FBI & Justice Department

Why the power of a US attorney is a flashpoint in Hunter Biden case

There are 94 U.S. Attorney’s Offices where prosecutors look at evidence and decide whether to file charges.

3 days ago

Marine veteran Ray Epps pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge

Ray Epps, who claimed in a lawsuit that Fox News made him a scapegoat for the Capitol riot, was charged with disorderly conduct on restricted grounds.

4 days ago

DOJ/FBI

Fake electors want Georgia charges against them moved to federal court

The move would not open the door for Trump, if he’s elected again in 2024, to issue pardons as any conviction would still happen under state law.

An engineer works in the clean-room facilities at the LETI, a French research institute for electronics and information technologies founded by the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.

US charges Russian man with smuggling microelectronics amid Ukraine war

“We are laser-focused on rooting out the procurement networks fueling the Russian war machine,” said Matthew Axelrod, an export enforcement official.

5 days ago

Ex-DOJ official acted within official duties in Georgia case: lawyer

Clark is charged along with former President Donald Trump and others with participating in a scheme to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential victory.

5 days ago

Hunter Biden sues the IRS over tax disclosures after agents’ testimony

Biden says federal whistleblower protections sought by the agents don’t include the sharing of confidential information.

6 days ago

DOJ official’s bid to move election case to federal court gets hearing

Former Justice Dept. official Jeffrey Clark is one of five defendants seeking to move his case out of a court in Georgia.

7 days ago

Marine’s adoption of Afghan orphan could be seen as abduction, US says

The U.S. government has warned a Virginia judge that allowing a U.S. Marine to keep an Afghan war orphan risks violating international law,

9 days ago

Senators clash with US prisons chief over problem-plagued agency

Senators complained that Colette Peters appears to have reneged on promises she made when she took the job last year that she’d be candid with lawmakers.

11 days ago

Felony convictions vacated for 4 Navy officers in ‘Fat Leonard’ case

Felony convictions have been vacated for four Navy officers in a sprawling bribery scandal due to prosecutorial misconduct.

3 weeks ago

Two ex-Proud Boys leaders get among longest sentences in Jan. 6 attack

The 17-year prison term for organizer Joseph Biggs and 15-year stint for leader Zachary Rehl were the second and third longest sentences handed down yet.

3 weeks ago

Tesla ordered by regulator to disclose Autopilot software update data

A company officer has to respond to the letter under oath or the agency said it will refer the matter to the Justice Department.

4 weeks ago

Sentencing delayed for Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio

Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio’s sentencing for orchestrating the group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol has been delayed until Sept. 5.

4 weeks ago

Texas Guardsmen spied on migrants via WhatsApp, mishandled secret docs

An investigation by Military Times and The Texas Tribune charts the rise and fall of a military intelligence directorate gone rogue on the border.

4 weeks ago

CIA stairwell attack among sexual misconduct complaints at spy agency

At least two-dozen women have come forward in recent months with their own complaints of abusive treatment within the CIA.

4 weeks ago

A ‘lethal threat’: why the far right sees more scrutiny than the left

Security officials and scholars across the political spectrum agree that far-right movements vice left have caused most recent domestic political violence.

5 weeks ago

House Republicans subpoena IRS, FBI agents in Hunter Biden probe

Leaders of the House Judiciary and Ways and Means committees demanded testimony from four agents who worked on the years-long Justice Department case.

5 weeks ago

Federal Bureau of Prisons sued by ‘rape club’ inmates over sex abuse

Suit alleges the BOP and staff at the Dublin facility in California didn’t do enough to prevent sexual abuse going back to the 1990s.

5 weeks ago

Special counsel appointed in Justice Dept. probe of Hunter Biden

Legal proceedings are dramatically shaping the 2024 presidential race in an unprecedented way.

6 weeks ago

DOJ/FBI

From investigations to indictments to sentencing, keep up with the latest Justice Department and FBI efforts to keep government and contractors accountable.

There are 94 U.S. Attorney’s Offices where prosecutors look at evidence and decide whether to file charges.

Ray Epps, who claimed in a lawsuit that Fox News made him a scapegoat for the Capitol riot, was charged with disorderly conduct on restricted grounds.

The move would not open the door for Trump, if he’s elected again in 2024, to issue pardons as any conviction would still happen under state law.

“We are laser-focused on rooting out the procurement networks fueling the Russian war machine,” said Matthew Axelrod, an export enforcement official.

Clark is charged along with former President Donald Trump and others with participating in a scheme to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential victory.

Biden says federal whistleblower protections sought by the agents don’t include the sharing of confidential information.

Former Justice Dept. official Jeffrey Clark is one of five defendants seeking to move his case out of a court in Georgia.

The U.S. government has warned a Virginia judge that allowing a U.S. Marine to keep an Afghan war orphan risks violating international law,

Senators complained that Colette Peters appears to have reneged on promises she made when she took the job last year that she’d be candid with lawmakers.

Felony convictions have been vacated for four Navy officers in a sprawling bribery scandal due to prosecutorial misconduct.

The 17-year prison term for organizer Joseph Biggs and 15-year stint for leader Zachary Rehl were the second and third longest sentences handed down yet.

A company officer has to respond to the letter under oath or the agency said it will refer the matter to the Justice Department.

Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio’s sentencing for orchestrating the group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol has been delayed until Sept. 5.

An investigation by Military Times and The Texas Tribune charts the rise and fall of a military intelligence directorate gone rogue on the border.

At least two-dozen women have come forward in recent months with their own complaints of abusive treatment within the CIA.

Security officials and scholars across the political spectrum agree that far-right movements vice left have caused most recent domestic political violence.

Leaders of the House Judiciary and Ways and Means committees demanded testimony from four agents who worked on the years-long Justice Department case.

Suit alleges the BOP and staff at the Dublin facility in California didn’t do enough to prevent sexual abuse going back to the 1990s.

Legal proceedings are dramatically shaping the 2024 presidential race in an unprecedented way.