The Latest Breaking News from the Justice Department

Long road to compensation for Camp Lejeune victims takes a turn - Roll Call

The government takes a step to settle claims from veterans and their families who say they were harmed by drinking water at Camp Lejeune.

Roll Call · Sep 20, 2023

Attorney General Garland set to face his GOP critics as Justice Department is under heavy scrutiny

Attorney General Merrick Garland is set to come face-to-face with his most ardent critics as House Republicans prepare to use a routine oversight hearing to interrogate him about what they claim is the “weaponization” of the Justice Department under President Joe Biden

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023

Trump’s Georgia co-defendants start to turn on ex-president

Jeffrey Clark’s lawyer was trying to demonstrate that his client was simply working in his capacity as a DOJ official in an effort to move the case to federal court

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Hunter Biden fires back, sues IRS

Biden accuses IRS agents of “engaging in a campaign to publicly smear” him and unlawfully releasing his tax info

Salon · Sep 18, 2023

Judge to hold hearing on ex-DOJ official's request to move Georgia election case to federal court

A federal judge who rejected efforts by former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows to move his charges in the Georgia election subversion case to federal court is set to hear arguments from former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark on the same issue

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 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 · Sep 15, 2023

A new Iran deal shows the Biden administration is willing to pay a big price to free Americans

As the Biden administration heralds the forthcoming release of five U.S. citizens detained by Iran, it’s also confronting questions about the price being paid to bring them home

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

US fights to stop soldier from keeping Afghan war orphan

Marine Major Joshua Mast and his wife were accused of abducting the baby girl after her entire family were killed in a US special forces raid

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

GOP makes Hunter's case a personal trial

From impeachment to death threats, it's all serving the purpose of hurting Joe Biden personally

Salon · Sep 15, 2023

The Justice Department says there's no valid basis for the judge to step aside from Trump's DC case

The Justice Department is challenging efforts by ex-President Donald Trump to disqualify the Washington judge presiding over the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023