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November 24, 2021

White House stands by push to end cash bail in wake of Waukesha parade attack

The White House is standing by its push to end cash bail – saying the decision to hold defendants should be based on the threat they pose to society, not their ability to pay bail.

November 24, 2021

Kamala Harris' shifting stance on cash bail: Support as DA, opposition as politician

Vice President Kamala Harris, in the wake of the Kyle Rittenhouse not-guilty verdict, said the nation's criminal justice system is flawed and that she's been fighting "the majority of my career" to make it more "equitable" – a clarion call that belies some of her past positions on the issue as a California prosecutor.

November 20, 2021

Attorney General Merrick Garland 'allowing the inmates to run the asylum,' says Chris Christie

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told "Watters' World" that the Justice Department "seems to have broken [its] pledge" not to abuse the Patriot Act.

November 20, 2021

DOJ won't say if it is investigating Facebook's 'facilitation' of illegal migration into the US

Fox News exclusively reviewed a Nov. 17 letter by DOJ in response to a request by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich for the department to look into the social media giant's practices.

November 20, 2021

ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN skip DOJ whistleblower revealing 'threat tag' targeting parents at school board meetings

The media has largely ignored the explosive allegation made by a DOJ whistleblower about the counterterrorism targeting of outraged parents that appears undercuts sworn testimony from Attorney General Merrick Garland.

November 19, 2021

Wall Street Journal editorial board rips Garland, FBI over O’Keefe raid: ’Another abuse of civil liberties’

The editorial board for the Wall Street Journal on Thursday called on Congress to investigate what Attorney General Merrick Garland knew about the FBI raid on James O’Keefe if a recently filed motion to unseal documents does not contain 'very strong evidence' that the Project Veritas founder committed a crime.

November 18, 2021

Garland 'running interference for teachers unions' while FBI creates education threat tag: Rufo

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland misled Congress and is "running interference for the teachers unions" who largely support the critical race theory curriculum, Manhattan Institute fellow Chris Rufo told Fox News on Thursday.

November 18, 2021

House GOP ranking members launch inquiry into FBI raid of Project Veritas

Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and James Comer, R-K.Y., joined Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., on Thursday in demanding information from the Justice Department (DOJ) regarding the recent raids of Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe's residence and those of his associates.

November 18, 2021

Biden's DOJ allocates 139M to help bolster police departments across US

The Justice Department said on Thursday it's giving $139 million to police departments across the U.S. as part of a grant program that would bring on more than 1,000 new officers.

November 17, 2021

FBI's response to DOJ's school board whistleblower confirms 'threat tag', helps make critics' case: 'The Five'

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has responded to a Justice Department whistleblower, who claimed the agency created a ‘threat tag’ to potentially track perceptively unruly or critical parents at school board meetings.