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Starkman: Why U.S. Chief Executives Are Above the Law
The Big question is: Why aren’t more CEOs in the U.S. facing criminal charges?
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DOJ Presents Boeing with ‘Sweetheart’ Plea Deal over Fatal Plane Crashes
The Justice Department is urging Boeing to plead guilty to fraud charges to avoid a criminal trial stemming from two airplane crashes in Indonesia in 2018 and Ethiopia in 2019
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Supreme Court Says DOJ Improperly Charged Hundreds of Jan. 6 Defendants
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that federal prosecutors overreached when using an obstruction law to charge hundreds of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Federal Law Enforcement Busts Nearly 200 People in $2.7B Health Care Fraud Crackdown
The Justice Department has charged nearly 200 people, including doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, in health care fraud schemes that totaled $2.7 billion in false claims.
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Cannon Rejects Trump’s FBI Misconduct Claims, But Grants Another Hearing
By Steve Neavling Former President Trump’s claims that the FBI misled the court to search Mar-a-Lago were rejected by Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday, but she granted an additional hearing on whether prosecutors improperly breached attorney-client privilege to secure their indictment. In an 11-page ruling, Cannon rejected Trump’s claims that the FBI misled a magistrate…
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House GOP Advances Major Reductions in Federal Law Enforcement
House Republicans seeking to punish federal law enforcement advanced legislation aimed at significantly reducing funding for the Justice Department and U.S. attorneys’ offices nationwide.
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DOJ Charges Russian Accused of Hacking Ukraine’s Government Systems in 2022
A Russian national has been charged with conspiring to hack into and destroy government computer systems and data in Ukraine and allied countries, including the U.S., the Justice Department announced Wednesday.