The Latest News about The Department of Justice

The Department of Justice has refused to take any steps to preserve work-related emails former FBI Director James Comey had on a personal account that The Daily Caller News Foundation and Judicial Watch requested under the Freedom of Information Act, the conservative watchdog will file in court Friday.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday that he has formed a task force to protect American’s right to religious freedom. “Today I am announcing our next step: the Religious Liberty Task Force,” Sessions said while speaking at the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Summit. “The Task Force will help the Department fully implement our religious liberty guidance by ensuring ...

Rep. Matt Gaetz argued Friday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is covering up payments made to individuals who collected intelligence on the Trump presidential campaign. Appearing on Fox’s America’s Newsroom, Gaetz said: “I believe money was paid to people to collect intelligence on the Trump campaign.” “That crosses a line in this country, “when you’ve got folks that are collecting intelligence, ...

In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice has released 412 pages of top-secret documents related to surveillance conducted against former Trump campaign chairman Carter Page.

Federal officials sentenced 24 people involved in an India-based call center scam with several receiving deportation orders Friday.

A progressive mayor’s group has joined a lawsuit by Evanston, Illinois seeking to get an injunction against the Department of Justice’s practice of withholding federal grant money from jurisdictions that enact sanctuary policies towards illegal aliens. “The Conference believes that the Department’s immigration-related notice, access and compliance restrictions exceed the limited, largely administrative authority that Congress gave the Attorney General ...

A Morris County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in producing images of child sexual abuse according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. Colin M. Skeele, 32, of Florham Park, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court to an information charging him with one count of ...

  by Chuck Ross House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Sunday that “there will be hell to pay” — including impeachment for top Justice Department officials — if the agency fails this week to give Congress documents about an FBI informant used to spy on the Trump campaign. “We can’t force the resignation, but we can hold in contempt, ...

  by Chuck Ross House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes is giving the Department of Justice until Tuesday to provide documents about an FBI informant used to spy on the Trump campaign. In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday, Nunes accused the agency of “obstruction” and using “an array of tactics” to withhold the documents about ...

Former U.S. attorney Joe diGenova says on ‘Hannity’ that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is likely removing embarrassing information from the DOJ’s inspector general report. “What’s happening right now is that the IG report is being scrubbed by Rosenstein and his minions and people at the F.B.I. And they are removing as much embarrassing information about the bureau as possible,” diGenova ...

In the mid 60’s, a radical leftist by the name of Saul Alinsky emerged. He wrote a book called “Rules for Radicals.” Hillary Clinton was a follower of his and did her college thesis on him. Today she and the corrupt officials in the CIA, FBI, and DNC along with her are using two of those rules against Donald Trump ...

A group of Republicans plans to introduce a resolution calling for the appointment of a second special counsel to investigate alleged abuses of power at the FBI and Justice Department. Read: Full text of the resolution calling for a second Special Counsel Backed by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), the resolution will ask ...

President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Sunday that he would officially ask the Department of Justice to look into the circumstances of the surveillance on his run for president in 2016. “I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not the FBI/DOJ infiltrated or surveilled the Trump Campaign for Political ...

  by Kevin Daley The U.S. Department of Justice sued California Tuesday over provisions of state law, which allegedly inhibit the enforcement of federal immigration laws. The lawsuit is the first salvo in a new federal effort to aggressively enforce immigration statutes. The suit names California, Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic Attorney General Xavier Becerra as defendants. The suit, ...

Former President Barack Obama told Fox News’ Chris Wallace that there was no political influence in investigations led by the Justice Department or the FBI. Wallace asked Obama about the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information and whether or not she would be “protected.” “I guarantee it,” Obama said in the April 2016 interview. “I guarantee that there is ...