Ex-Secret Service Agent Sentenced to Additional 2 Years in Prison for Bitcoin Theft
A former Secret Service agent received an additional two years in prison for stealing bitcoins during an investigation into drug marketplace Silk Road.
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Ex-FBI Informant to Testify about Obama-Era Nuclear Bribery Scheme
The Justice Department has given the green light to a former FBI informant to testify before Congress about what he discovered in an undercover investigation about the Russian nuclear industry’s efforts to buy uranium in the U.S. during the Obama administration.
Border Patrol Agents Increasingly Coming Under Attack This Year
Assaults on Border Patrol agents are significantly on the rise this year.
AG Sessions Creates Safeguards After Reinstating Controversial Asset Forfeiture
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is creating safeguards to detect problems with the asset forfeiture program that he reinstated amid criticism from Democrats and Republicans.
Judge Limits DOJ Warrant Seeking Data from Anti-Trump Site
A federal judge drastically scaled back a Justice Department warrant seeking digital data about visitors to an anti-Trump website that helped organize protests against the president.
Justice Department Awards $37M to Address Backlog in Rape Kits
The Justice Department plans to use $37 million to help state, local and tribal governments address a backlog of sexual assault evidence that is preventing the capture of violent offenders.
DOJ Trying to Force Facebook to Reveal Names Associated with Anti-Trump Event
The Justice Department is trying to force Facebook to disclose the names of everyone who interacted with an event page about an anti-Donald Trump rally during the presidential inauguration.
Manafort Calls on Justice Department to Investigate Leak of FBI Wiretaps
President Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, is urging the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate who leaked to the media information about the FBI conducting several wiretap probes of him, Bloomberg reports.