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June 14, 2021

Ashli Babbitt's husband demands identity of Capitol officer who shot her be released: 'Nobody is telling us'

The husband of Ashli Babbitt, the woman fatally shot during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, pleaded with officials to release the identity of the police officer who shot her during an appearance on “Tucker Carlson Tonight."

June 14, 2021

Sessions, Rosenstein unaware of McGahn subpoena: source

Neither former Attorney General Jeff Sessions nor former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein were aware of any Justice Department subpoena for records of Trump administration White House counsel Don McGahn while they were in office, a source close to Sessions and Rosenstein told Fox News.

June 14, 2021

Top DOJ national security official stepping down amid communication record controversy

The top official in the Justice Department’s National Security Division is stepping down and will depart his post by the end of the month, amid revelations that the Trump DOJ pulled communications records of sitting members of Congress and reporters. 

June 13, 2021

DOJ sought account information of top Trump White House lawyer: report

Apple informed former Trump administration White House counsel Don McGahn that the Justice Department subpoenaed information about an email account of his in 2018, and forbade Apple from letting him know, according to a New York Times report.

June 13, 2021

Sen. Johnson warns of 'unequal application of justice' as Capitol riot suspects sit in jail, vs Antifa, BLM

Senate Homeland Security Committee member Ron Johnson, R-Wis., railed against the "unequal application of justice" he sees between the suspects involved in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot and those involved in Antifa and Black Lives Matter protests in cities like Philadelphia, Portland, New York City and Washington over the past year that devolved into criminal activity.

June 11, 2021

Chicago police officer charged in US Capitol riot, assigned to desk duty

A Chicago police officer was arrested Friday and charged for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, federal authorities said.

June 11, 2021

DOJ inspector general launches review of Trump-era seizure of members of Congress' communications

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced Friday that his office had initiated a review of the DOJ’s use of subpoenas and other legal authorities to obtain communication records of Members of Congress and of some in the news media.

June 11, 2021

AG Garland announces DOJ will double number of lawyers working on voting rights

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that the Department of Justice will double the number of lawyers within its civil rights division who are dedicated to protecting the right to vote, after a number of GOP-led states passed election security bills in recent months.

June 11, 2021

McCarthy, Jordan demand Biden's DOJ reject 'radical demands' to defund police amid crime spikes

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland in a letter Friday to speak gainst “radical demands” to defund police in major cities that are seeing crime spikes ahead of what may be a “violent summer.”

June 10, 2021

Trump Justice Department seized records of House Democrats as it searched for leakers: report

The Department of Justice under former President Donald Trump subpoenaed data from Apple belonging to a pair of House Democrats – and a least a dozen people with ties to them – as it looked into leaks of classified information, The New York Times reported on Thursday.