The Latest Breaking News from Justice Department

Federal Prison Guards Confessed to Rape and Got Away With It

"I knew they were scumbags," a former Bureau of Prisons officer tells Reason.

Reason · Sep 3, 2023

Can Donald Trump still run for president after four indictments?

Republican former president faces federal indictments in Florida and DC and criminal and civil cases in both New York and Georgia

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023

'We’ll … kill you:' Election workers get threats, warnings they'll be lynched, US government says

More than a dozen people nationally have been charged with threatening election workers by a special Justice Department unit

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023

Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio to be sentenced for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack

Former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday for orchestrating the far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

Proud Boys sentencing hearing cancelled for ex leader Enrique Tarrio ‘due to emergency’: Live

Fellow Proud Boys Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl and Dominic Pezzola are also facing sentencing

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

Lawyer’s indicted with Trump argue they were just doing their jobs: ‘That’s a fuzzy line’

The 18 defendants charged alongside former President Donald Trump in this month’s racketeering indictment in Fulton County, Georgia, include more than a half-dozen lawyers

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

Lawyers indicted with Trump say they were doing their jobs. But that may be a tough argument to make

The 18 defendants charged alongside former President Donald Trump in this month’s racketeering indictment in Fulton County, Georgia, include more than a half-dozen lawyers

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2023

FBI shuts down Qakbot malware tied to ransomware, financial fraud - Roll Call

The FBI disrupted malware that affected 200,000 U.S. computers, including at a contractor for critical infrastructure.

Roll Call · Aug 29, 2023

It's time to rethink Rudy Giuliani and his claim to discover RICO

Giuliani has long claimed that he dreamed up the idea of using the federal RICO law to target mafia families when he was a federal prosecutor.

WEKU · Aug 29, 2023

Trump, January 6 and a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election: The federal investigation, explained

A sprawling Justice Department probe into the former president and his allies yielded four criminal charges in a stunning indictment outlining a path to power at whatever cost, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2023