DC Circuit Digs Into Resumption of Federal Death Penalty
Two Trump appointees sat on the D.C. Circuit panel Wednesday that considered the government’s bid to resume executing federal prisoners after a 16-year moratorium.
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Feds Call Shooting at Florida Military Base an Act of Terror
A shooting at a naval air station in Pensacola last month was an act of terrorism motivated by jihadist ideology, the Justice Department said Monday.
Read moreUS Attorney Blasts San Francisco Policies That Limit Cooperation With Feds
Touting the indictment of two gang members following a joint investigation by local police and feds, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California on Thursday blasted San Francisco policies that limit cooperation with federal agents.
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West Virginia Governor Cleared in Probe of Businesses
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has been cleared in a federal investigation that sought financial records from his golf resort and other businesses, his attorney said.
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Feds Want Six-Month Sentence for Ex-Trump Adviser Flynn
In a reversal triggered by Michael Flynn’s shocking effort to slip out from under a guilty plea, federal prosecutors flipped on their recommendation of probation for the former Trump national security adviser and now propose up to six months in prison.
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House Panel Leaves Door Open for More Impeachment Articles
Still fighting for the testimony of former White House counsel Don McGahn related to the 2016 election, the House Judiciary Committee said Monday it could recommend more articles of impeachment be brought against President Donald Trump.
Read moreTrump’s DOJ Says No Need to Rush on McGahn Subpoena
Just days after saying that the House impeachment vote mooted a court fight with subpoenaed former White House counsel Don McGahn, the Trump administration told the D.C. Circuit the opposite Monday, saying now would be a good time for courts to slow down the case.
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Watchdog Pushes Back on Claims of Bias in Russia Probe
The Justice Department’s inspector general was back in the hot seat Wednesday, fielding questions from senators on his explosive report on the origins of the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.
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Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing on Federal Funding Halt to Sanctuary Cities
The Ninth Circuit Tuesday denied Los Angeles’ petition for a rehearing of a decision that allowed the Justice Department to withhold law enforcement funding from sanctuary cities that do not comply with its immigration policies.
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Sixth Circuit Hears Debate Over Legality of Bump Stocks
A gun rights lobbyist group argued before the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday that rapid-fire gun attachments known as bump stocks should not be included in the government’s definition of machine gun.
Read moreFBI’s Embattled Ex-Agent Lisa Page Sues Under Privacy Act
Lisa Page, the ex-FBI agent long vilified by the White House to advance its discredited theory of a liberal plot to prevent Donald Trump’s election, brought a federal complaint Tuesday that accuses her former employer and the Department of Justice of privacy violations.
Read moreTrump Puts Wray on Notice Over Report on Russia Probe
President Donald Trump appeared ready to sack a second FBI director Tuesday, following the release of a Justice Department report that refutes Trump’s claim that the investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia was a politically motivated “witch hunt.”
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Feds Seek Light Sentence for Mueller Witness Rick Gates
The Justice Department is asking for a lenient sentence for Rick Gates, ahead of the star witness from the Mueller investigation appearing in federal court next week to find out how his guilty plea and testimony in three criminal trials will impact his punishment.
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DOJ Watchdog Report Finds No Bias in Russia Probe
The Justice Department’s inspector general released a 434-page report Monday refuting Republican claims that the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election was based on political motives.
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Watchdog Expected to Find Russia Probe Valid
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog was to release a highly anticipated report Monday that is expected to reject President Donald Trump’s claims that the Russia investigation was illegitimate and tainted by political bias from FBI leaders. it also is expected to document errors during the investigation that may animate Trump supporters.
Read moreHouse Passes Update to Landmark Voting Rights Act
Responding to a 2013 Supreme Court decision, the House of Representatives on Friday updated the law that mandates oversight of certain states with records of discriminatory voting laws.
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Feds Grilled Over Trump Appointment of Immigration Official
A federal judge told the Justice Department on Tuesday that its case for the legitimacy of President Donald Trump appointing the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services eviscerates a law Congress passed to ensure top agency officials are Senate-confirmed.
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Ruckelshaus, Who Defied Nixon in Watergate Firing, Dies
William Doyle Ruckelshaus, who famously quit his job in the U.S. Justice Department rather than carry out President Richard Nixon’s order to fire the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal, has died. He was 87.
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Judge Delays Flynn Sentencing Until Release of DOJ Report
A federal judge has agreed to postpone Michael Flynn’s sentencing originally slated for Dec. 18 after both sides requested a delay until the release of a Justice Department internal report on the investigation into Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.
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Feds Accused of Stonewalling Media Request for Mueller Records
A lawyer representing CNN in a battle for access to sealed records from the Mueller investigation told a federal judge in Washington on Monday that the Justice Department is intentionally delaying production of the documents.
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