The Latest Breaking News from Department of Justice

FBI searched Biden’s beach house amid document probe, lawyer says

US president’s lawyer says search, conducted with Biden’s cooperation, did not result in finding classified documents.

Al Jazeera · Feb 1, 2023

No classified documents found during ‘planned’ search of Biden’s beach house, lawyer says

Mr Biden’s personal lawyer says the search ‘is a further step in a thorough and timely DOJ process we will continue to fully support and facilitate’

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

Goldfields prisoner waited two hours for treatment after stroke, inquest hears

A WA coroner stops short of blaming prison and hospital staff over a 48-year-old Aboriginal inmate's death in custody, but says senior staff at a regional jail need to understand preservation of life is more important than the completion of paperwork.

ABC News · Jan 30, 2023

Biden and Trump are both accused of mishandling classified documents – but there are key differences

When the US Department of Justice revealed on January 21 that its investigators had found classified materials in Joe Biden’s Delaware home, there was outrage – or, to be more accurate in most cases faux outrage – in Republican party circles. They wasted no time in demanding further investigation into…

The Conversation · Jan 27, 2023

Meet the Justice Department attorney who'll square off in House GOP investigations

WASHINGTON — Assistant Attorney General Carlos Uriarte has spent months preparing to face off against House Republicans as they unleash a gantlet of congressional investigations into the Justice Department.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 27, 2023

FBI says it 'hacked the hackers' to shut down major ransomware group

The FBI spent months spying on the ransomware group Hive and secretly helped victims before shutting the entire operation down.

WEKU · Jan 26, 2023

US shuts down major ransomware network Hive

US officials say Hive ransomware network extorted more than $100m from victims in more than 80 countries.

Al Jazeera · Jan 26, 2023

Memphis police chief says 5 officers "directly responsible" for "physical abuse" of Tyre Nichols

Nichols died days after a forceful encounter with officers during a traffic stop.

Axios · Jan 26, 2023

Eric Burlison led effort to expand gun rights in Missouri. Now, as congressman, he wants to repeal key federal gun law

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison, who led the effort to expand gun rights in Missouri when he was a member of the state Senate, is now going after a cornerstone federal gun law used by the Department of Justice to reduce gun violence.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 26, 2023

What we know about Tyre Nichols' death after Memphis police traffic stop

Attorneys for Nichols' family said video of the stop showed police "beating" him for three minutes.

Axios · Jan 25, 2023