The Latest Breaking News from Justice Department

Will Trump be charged for Jan. 6? Committee floats crimes

The Senate acquitted former President Donald Trump last year of inciting the Capitol insurrection

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2022

DeJoy may have new conflict of interest

Justice Department urged to investigate after watchdog group found DeJoy owns stock in Abbott Laboratories

Salon · Apr 1, 2022

Postmaster General says he's been cleared in federal probe

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022

Ahead of House vote – why can’t the US bring itself to legalise marijuana?

Gulf continues to grow between federal prohibition and state-led legalisation

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

Ukraine's Zelenskiy hires U.S. law firm for sanctions advice

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office has hired an American law firm to advise on Western sanctions imposed after Russia's invasion and help engage with U.S. officials on policy matters, according to a filing with the U.S. Justice Department.

Reuters · Mar 30, 2022

Commentary: Love Texas' SB 8 because you hate abortion? Wait until a copycat law comes for your gun rights

For months now, the federal courts have aided and abetted an outrageous attack on the rule of law.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 30, 2022

Editorial: Jan. 6 phone record gap hints that Trump may have committed crimes

A steady drip of evidence continues to indicate that former President Donald Trump may have personally committed crimes in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. A federal judge said as much on Monday, finding that facts show it is “more likely than not” Trump on that day committed…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Mar 30, 2022

How China's TikTok, Facebook influencers push propaganda

China’s state media reporters are positing as travel bloggers and lifestyle influencers on U.S.-owned social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

EXPLAINER: What the law says about presidential records

Revelations of a roughly eight-hour gap in official records of then-President Donald Trump’s phone calls on the day of last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are raising fresh questions about the diligence — or lack thereof — of the White House’s record-keeping

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

Democrats push Garland to come down on uncooperative Trump allies

The pressure campaign is putting President Biden on a collision course with his own party.

Axios · Mar 30, 2022