April 1, 2021 Texas family charged in alleged sex trafficking ring at Houston bar A middle-aged Houston mom, two of her adult children and a nephew have been accused of sex trafficking crimes victimizing waitresses at the Puerto Alegre bar in the city.
April 1, 2021 Capitol riot suspect charged with using 'electroshock weapon,' flagpole to assault DC police officer Daniel Rodriguez faces eight charges in connection to the attack on Officer Michael Fanone
April 1, 2021 Former Obama Cabinet member hid $50G loan he got from foreign Clinton crony: DOJ Ray LaHood, who served as transportation secretary under former President Barack Obama, has admitted to federal prosecutors that he intentionally did not report a $50,000 loan he received from a Lebanese-Nigerian businessman, according to reports.
April 1, 2021 Analyst pleads to leaking secrets about drone program A former Air Force intelligence analyst pleaded guilty Wednesday to leaking classified documents to a reporter about military drone strikes against al-Qaida and other terrorist targets.
March 30, 2021 Matt Gaetz under DOJ investigation related to possible relationship with 17-year-old girl: report Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is under investigation from the Department of Justice over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paid her to travel with him, sources told the New York Times.
March 30, 2021 Seattle Police Molotov cocktail attack: Man sentenced to 40 months in prison Kelly Thomas Jackson of Edmonds, Washington, has been sentenced to 40 months, or more than three years, in federal prison after throwing Molotov cocktails at two police vehicles in Seattle during protests last year.
March 30, 2021 Garland launches 30-day DOJ review of hate-based violence, incidents Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Tuesday that he is initiating a 30-day review of how the Justice Department can combat hate crime.
March 25, 2021 DOJ nominee Gupta's stake in family company accused of fueling Mexican heroin production under scrutiny Biden’s nomination for assistant attorney general Vanita Gupta was marked up in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, with Republican senators taking aim at the president’s nominee.
March 25, 2021 Biden DOJ nominee Vanita Gupta’s committee vote ends in tie after heated Senate meeting The Senate Judiciary Committee was split evenly over President Biden's nomination of Vanita Gupta to be associate attorney general, the third-highest position in the Department of Justice.
March 23, 2021 Capitol riot fallout: Ex-Special Forces soldier Jeffrey McKellop, accused of attacking police, denied bond A Virginia Army Special Forces veteran and military contractor who is accused of assaulting at least three police officers during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has been denied bond.
