Two former top Obama-appointed prosecutors co-author a diatribe against Trump attorney general Jeff Sessions for returning the Justice Department to purportedly outdated, too “tough on crime” charging practices. Yawn. After eight years of Justice Department stewardship by Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch, and…
FBI Reversal: Bureau Will Release More Clinton Investigation Docs…
Weeks after saying there wasn’t enough public interest in Hillary Clinton’s email case, the FBI’s decision has been modified, and the bureau will publicly release more details of its obstruction of justice probe into the former secretary of state. The Justice Department confirmed the new position in a letter Thursday…
Dozens of Groups Urge Congress to Stop Transfer of Military Items to Cops…
Dozens of groups are urging Congress to suspend a program that allows the transfer of surplus military equipment to state and local law enforcement agencies. In a letter to both House and Senate leaders, the groups said they are “disturbed” by the decision of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to lift…
House Committee Subpoenas FBI, DOJ in Russia Investigation…
Byron York reports that Trey Gowdy’s House Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed the FBI and the Department of Justice over the origins of the fictitious Russian “dossier” that was used to smear Donald Trump during the presidential campaign: In the most significant escalation yet in the wrangling between Congress…
DHS Begins Winding Down DACA…
FBI Fights Public Release of Trump Dossier Info…
Attorney for Loretta Lynch at Justice Now Top Attorney for Dem’s on the Senate Judiciary Comm…
An attorney in the Justice Department who helped edit press statements about the tarmac meeting between Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch is now a top attorney for Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is currently investigating Lynch over concerns she may have tried to influence the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton…
DOJ Source Shuts Down NYT Affirmative Action Story…
The New York Times is making allegations about the Justice Department “without evidence” a DOJ source said Wednesday. A Times story published late on Tuesday claimed that the DOJ will work towards investigating admission policies against white students. The story’s lead read: “The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the…
For $25k, a Virginia Man Allegedly Gave China Secret U.S. Documents…
A Virginia man arrested Thursday for passing top secret defense information to Chinese intelligence agents in Shanghai faces a possible sentence of life in prison, the Justice Department said. Kevin Patrick Mallory, 60, turned over the material during trips to Shanghai in March and April, when he met with two Chinese agents, the department said […]
Deputy AG Rosenstein to Brief Senators on Comey’s
“I’m pleased that Majority Leader McConnell has agreed to our request to invite the Deputy Attorney General to brief the full Senate, and that Mr. Rosenstein has accepted,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who had initially asked McConnell to invite Rosenstein for an all-senators briefing. “I hope that senators from both sides of […]