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June 15, 2020

DOJ launches online tool for reporting civil rights violations

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday that they are launching a new tool people can use to report civil rights violations online.

June 15, 2020

DOJ filing backs expansion of Arlington National Cemetery

The Department of Justice filed a civil action on Monday to use eminent domain to take over a number of roadways in Virginia so Arlington National Cemetery can be expanded by approximately 60,000 graves.

June 15, 2020

New documentary highlights the forced sterilization of women in California prison

In the depths of Central California Women’s maximum-security prison, hundreds of the incarcerated women have had to undergo forced sterilizations, according to a new documentary shown last week as the opener to the Human Rights Watch (HRW) Film Festival.

June 14, 2020

Sen. Ron Johnson on Russia probe's biggest questions: 'Who knew what and when?'

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told “Sunday Morning Futures” that Senate Republicans’ investigation into the Russia probe “is going to be centered on” answering the “basic” questions, “Who knew what and when did they know it?”

June 13, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: In Flynn case, next move will likely still come from Judge Sullivan

Friday, a three-judge panel heard oral argument on Michael Flynn’s petition for a writ of mandamus.

June 12, 2020

Chinese military officer arrested while allegedly trying to steal US medical research

A Chinese military officer was caught trying to leave California with university research materials this week, after allegedly lying on an application to obtain a visitor visa for a work-study exchange program, the Justice Department announced.

June 12, 2020

Gun stores common target for looters, thieves who work amid protests

In the wake of George Floyd’s death while in police custody, riots have punctured large swaths of the country – and on the heels of months of lockdown and massive economic downturn –  licensed gun stores across the country were not spared the savagery, perpetuating the dangers that already hard-hit communities must now contend.

June 12, 2020

Author of new Jeffrey Epstein book: 'Where’s the criminal investigation' against Ghislaine Maxwell?

Author Daniel Halper asked Friday “where’s the criminal investigation” against Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged madam of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, and stressed that “transparency” from the Department of Justice is needed.

June 12, 2020

DOJ presses states to apply same protections to lockdown demonstrators, churches as they do to Floyd protests

The Justice Department is urging states and localities to apply the same rules to George Floyd protests as they would to people opposing coronavirus lockdowns and those wanting to hold religious gatherings.

June 12, 2020

Judges appear skeptical of DOJ move to dismiss Flynn case, as his lawyer alleges 'government misconduct'

Judges on a D.C. appeals court Friday seemed skeptical of arguments that they should force a federal judge to dismiss a case against President Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as sought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) -- after Flynn's lawyer said the case was "concocted" and slammed previous "government misconduct" against him.