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Justice Dept. announces $3.6B crypto seizure, 2 arrests

The Justice Department has announced its largest-ever financial seizure — more than $3.5 billion — and the arrests of a New York couple accused of conspiring to launder billions of dollars in cryptocurrency

The Independent UK

DOJ seizes $3.6 billion in Bitcoin stolen in Bitfinex hack

WASHINGTON — The U.S. seized about $3.6 billion in Bitcoin stolen during a 2016 hack of the Bitfinex currency exchange — the largest financial seizure ever — and arrested two people, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

US stands by Boeing settlement reached in Trump's final days

The Justice Department is standing by a settlement it reached with Boeing to drop criminal charges relating to the 737 Max airliner

The Independent UK

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$3.6bn bitcoin seized from New York couple charged over Bitfinex cryptocurrency hack

It is the largest seizure of cryptocurrency in the history of the Justice Department

The Independent UK

No Pseudonymity in Challenge to Justice Department's "China Initiative"

From Chief Judge Beryl Howell's decision Jan. 28 in Lee v. U.S.: Plaintiff, who is using the name "Lee" for purposes of this case, seeks to proceed under pseudonym in the instant action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief related to the "China Initiative," an alleged "government sponsored program which institutionalizes…

Reason

Justice Department evaluating safe injection sites for drugs like heroin

The sites aim to mitigate overdoses by providing safe places for individuals to use the drugs

The Independent UK

Delta asks Justice Dept. to put unruly passengers on national no-fly list

Delta Air Lines is asking the U.S. Justice Department to create a national no-fly list of passengers who have been convicted for on-board disruptions.

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AP investigation: Women's prison fostered culture of abuse

An Associated Press investigation has found a permissive and toxic culture at a Northern California federal prison for women

The Independent UK

Delta asks Justice Department to put unruly passengers on national no-fly list

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines is asking the U.S. Justice Department to create a national no-fly list of passengers who have been convicted for on-board disruptions.

Tribune News Service

Steve Bannon's defense for snubbing subpoena has no merit, Justice Department says

Longtime Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon should be barred from claiming at trial that he was relying on legal advice from the former president’s lawyer when he balked at lawmakers’ subpoenas, prosecutors told a judge.

Tribune News Service

FOIA Advocates Say Biden Administration Is Ignoring Transparency Issues

New administrations usually issue memos on transparency. The Biden administration has ignored calls to do so.

Reason

A California Sheriff Remains Free To Rob Armored Cars Carrying Money From State-Licensed Marijuana Businesses

A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order, saying the evidence of legal violations is insufficient at this point.

Reason

Ex-Justice official threatened with contempt faces Jan. 6 panel

WASHINGTON — Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, who faced the threat of being held in contempt of Congress, appeared Wednesday for closed-door questioning before a House panel investigating last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service

Appeals court skeptical of judge’s ruling blocking access to Sen. Burr warrant

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court indicated Wednesday it may overturn a judge’s ruling that blocked the public’s access to a search warrant for Sen. Richard Burr’s cellphone, which was part of an investigation into his stock trades.

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Chicago Police Department slow to make reform progress since the shooting of Laquan McDonald and still in need of a cultural change, experts say

CHICAGO — The shooting of Laquan McDonald triggered a momentous police reform effort that spawned a scathing Justice Department report and an extensive consent decree and for the first time added community members directly into Chicago police oversight.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: OK, Justice Department, you have plenty of evidence to indict Trump now

Combined with what we already knew, former President Donald Trump’s statement Sunday night leaves no doubt that his intent on Jan. 6 had been to overturn the results of the election he lost:

Al Jazeera

NSO Group offered ‘bags of cash’ to access cell network: Reports

US whistle-blower accuses Israeli firm of making offer in 2017 call, Washington Post and other outlets have reported.

Chicago Sun-Times

NAACP urges federal charges in Laquan McDonald’s killing

Former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke is scheduled to be released from prison Thursday after serving less than half of his state prison term.

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The Independent UK

NAACP urges federal charges in killing of Laquan McDonald

The NAACP is urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to bring federal civil rights charges against the white Chicago police officer who fatally shot Black teenager Laquan McDonald

Chicago Sun-Times

Justice Department must be aggressive to defend voting rights

The DOJ must use its authority to challenge discriminatory reforms immediately, before the election. The new obstacles must be exposed as the insult that they are, and used to motivate even more people to vote.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Accuses Iranians of Attempt to Smuggle Advanced Weapons to IRGC

The Justice Department on Friday said an Iranian, carrying the British nationality, has pleaded guilty for exporting advanced weapons from the United States to Iran. Meanwhile, an indictment was unsealed charging four individuals with the same offense, as well as related offenses. In a statement, the Department said that according…

Tribune News Service

Man convicted in 1988 explosion that killed 6 Kansas City firefighters wins $344K in records suit

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal judge has awarded more than $344,000 in legal fees to a former prisoner who sued the Justice Department seeking answers about a 1988 explosion that killed six Kansas City firefighters, for which he spent nearly 20 years in prison.

The Independent UK

Feds accuse Texas man of selling gun used to take hostages

The Justice Department says a Texas man has been charged with a federal gun crime after authorities say he sold a gun to a man who held four hostages inside a Texas synagogue earlier this month

Chicago Sun-Times

Activists plan downtown rally Feb. 3 to protest release of Jason Van Dyke

Rev. Jesse Jackson is lobbying the Justice Department to file civil rights charges against Van Dyke for the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald.

The Independent UK

Texas man charged with election threats to Georgia officials

The Justice Department says a Texas man has been arrested on charges of posting threatening messages on Craigslist about killing government officials in Georgia following the 2020 election

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