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Garland Defends Memo Ordering FBI to Investigate Threats against School Boards
Attorney General Merrick Garland told senators on Wednesday that he had no plans to rescind a memo that orders the FBI to investigate threats against educators and school board members.
DOJ Reviews Preliminary Probe into Border Patrol Agents’ Handling of Haitian Migrants
Viral images of Border Patrol agents on horses trying to block Haitian migrants from entering Del Rio, Texas, sparked outrage, and Homeland Security officials pledged a swift investigation.
Grand Jury Indicts U.S. Marshal, Georgia Police Officer in Death of Man Shot 76 Times
A U.S. Marshal and Georgia police officer were indicted by a grand jury for their role in the 2016 killing of a man shot dozens of times while trying to make a fugitive arrest.
Dying Ex-FBI Agent John Connolly Is Headed Home to Massachusetts
John Connolly, the disgraced former FBI agent who was sentenced to 40 years behind bars for working with mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, is headed home to Massachusetts
Jacqueline Maguire Named Special Agent in Charge of FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office
Jacqueline Maguire has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office.
Man Who Fatally Shot DEA Agent on Amtrak Train in Arizona Was Out of Jail on Bond
By Steve Neavling The 26-year-old man who opened fire inside an Amtrak train and killed a DEA agent in Arizona and wounded a city police officer was facing multiple criminal charges in California. Darrion Taylor, who died in the shootout, was out of jail on bond in late December, Tucson.com reports. Taylor had been charged…
DEA’s Most Wanted Fugitive, a Columbian Drug Lord, Captured by Military Forces
Dairo Antonio Úsuga, Columbia’s most-wanted drug lord who was also targeted by the U.S. for cocaine trafficking, was arrested in a jungle hideout by military forces.
Giuliani’s Pal Lev Parnas Convicted
By Allan Lengel In a criminal case that was a carryover from the Trump Justice Department, Lev Parnas, a Florida businessman and former associate of Rudy Giuliani, was convicted Friday in New York of using funds from a foreign investor to influence political candidates with campaign donations, the Washington Post reports. It took a federal…