Tag: Justice Department

July 13, 2023

The Justice Department urged a judge Thursday to reject Donald Trump’s efforts to postpone his classified documents trial, saying there was no basis for an “open-ended” delay sought by the former president’s lawyers. Federal prosecutors last month proposed a Dec. […]

June 21, 2023

The Justice Department announced the launch of a new specialized unit on Tuesday that officials said will be leveraged in early-stage cases to disrupt malicious cyber campaigns and to prosecute nation-state threat actors and cybercriminals. The new National Security Cyber […]

January 25, 2023

It has been expected for some time, but today the Justice Department and eight states are suing Google over its purported domination of the online advertising market. The government has a problem with Google’s position in “ad tech,” or the […]

October 25, 2022

Two suspected Chinese intelligence officers have been charged with attempting to obstruct a U.S. criminal investigation of Chinese tech giant Huawei by offering bribes to someone they thought could provide inside information, the Justice Department said. The defendants are accused […]

September 20, 2022

Donald Trump’s legal team has told a newly appointed independent arbiter that it does not want to answer his questions about the declassification status of the documents seized last month from the former president’s Florida home, saying that issue could […]

June 1, 2022

The Justice Department on Tuesday called on a federal appeals court to reinstate the national mask mandate for public transit and airplanes after a U.S. district judge found the requirements to be unlawful in April. In a brief filed with […]

April 14, 2022

The Justice Department is improving language access to its programs to help people with limited English proficiency better report crimes. The Interior Department is providing technical assistance to Native American tribes to help them apply for grants. The Energy Department […]

April 11, 2022

The head of a pandemic oversight committee overseeing more than $5 trillion in relief said their work will forever change the way federal watchdogs operate. The CARES Act of 2020 established the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee to coordinate and support […]

March 2, 2022

The Department of Justice will soon appoint a chief prosecutor to target fraudulent activity against the U.S. government’s pandemic relief programs, including the Paycheck Protection Program and the expanded unemployment benefits administered by state workforce agencies, President Joe Biden said […]

January 28, 2022

For a group that says it’s committed to the federal workforce, the Biden administration sure is saddled with some lousy labor relations situations. You can’t really blame the administration, though. A couple of long-festering labor-management issues lie only partially within […]

November 18, 2021

The Justice Department said on Thursday it’s giving $139 million to police departments across the U.S. as part of a grant program that would bring on more than 1,000 new officers. The grant funding comes through the Justice Department’s Office […]

September 10, 2021

The Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.” The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Texas, asks a federal judge to […]

August 25, 2021

When it comes to holding the January 6 US Capitol rioters to account, the Justice Department has plenty of tools in its prosecutorial toolbox — and plenty of critics who have questioned whether they are prosecuting defendants to the fullest […]

May 26, 2021

The Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to reverse course on efforts by the Trump administration to bust a union of immigration judges and severely restrict what those judges can say publicly. […]

January 7, 2021

The US Justice Department has become the latest federal agency to say its network was breached in a long and wide-ranging hack campaign that’s believed to have been backed by the Russian government. In a terse statement issued Wednesday, Justice […]

December 10, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office with his son under federal criminal investigation, creating immediate practical and ethical challenges for his nascent administration while giving ammunition to his political enemies. Biden’s transition team attempted to control the narrative […]

December 2, 2020

U.S. prosecutors are investigating whether several individuals offered political contributions in exchange for a presidential pardon, according to an unsealed court document. The names of the people under investigation were blacked out in the document. The disclosure of an alleged […]

October 20, 2020

The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Google has been abusing its online dominance in online search to stifle competition and harm consumers, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The litigation […]

October 7, 2020

When the Justice Department recently publicized an ongoing investigation into potentially improperly discarded Trump ballots, critics accused it of violating long-standing agency policy against interfering in an election. But the unusual decision to publicly detail the Pennsylvania case may also […]

October 6, 2020

Noted cybersecurity eccentric John McAfee is under arrest in Spain awaiting extradition to the United States after being indicted on federal tax evasion charges. The Department of Justice unsealed the indictment (PDF) yesterday following McAfee’s arrest by Spanish authorities at […]