Attorney General Merrick Garland has tested positive for COVID-19, the Justice Department announced just hours after he held a news conference with FBI Director Christopher Wray, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and others.
The Justice Department is expanding its investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to include the events before the riot.
The federal government has agreed to pay the families of victims of the 2018 Parkland shooting massacre $127.5 million after the FBI failed to act on tips that may have prevented the shooting, the Justice Department said in a statement Wednesday.
Cameras for a documentary film were rolling as the far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers were meeting in downtown Washington, D.C., on Jan. 5, the day before the assault the U.S. Capitol, prosecutors said in a memo.
More than 14 months since the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the FBI is still seeking the public’s help in identifying more than 350 people still wanted for committing violent acts during the insurrection.
The first person to stand trial in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was found guilty on all charges Tuesday.
Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr in his forthcoming memoir criticizes the special counsel probe of Russia and former President Trump’s administration, calling it a “heavy-handed criminal investigation.”
The National Archives and Records Administration is asking the Justice Department to investigate how former President Trump handled White House records.
