Latest U.S. Department of Justice News

Trump ally Jeffrey Clark was adamant about fraud in 2020 election despite evidence, superior said

Mar. 27, 2024 19:36 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The second day of the disciplinary hearing for former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark painted a picture of someone who, despite numerous attempts by his superiors to convince him otherwise, remained adamant that there were irregularities and fraud in the 2020 election...

Texas Rep. Troy Nehls target of investigation by House ethics committee

Mar. 27, 2024 17:31 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Richmond, is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, the bipartisan panel announced. It did not specify the focus of the investigation, but Nehls said it was related to his campaign’s finances. The committee announced Tuesday...

Feds say California's facial hair ban for prison guards amounts to religious discrimination

Mar. 26, 2024 19:58 PM EDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government is asking a court to halt California's enforcement of a rule requiring prison guards to be clean-shaven, saying it amounts to religious discrimination for Sikhs, Muslims and others who wear beards as an expression of their faith. ...

Trump ally Jeffrey Clark disciplinary hearing begins over role trying to overturn 2020 election

Mar. 26, 2024 18:22 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark’s efforts to help then-President Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election were characterized Tuesday as a coup attempt by Washington, D.C., Office of Disciplinary Counsel at a hearing to determine if Clark should be sanctioned. ...

Ohio man gets 2.5 years in prison for death threats made in 2022 to Arizona’s top election official

Mar. 25, 2024 19:31 PM EDT

An Ohio man who acknowledged making death threats in voicemails left for then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs during the 2022 election season was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison. Joshua Russell of Bucyrus, Ohio, had pleaded guilty in late August to a federal charge...

Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden documents case

Mar. 25, 2024 18:12 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans threatened to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he did not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents. In a letter Monday —...

FBI tells passengers on the Alaska Airlines flight that lost a panel they might be crime victims

Mar. 22, 2024 19:29 PM EDT

The FBI has told passengers on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max that lost a door-plug panel in midflight that they might be victims of a crime. “I’m contacting you because we have identified you as a possible victim of a crime,” a victim specialist from the federal agency's...

Former Filipino congressman accused of masterminding a governor's murder is arrested in East Timor

Mar. 22, 2024 05:12 AM EDT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A former Filipino congressman accused of masterminding the killings of a provincial governor and several others has been arrested in East Timor and will be deported to the Philippines, Philippine justice officials said Friday. Police arrested Arnolfo...

Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber's case

Mar. 21, 2024 20:20 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the judge who oversaw Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial to investigate the defense's claims of juror bias and determine whether his death sentence should stand. A three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st...

House GOP sues in bid to force Justice Department lawyers to testify as part of impeachment inquiry

Mar. 21, 2024 19:29 PM EDT

House Republicans filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force two Justice Department lawyers to testify about the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden as part of the chamber's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The lawsuit — filed in Washington's federal court — comes...