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November 28, 2020

Former US service member charged with supporting Syrian terrorist organization

Former Army member Maria Bell, 53, has been arrested and charged with concealing attempts to support a Syrian terrorist organization.

November 27, 2020

New DOJ rules could allow firing squads, electrocution, poisonous gas for executions

The Justice Department is changing protocols to allow for other methods in federal executions, to include lethal gas, electrocution and death by firing squad as the Trump administration expects to execute five federal prisoners before Inauguration Day. 

November 27, 2020

KT McFarland: Trump pardon of Flynn ends unjust prosecution of an innocent man

The family of retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn was finally able to have a well-deserved happy Thanksgiving after President Trump’ pardoned Flynn — an innocent man who has dedicated his life to serving our country.

November 26, 2020

Dem leaders condemn Trump's pardon of Michael Flynn: 'Abuse of power'

Democratic leaders lambasted President Trump for pardoning his former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, condemning the move as a "brazen" abuse of power. 

November 25, 2020

John Yoo: Trump pardon of Flynn ends unjust prosecution of former national security adviser

President Trump’s pardon not only ends any injustice to Michael Flynn. It restores the proper balance to the separation of powers. Courts will no longer claim the right to direct a prosecution that even prosecutors no longer wish to bring.

November 25, 2020

McFarland celebrates Flynn pardon, but laments FBI officials won't 'be held to account'

Former Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland celebrated President Trump announcing a full pardon of former National Aecurity Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn Wednesday, but expressed frustration with the lack of justice in his case. 

November 25, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: Trump’s Flynn pardon justified — adviser should never have been investigated and prosecuted

Months ago, the Justice Department moved to dismiss Flynn’s prosecution on the ground that there was no basis to investigate him in the first place – a point I started making in 2017. But the Justice Department ran into an angry jurist and a quirk of federal law.

November 25, 2020

Texas men busted in $317M scam pitching non-existent N95 masks to Australia

Two Texas men have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in the attempted sale of 50 million "non-existent" N95 facemasks to a foreign government.

November 21, 2020

Feds seek death penalty for MS-13 gang leader accused of gruesome NY murders

The Justice Department has authorized federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against an MS-13 gang leader charged in connection to seven slayings — including the gruesome baseball bat bludgeoning of two teenage girls, according to court papers.

November 20, 2020

Merrick Garland could be Biden's attorney general: report

Judge Merrick Garland is a candidate to become Attorney General for President-elect Joe Biden next year, NPR reported Friday.