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March 22, 2021

North Korean National extradited to US for 1st time for fraud scheme

A North Korean citizen -- the first from the isolated communist nation -- has been extradited to the United States where he will face money laundering charges as part of a scheme to evade sanctions and provide luxury items to the rogue nation, the Justice Department said Monday. 

March 22, 2021

Garland taps new official to lead US attorneys after Trump-era lawyers asked to resign

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday tapped former acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson to lead the U.S. attorneys within the Justice Department after the Biden administration asked Trump-appointed federal prosecutors to resign.

March 22, 2021

Capitol riot: Top prosecutor says evidence likely supports sedition charges in some cases

Michael Sherwin, the federal prosecutor tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, told "60 Minutes" in an interview the aired Sunday night that evidence collected thus far likely meets the threshold to charge some suspects with sedition.

March 18, 2021

2 men indicted after allegedly assaulting Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who later died

Two men arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot have been named in a 10-count indictment that alleges they assaulted numerous police officers, including Brian Sicknick, who died a day after the chaos.

March 18, 2021

Vanita Gupta could be Biden's 'most dangerous' DOJ pick, GOP senator argues, while Dem leader decries 'smears'

The Senate Judiciary Committee met Wednesday to discuss President Biden's nominations of Lisa Monaco to be the next deputy attorney general and Vanita Gupta as associate attorney general.

March 18, 2021

GOP lawmakers ask AG Garland to probe whether Cuomo's group home directive violated residents' civil rights

Republican members of Congress from New York are calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate Gov. Andrew Cuomo's April 2020 directive requiring group homes for the developmentally disabled to take in residents with coronavirus who have been declared "medically stable."

March 18, 2021

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Merrick Garland, the Justice Department and the coming war on privacy

When Attorney General Merrick Garland was asked at his confirmation hearings earlier this month what his priorities would be if confirmed, he responded immediately that it would be a vigorous pursuit of domestic terrorism.

March 17, 2021

3 South Carolina officers sentenced in FBI fake cartel sting

Three more ex-South Carolina law enforcement officers have been sentenced to federal prison following an FBI operation in which agents posed as Mexican drug cartel members.

March 16, 2021

US government says no evidence a foreign power manipulated 2020 election results

Iran, Cuba, Venezuela and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah all made attempts to harm President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, according to a declassified intelligence assessment, while Russia sought to harm then-candidate Joe Biden, and China held back.

March 16, 2021

Manchin target of ad in West Virginia pressuring him to block controversial Biden DOJ nominee

The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) is launching a campaign aiming to scuttle the nomination of Vanita Gupta to be the associate attorney general for civil rights by targeting moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin in his home state of West Virginia.