her staff after being ordered by the Justice Department to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.