Special Counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court to reinstate the criminal case against Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents, following a lower court’s dismissal of the charges in July.
One of the country’s top federal narcotics prosecutors violated ethics rules last year after drunkenly handing his business card to Florida police during a hit-and-run investigation.
Five people, including Matthew Perry’s personal assistant and two doctors, were charged in connection with the actor’s death, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
The Justice Department’s watchdog admonished Attorney General William Barr for a “chaotic and disorganized” handling of the protests following George Floyd’s murder in 2020, though it concluded he did not order the forced removal of protesters from a park near the White House.
Two former senior FBI officials have reached a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve lawsuits that allege they were unfairly targeted because they investigated then-President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia.
More than 40 former and current Justice Department officials endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, saying the “stakes could not be higher.”
Federal prosecutors disrupted an AI-generated Russian propaganda campaign that spread online disinformation in the U.S. and abroad.
The Justice Department, under a Biden administration initiative set to be revealed within weeks, will offer whistleblowers a share of penalties and fees, potentially totaling millions, for tips leading to successful prosecutions.
