Feds Seek Release of Ex-Informant Who Lied About Bidens
The U.S. government is now supporting the release of a former FBI informant who fabricated a bribery story about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
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Justice Department Disbands Crypto Crimes Team, Shifts Focus
The Justice Department is disbanding its team of prosecutors focused on cryptocurrency-related crimes and narrowing its enforcement efforts in the sector.
DOJ sent armed marshals to warn ex-pardon attorney ahead of testimony
The Justice Department sent armed U.S. marshals to the home of a former career official who was preparing to testify before congressional Democrats, an unusual move her attorney described as “unprecedented and completely inappropriate.”
Trump administration to roll back key Biden-era gun control policies
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Justice Department Suspends Lawyer Who Admits in Court There Was No Legal Basis to Deport Maryland Man to El Salvador
The U.S. Justice Department has suspended a senior attorney who admitted in court he didn’t understand why a Maryland man was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.
Justice Department Declined to Charge Ken Paxton in Corruption Probe
The U.S. Justice Department quietly decided in the final weeks of the Biden administration not to charge Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, effectively ending a long-running federal corruption investigation.
Trump Taps Loyalist Lawyer Stanley Woodward for Top Justice Department Post
Donald Trump has nominated Stanley Woodward, a lawyer with deep ties to his legal battles, as associate attorney general — the third-ranking post at the U.S. Justice Department.
U.S. Deports Legal Resident to Salvadoran Megaprison Despite Court Order
The U.S. government mistakenly deported a Maryland man to El Salvador despite a court order protecting him from removal, landing him in a notorious prison where he remains in legal limbo.