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News Articles: Justice Department

eBay, a global e-commerce company based in San Jose, Calif., accepted responsibility for its former employees' actions in a 2019 harassment campaign, federal authorities said Thursday.

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eBay will pay a $3 million fine over former employees' harassment campaign

The penalty settles charges against eBay more than three years after then-employees sent spiders and cockroaches, among other things, to a couple over their newsletter's coverage of the company.

January 12, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
The Fulton County Jail is shown April 11, 2023, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Man dies after he was found unresponsive in cell at problem-plagued jail in Atlanta

Authorities said a man who was being held at the problem-plagued Fulton County Jail in Atlanta has died at a hospital after he was found unresponsive in his cell.

January 10, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump speaks after exiting the courtroom for a break at New York Supreme Court on Dec. 7 in New York.

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  • Law

Special counsel asks Supreme Court to decide whether Trump has immunity

The special counsel prosecuting Donald Trump wants the Supreme Court to decide whether Trump enjoys absolute immunity from election interference charges.

December 11, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Department of Justice on Wednesday as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, right, looks on.

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  • Law

U.S. unveils war crimes charges against 4 Russian-allied troops

The indictment, unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia, marks the first time the U.S. has brought war crimes charges in connection with the Russian assault on Ukraine.

December 07, 2023
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  • Washington Desk and
  • Ryan Lucas
In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo with the White House in the background, President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Washington.

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  • Law

Prosecutors cite Trump's history of false election claims as evidence of motive

Prosecutors want to use evidence of former President Trump's baseless statements about election fraud and his embrace of rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, to bolster the election interference case against him.

December 05, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
A government official says the U.S. has thwarted an alleged plot to kill Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil.

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  • Law

U.S. charges Indian national in alleged assassination plot of Sikh separatist in NYC

According to the indictment, an Indian government employee recruited the defendant in May to orchestrate the plot, offering to secure the dismissal of a criminal case against him in India in return.

November 29, 2023
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  • Ryan Lucas
Changpeng Zhao, widely known as CZ, will step down from Binance, the crypto company he founded in 2017, as part of a deal with the Department of Justice and U.S. regulators.

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  • Business

CZ, founder of crypto giant Binance, pleads guilty to money laundering violations

Changpeng Zhao agreed to plead guilty to money laundering charges and step down from Binance as part of a sweeping settlement with the Department of Justice and top regulators.

November 21, 2023
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  • David Gura
Former President Donald Trump, shown here at a mixed martial arts event on Nov. 11, is asking to be freed from a gag order in an election interference case.

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  • Law

An appeals court hears arguments about Trump's gag order in Jan. 6 case

Lawyers for the former president and the special counsel team argued before a federal appeals court about the scope of a gag order lodged against him. The court gave no timetable for a ruling.

November 20, 2023
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  • Carrie Johnson
Police and security stand outside the Center for Jewish Living at Cornell University on Nov. 3 in Ithaca, New York. The university canceled classes after one of its students is accused of making violent antisemetic threats.

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  • National Security

As threats against Jews, Arabs and Muslims rise, Justice Department looks to help

The Justice Department is engaging with the Jewish, Arab and Muslim communities in the U.S. as they face a wave of threats since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

November 17, 2023
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
Then-President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to speak at a rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Law

The election interference case against Trump is taking shape

Prosecutors are tying former President Donald Trump to the violent events on Jan. 6, 2021. His lawyers asked a court to strip references to that language from his federal indictment.

November 17, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
The entrance to the Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee in Florida.

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  • Law

Justice Department watchdog finds alarming conditions inside Florida federal prison

The inspector general's office found inmates served moldy bread, containers of food covered by what appear to be rodent droppings and insects in bags of cereal.

November 09, 2023
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  • Ryan Lucas
GPB  NPR

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  • National

DOJ opens civil rights probes into South Carolina jails beset by deaths and violence

Jails in Charleston and Columbia where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars are under federal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department said.

November 02, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump boards his plane at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on Monday.

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  • Law

Trump's lawyers urge judge to dismiss federal election interference case

The former president's lawyers are arguing that the Justice Department is criminalizing "core political speech" protected by the First Amendment and selectively targeting him for prosecution.

October 24, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
Former President Donald Trump speaks after returning from a break during his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on Oct. 18 in New York City.

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  • Law

Trump isn't above the law, Justice Department tells a judge

Prosecutors said the former president should not enjoy blanket immunity from criminal prosecution in the federal election interference case against him.

October 20, 2023
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson
This photo shows a sign of Rite Aid on its store in Pittsburgh on Jan. 23, 2023. Rite Aid, a major U.S. pharmacy chain, said Sunday, Oct. 15, that it has filed for bankruptcy as part of its effort to restructure its finances.

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  • Business

Pharmacy chain Rite Aid files for bankruptcy amid declining sales and opioid lawsuits

Rite Aid said it was arranging for payment of wages and other costs as usual, though some "underperforming" stores among its more than 2,100 pharmacies in 17 states will be closed.

October 16, 2023
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