An emergency evacuation order due to an unknown threat at the Department of Justice building in Washington D.C. led to employees leave the building Tuesday afternoon. American attorney Leo Terrell revealed the evacuation order in a video post on X.
When federal prisoners complete their sentence, they face a difficult time starting life on the outside. Old DOJ press releases often hinder those trying to move on.
Andrew Taake, 36, was released from a federal prison in Colorado on Jan. 20, despite a request from the Harris County DA’s Office to hold him on a pending state warrant from 2016.
Two key Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday demanded more information after the Trump administration abruptly fired career prosecutors who investigated President Donald Trump, and reassigned others from their positions to a newly created "sanctuary city" working group.
Lawmakers, activists, and families of incarcerated New Yorkers gathered Tuesday at the New York State Capitol to demand that the State Legislature pass a pair of parole reform bills. The “Parole Justice for Our Futures” rally called for policies that prioritize rehabilitation without compromising community safety.
After a tumultuous tenure clouded by two failed criminal prosecutions against the incoming president, Attorney General Merrick Garland is leaving the Justice Department the same way he came in: trying to defend it against political attacks.
A new Department Justice memo issued Friday and obtained ... after years of criticism by President Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill, who have argued the FACE Act was disproportionately ...
The firings come as a Trump appointee opened an internal review of the department’s decision to charge hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants with felony obstruction offenses.
Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned work to the attorney general.
The Justice Department's new leadership directed prosecutors ... as well as vigorous defense of the President's actions on behalf of the United States against legal challenges," Bove wrote.
The Department of Justice under the Trump administration has demanded that members of the Oath Keepers militia who have been barred from entering Washington D.C. or the US Capitol be allowed to do so.