• DOJ Clashes with Northam over Virginia Church Closures

    DOJ Clashes with Northam over Virginia Church Closures

    The Justice Department is pushing back against Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s stay at home order, arguing that churches have been unfairly affected. The DOJ filed a statement of interest on Sunday in federal court in support of a Chincoteague, Virginia church that sued the state after its pastor was issued a criminal citation for holding a service with 16 …
  • Records Show Strzok Intervened when FBI Moved to Close Flynn Investigation Due to Lack of ‘Derogatory Information’

    Records Show Strzok Intervened when FBI Moved to Close Flynn Investigation Due to Lack of ‘Derogatory Information’

    New unsealed FBI memos show that the Bureau found “no derogatory information” on former national security adviser Michael Flynn while investigating his alleged Russian contacts, and moved to close their investigation of him in early January 2017 before former FBI agent Peter Strzok intervened, asking to keep the case open. The documents, which were released …
  • Graham Asks DOJ for Records That Cast Doubt on Steele Sub-Source’s ‘Accuracy and Reliability’

    Graham Asks DOJ for Records That Cast Doubt on Steele Sub-Source’s ‘Accuracy and Reliability’

    Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) is requesting that the Justice Department release documents that “question the accuracy and reliability” of former British spy Christopher Steele’s sourcing, following news that Steele himself has no records of his conversations with the primary sub-source for his infamous dossier. In a letter to attorney general William …
  • Boeing faces criminal probe of 737 MAX assembly line

    Boeing faces criminal probe of 737 MAX assembly line

    Federal prosecutors are reportedly probing potentially dangerous missteps in the production of Boeing’s 737 MAX jet, adding to intense scrutiny of the troubled planemaker. Both the US Department of Justice and the Federal Aviation Administration are examining various safety problems on the 737 MAX assembly line, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The report follows …
  • Chipotle pays record $25M to settle criminal DOJ charges over food safety

    Chipotle pays record $25M to settle criminal DOJ charges over food safety

    Chipotle is paying a record $25 million fine to settle criminal charges that its burrito joints sickened more than 1,100 people over a three-year period because of lax food-safety practices, the Department of Justice said Tuesday. The fast-food chain made headlines repeatedly between 2015 and 2018 for multi-state food-borne illness outbreaks — including one that …
  • DOJ Urges Federal Prosecutors to ‘Focus Their Resources’ on Pursuing Chinese Intellectual Property Cases

    DOJ Urges Federal Prosecutors to ‘Focus Their Resources’ on Pursuing Chinese Intellectual Property Cases

    John Demers, the assistant attorney general for national security, at a DOJ news conference on November 1, 2018. The Justice Department is urging federal prosecutors across the country to focus on investigating and bringing cases related to Chinese efforts to steal American intellectual property. John Demers, the DOJ’s assistant attorney general for national security, said …
  • Justice Department Charges Venezuela’s Maduro with Drug Trafficking, Offers $15 Million Reward

    Justice Department Charges Venezuela’s Maduro with Drug Trafficking, Offers $15 Million Reward

    Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, March 12, 2020. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday announced charges against Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and senior members of his government. The Justice Department has charged Maduro and other officials with drug trafficking and offered a $15 million reward …