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News Articles: Justice Department

 Lewisburg federal penitentiary in central Pennsylvania.

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  • National

DOJ watchdog: federal prison not doing enough to prevent inmate suicides

Lewisburg federal prison, a facility located in central Pennsylvania where thousands of inmates often pass through on their way to other federal institutions, was found to have problems with addressing mental health risks, healthcare quality, leaking infrastructure and employee conduct.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
A file photo from June 8, 2018 shows a control room at RT's Moscow studios. The state media organization has been accused by the Justice Department of covertly paying pro-Trump influencers in the U.S.

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  • News

How Russia’s RT went from a cable news clone to covert operator

RT was long known to be a source of Russian propaganda. But a recent indictment of two employees for covertly funneling $10 million to pro-Trump influencers shines a light on its covert activities.

September 26, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
This combination of photos shows former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to state and federal charges for torturing two Black men, from top left, former Rankin County sheriff’s deputies Hunter Elward, Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton, Daniel Opdyke and former Richland police officer Joshua Hartfield, during court appearances Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Brandon, Miss.

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  • Law

DOJ investigates Mississippi sheriff's office following 'Goon Squad' torture case

Last year, two Black men were beaten and tasered by six officers in a no-warrant house raid. Since then, the Justice Department said it got more complaints regarding similar instances by the deputies.

September 21, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump, John Lauro (left) and Todd Blanche (second left), depart the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C., in 2023, near a protester wearing a costume in Trump's likeness.

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  • Law

Trump Jan. 6 case gets its first hearing since the Supreme Court's immunity ruling

Lawyers for the government's special counsel and former President Donald Trump are set to clash in court in Washington over how the election interference case against him will proceed.

September 05, 2024
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivers remarks alongside Ukrainian officials at the Department of Justice in 2022 in Washington, D.C.

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  • National Security

U.S. accuses Russia of sophisticated influence campaigns against U.S. voters

The U.S. government accused Russia of trying to interfere with this year's elections and announced new steps to counter those actions.

September 05, 2024
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block and
  • Shannon Bond
People walk past a billboard showing a portrait of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (top) next to Palestine Square in the Tehran on Aug. 12, 2024.

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  • Law

U.S. charges Hamas leaders with terrorism over October attack in Israel

The Justice Department is charging six Hamas leaders with terrorism, including the architect of the group’s deadly Oct. 7 attack against Israel.

September 04, 2024
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  • Ryan Lucas
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump Todd Blanche (C) and Emil Bove (L) arrive at the court house in 2023 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

Justice Department wants more time on Trump election interference case

The Justice Department is asking for more time to share next steps in the federal election interference case against former President Donald Trump.

August 08, 2024
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  • Carrie Johnson
This image provided by the Justice Department, contained in the complaint supporting the arrest warrant, shows Asif Merchant. The Pakistani man alleged to have ties to Iran has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations on U.S. soil, the Justice Department said Aug. 6, 2024.

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  • National

A man has been arrested for allegedly plotting to kill U.S. leaders

Asif Merchant allegedly paid undercover officers $5,000 as an advance to execute his plan, the Justice Department said.

August 07, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa.

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  • Technology

Justice Dept. claims TikTok collected views on issues like abortion and gun control

The US Justice Department late Friday accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion.

July 27, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
This image provided by the U.S. Department of State shows Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel.

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  • National

U.S. authorities arrest top Sinaloa cartel leader and son of 'El Chapo'

Ismael Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another cartel leader, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said.

July 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Attorney General Merrick Garland drafted some of the policies that guarantee the Justice Department's independence from the White House in his first big job after law school. Those policies are now in peril.

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  • Law

Supreme Court's immunity ruling could hurt Justice Department

The Supreme Court suggests a president's conversations with Justice Department officials are out of bounds for prosecutors -- even when he may be pressing them about investigations of his rivals.

July 03, 2024
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  • Carrie Johnson
 Beyonce, a beagle with one ear, pictured at Homeward Trails Animal Rescue in Fairfax, Va., in 2022 after being rescued from the Envigo breeding and research facility.

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  • Animals

A beleaguered breeder faces a record $35 million fine for mistreating its beagles

The companies behind the now-closed Virginia facility pleaded guilty to violating the Animal Welfare Act and Clean Water Act. Animal rights groups applaud the development and say there's more to do.

June 04, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Picture of an inmate's hand holding onto the bar of a jail cell.

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  • Politics

U.S. House passes McBath’s prison oversight bill

Legislation establishing oversight of the federal prison system sponsored by U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Marietta, has cleared the U.S. House of Representatives. 

May 23, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
The conservative justices of the U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Trump's immunity arguments and the experiences of the justices who might support it

Five of the six conservatives spent much of their lives in the Beltway, working in the White House and Justice Department, seeing their administrations as targets of unfair harassment by Democrats.

April 26, 2024
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
The Supreme Court will review part of a federal obstruction law that has been used to prosecute some of those individuals involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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  • Law

Supreme Court hears challenge to law used to prosecute hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants

The case tests the statute used to prosecute hundreds of defendants charged with invading the Capitol to stop the counting of electoral ballots for president in 2020.

April 16, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
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