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August 26, 2020

Illegal immigrant charged in June knife attack that wounded multiple NYPD officers

The Justice Department announced robbery and firearms charges Wednesday against a Bosnian man accused of stabbing, slashing and shooting NYPD officers in Brooklyn in early June.

August 26, 2020

DOJ requests nursing home coronavirus deaths data from Cuomo, other govs

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that it is requesting data from governors of states that issued coronavirus policies that may have resulted in deaths of the elderly at nursing homes. 

August 26, 2020

Chinese diplomats aided military scholars in gathering intelligence: report

When the United States government ordered the closure of Houston's Chinese consulate in July, they also instructed the East Asian power player to remove military researchers after uncovering an intelligence-gathering operation to collect scientific research from American universities, U.S. officials say. 

August 22, 2020

Assistant AG for Civil Rights Dreiband: Fighting race discrimination and seeking justice

Race discrimination and race-motivated violence remain a plague on our nation. 

August 21, 2020

Barr ‘vehemently opposed’ to pardoning Snowden

Attorney General William Barr said he would be “vehemently opposed” to any attempt to pardon former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, after the president suggested he might consider it.

August 20, 2020

DOJ will again seek death penalty for Boston Bomber, AG Barr says

Attorney General William Barr on Thursday said the Justice Department will seek to reinstate a death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man convicted of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, following a court’s ruling last month that tossed Tsarnaev's death sentence.

August 20, 2020

Trey Gowdy reacts to Steve Bannon arrest, says indictment indicates a ‘classic fraud scheme’

The charges against former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon point to “a classic fraud scheme,” former House Oversight Committee chairman Trey Gowdy told “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday.

August 20, 2020

Steve Bannon, Brian Kolfage, others indicted: Read the charging documents

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was among four people indicted Thursday on charges of defrauding donors in an online fundraising scheme, "We Build The Wall." Read the documents here.

August 20, 2020

Steve Bannon, 'We Build the Wall' organizers arrested, charged with defrauding donors

Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump, was among four suspects arrested Thursday and indicted in connection with an online fundraising campaign that allegedly defrauded donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Justice Department announced.

August 19, 2020

Andy McCarthy calls ex-FBI lawyer's guilty plea 'more like the beginning than the end' of Durham probe

Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith's guilty plea is just the "beginning" of the denouement of Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the Russia investigation, former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy said Wednesday.