The suite of government offices on Meeting Street in downtown Charleston is nearly empty with the exception of a busy man who wipes down surfaces with virus-killing disinfectants before getting down to business.
The Justice Department is creating a special task force to address criminal misconduct by federal Bureau of Prison officers at several correctional facilities.
Ji Chaoqun, 27, is charged with one count of knowingly acting in the U.S. as an agent of a foreign government without prior notification of the attorney general.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in a raised voice and animated tone, told Congress on Tuesday he never lied under oath about Russian interference in the 2016 election and suggested that sleep deprivation and the “chaos” of the Trump campaign clouded his recollections of campaign contacts with Russians.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said encryption is a valuable tool for data security and the digital economy, but noted society hasn’t before had a system where criminal evidence can be totally impervious to detection.
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