Tag Archives: Justice Department

The Justice Department announced on Saturday that it will no longer seize journalist records during leak investigations. It comes as a policy shift of a practice that was condemned by news organizations. It also comes after a report that federal prosecutors aggressively sought communication data from reporters in an effort to identify …

On Thursday, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill condemning discrimination against the Asian community. It also created a new position at the Justice Department to expedite potential COVID-19 related hate crimes. According to CNN, the vote tallied in 94-1, with the lone vote in opposition from Missouri Republican Senator Josh …

As part of his continuance to undo the 45th President of the United States’ previous work, President Joe Biden’s administration has authorized the Justice Department to drop an affirmative action lawsuit filed by the Trump administration against Yale University in 2020. His administration had cited that the school was reportedly …

According to a new New York Times report, the Justice Department is attempting to strip away civil rights protections for communities of color. Donald Trump is trying to make his last weeks in office hell for all American people, but, in particular, for folks who aren’t white, straight, or male. …

The Justice Department has declined to federally charge the two police officers who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice. In 2014, white Cleveland officers Timothy Loehmann and his partner Frank Garmback responded to a 911 call about a “guy” pointing a gun at people. The man who dialed 911 was waiting on …

Attorney General William Barr is dragging members of his own agency, equating Department of Justice prosecutors to preschoolers. His rant on Wednesday comes after several government lawyers moved to abandon the prosecution of Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn and seek a lighter sentence for former Trump campaign manager …

Three of the four senators under investigation for insider trading have had their charges dismissed by the Justice Department on Tuesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. Defense attorneys for Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and James Inhofe R-Okla. were alerted by prosecutors that the investigation into their trading …