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January 7, 2021

Acting US attorney announces charges over Capitol riots, says more will come

Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael R. Sherwin said Thursday that prosecutors could bring serious charges against members of the mob that stormed the Capitol Building as lawmakers were working to certify Joe Biden’s 2020 Electoral College victory.

January 7, 2021

Top Biden DOJ nominee wants to shrink legal system 'footprint' in 'black and brown people’s lives'

Vanita Gupta, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for a senior role within the Justice Department, delivered a forceful testimony last summer in which she called for "shrinking the footprint of the criminal legal system in Black and brown peoples’ lives."

January 7, 2021

Capitol rioters could face up to 10 years in prison under Trump monument executive order

Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen vowed that pro-Trump rioters who entered the U.S. Capitol would "face the full consequences of their actions under the law," and those consequences could include being charged under President Trump's executive order authorizing up to 10 years in prison for "injury of federal property."

January 7, 2021

Capitol riots mob will be held accountable, DOJ says

The Department of Justice plans to hold the people who stormed the US Capitol accountable.

January 7, 2021

Barr calls Trump conduct amid Capitol riot a 'betrayal of his office and supporters'

Former Attorney General William Barr says President Donald Trump’s conduct as a violent mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol was a “betrayal of his office and supporters.”

January 7, 2021

Justice Department, federal court system hit by Russian hack

The Justice Department and the federal court system disclosed on Wednesday that they were among the dozens of U.S. government agencies and private businesses compromised by a massive, monthslong cyberespionage campaign that U.S. officials have linked to elite Russian hackers.

January 7, 2021

Biden nominates Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general, names other key DOJ picks

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday formally announced he will nominate Judge Merrick Garland as his attorney general, as well as other key nominations to the Justice Department.

January 6, 2021

The Mexican government's new banking bill purports to buy up dirty cash

Organized crime and drug cartels south of the border could soon see a swell of cash if a new bill passes through Mexico City's Congress next month, compelling the Central Bank to buy money of questionable origin.

January 6, 2021

Comey says Biden attorney general should not investigate Trump

Former FBI Director James Comey wrote in his upcoming book that the attorney general under President-elect Joe Biden's administration should not investigate President Trump for a possible criminal case, even if there may be evidence.

January 6, 2021

Biden to nominate Merrick Garland for attorney general: sources

President-elect Joe Biden's pick for attorney general will be Judge Merrick Garland, three Democratic sources confirmed to Fox News.