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July 21, 2020

Republican senators introduce bill to crack down on gangs like MS-13

Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., along with Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced a bill Tuesday to make it easier to qualify for advanced sentencing due to gang activity and create a federal database of gang activity within the Department of Justice (DOJ). 

July 20, 2020

Mayors of Portland, Chicago, Atlanta, other big cities demand 'federal forces' withdraw

Several big-city mayors that have seen upticks in violent crime and escalating clashes between police and protesters are demanding federal agents be withdrawn from their cities -- and any plans for more federal deployments be halted.

July 20, 2020

What does the first-ever terrorism charge against MS-13 member really mean?

Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its very first terrorist charge against a member of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang, better known as MS-13. After unsealing the indictment in Virginia against Melgar Diaz, Attorney General William Barr depicted him as the individual who “would green light assassinations” at the gang’s behest in the United States.

July 18, 2020

US lawsuits claim Kuwaiti officials embezzled over $100M

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a series of lawsuits seeking to recover at least $104 million in funds allegedly embezzled by former officials in Kuwait's Ministry of Defense.

July 16, 2020

California man charged in $8.5M coronavirus PPP loan fraud allegedly spent cash on stock market, in casino

A Los Angeles man allegedly scammed a federal program aimed at helping small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic for millions of dollars – much of which he blew through risky investments and at a Las Vegas casino, prosecutors said Thursday.

July 16, 2020

Atlanta couple arrested on charges of laundering $400G in Social Security phone scam

The Office of the Inspector General and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the arrest of a married couple on Thursday, who stand accused of laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars for foreign fraudsters. 

July 15, 2020

DOJ spokesperson calls Portland mayor 'a disgrace' for rejecting federal help amid protests

Department of Justice spokeswoman Kerri Kupec slammed Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler as a "disgrace" Wednesday after he rejected federal assistance in dealing with massive protests in his city.

July 14, 2020

Portland's unrest continues for six straight weeks with no apparent end in sight

The death of George Floyd while in police custody triggered a wave of protests and violent mayhem as hundreds of thousands across the country demanded justice and a reckoning against racial injustice and police brutality.

July 14, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: Supreme Court constitutionally accurate in allowing execution of triple-murderer to proceed

The High Court’s ruling permitted the DOJ to press ahead with a lethal injection that was originally scheduled to occur Monday afternoon.

July 14, 2020

Daniel Lewis Lee part of first wave of federal executions since 2003

A former white supremacist convicted of murdering a family of three was executed Tuesday morning -- the first federal execution since 2003 and part of a new wave of such executions by the Department of Justice.