The White House is backing the arrest of pro-Palestinian protest leader and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, saying the Department of Homeland Security plans to continue targeting demonstrators.
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.
FBI officials repeatedly violated their own standards when they used a foreign surveillance authority in 2020 for information on racial justice protesters, according to two reports declassified Friday.
The Justice Department has ordered the U.S. Marshals to provide protection for U.S. Supreme Court and its justices amid the looming decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
At least eight people have been charged in demonstrations that left an ICE building vandalized in Portland, police said.
An FBI bulletin warns that armed protesters are planning to gather at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol in the run-up to Inauguration Day.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf discussed Portland protests, systemic racism, domestic terrorism and other issues in this 13-minute interview with Axios.
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee is investigating Homeland Security’s involvement in protests in Portland and other cities.
