WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- More than 1,100 former Department of Justice officials are calling on U.S. Attorney General William Barr to resign, local media reported on Monday. Barr has been under fire on allegations of "misuse of the criminal justice system" due to controversy surroundi...
Attorney General Michael Mukasey has highlighted a new facet of intellectual property (IP) theft to ponder: its ability fund other criminal activity. In a speech delivered on Friday in San Jose, Calif., Mukasey outlined the threat piracy poses to the United States, and the government’s new...
The U.S. Department of Justice and a group of 30 states on Thursday filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, accusing the concert giant of market dominance and demanding that it and Ticketmaster be broken up. “It is time to break it up,” said Attorney General Merrick...
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Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, announces a worldwide crackdown on opioid trafficking on the darknet with FBI Director Christopher Wray, center, and DEA Acting Administrator Timothy Shea, during a press conference at the Department of Justice, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 in Washington. Law enfo...
“At a time when confidence and trust in the Department of Justice and federal law enforcement is at a low point, the last thing you want is to have someone suggest you are padding your numbers to make a political point or that the Attorney General is unaware of the situation on the ...
Bondi is a longtime Trump ally and was one of his lawyers during his first impeachment trial when he was accused — but not convicted — of abusing his power. She has been nominated as U.S. Attorney General after Trumps first pick, Matt Gaetz, stepped aside. (Pr...
Assistant Attorney General Carlos Felipe Uriarte noted that the Justice Department under presidents of both political parties has declined to prosecute in similar circumstances when there has been a claim of executive privilege. Accordingly, the department "will...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal civil rights law does not protect transgender people from discrimination at work, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a memo released Thursday that rescinds guidance issued under the Obama administration. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars workplace discrimination between ...
Attorney General Merrick Garland, joined by Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta and Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. The Justice Department and several states have ...