The Latest Breaking News from Merrick B Garland

US Dismantles 'World's Largest Botnet' Operated By Chinese National Who Hacked 19 Million PCs

Massive botnet infecting millions of computers taken down in international operation. US arrests mastermind behind $5.9B COVID fraud scheme.

International Business Times UK · May 31, 2024

Chinese man arrested for allegedly running ‘largest ever’ malware network

US officials say army of 19 million infected computers enabled fraud, identity theft and child exploitation.

Al Jazeera · May 30, 2024

Justice Department seeks to break up concert giant Live Nation - Roll Call

The Justice Department, 29 states and D.C. filed an antitrust lawsuit Thursday seeking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster.

Roll Call · May 23, 2024

Apple lawsuit pits US free-market goal against app security - Roll Call

An antitrust suit challenging Apple's control over apps comes as Congress weighs putting more controls on apps such as Tiktok.

Roll Call · Mar 26, 2024

Apple wields iPhone power to thwart competition, U.S. suit says - Roll Call

Apple has gained monopoly power in the smartphone market "by violating federal antitrust law,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland alleged.

Roll Call · Mar 21, 2024

Special counsel backs no charges in Biden classified records probe - Roll Call

President Joe Biden should not face criminal charges for retaining classified documents, a special counsel report released Thursday concluded.

Roll Call · Feb 8, 2024

Lawmakers back maximum prison sentence in tax record leak case - Roll Call

Lawmakers have backed a tough prison sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to leaking tax records of Donald Trump, Sen. Rick Scott and more.

Roll Call · Jan 26, 2024

Appeals court rules private groups can’t file lawsuits over key Voting Rights Act section - Roll Call

A divided federal appeals court ruled Monday that advocacy groups can’t file lawsuits under a section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Roll Call · Nov 20, 2023

House backers of proposed cuts to federal law enforcement see Johnson as an ally - Roll Call

GOP colleagues of Speaker Mike Johnson anticipate he’ll be an ally of efforts to slash the budgets of federal law enforcement agencies.

Roll Call · Nov 14, 2023

Trump lawyers point to House select Jan. 6 panel in effort to dismiss criminal charges - Roll Call

Lawyers for Donald Trump argued that President Joe Biden and his administration coordinated with a House panel to bring criminal charges.

Roll Call · Oct 24, 2023