Baltimore’s top prosecutor, Marilyn J. Mosby, pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal charges of allegedly lying about experiencing pandemic-related hardship on an application to withdraw $90,000 in retirement funds. The longtime Baltimore state&…
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House Democrats want Justice Dept. to probe deputy gangs in LA Sheriff’s Department
Two House Democrats are calling on the Justice Department to investigate so-called secretive “deputy gangs” within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department that they say are unfairly targeting Black people. In a letter sent this week, Rep. Jimmy Gom…
House Republicans press DOJ on ‘racial discrimination’ in COVID-19 treatment policies
House Republicans are demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland provide information on how the Justice Department is confronting states with policies that use race as a factor in distributing scarce COVID-19 treatments. In a letter sent Friday, 1…
GOP lawmakers demand FBI detail efforts to rein in secret surveillance warrants
Two Republican congressmen are demanding that FBI Director Christopher A. Wray provide details on efforts to rein in the bureau’s use of warrants to spy on Americans that are approved by a secretive federal court. In a letter sent Thursday, Rep. …
Senate Republicans demand answers from Biden administration on Texas synagogue attacker
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are demanding that Biden administration officials explain why the British citizen who attacked a Texas synagogue this month was allowed into the U.S. In a letter sent Tuesday, the 11 committee Republicans c…
Legal advocacy groups ‘dissatisfied’ with Biden’s progress on criminal justice: Poll
Legal advocacy groups are dissatisfied with President Biden’s progress on criminal justice, which they argue has fallen short of the more than 100 changes he promised on the campaign trail, according to a new survey. In the survey published this …
Chad Stark, Texas man, arrested for election-related death threats against government officials
A Texas man was arrested on Friday for allegedly making election-related death threats against government officials in Georgia. Chad Stark, 54, of Leander was arrested in Travis County, Texas and charged with one count of communicating interstate threa…
McCarthy slams Biden administration for ‘downplaying’ terrorist aspect of Texas synagogue attack
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday accused the Justice Department of “downplaying” the terrorism aspect of the recent hostage crisis at a Texas synagogue. Mr. McCarthy, California Republican, questioned how the attacker was a…
Anti-death penalty group to rally in Washington, press Biden to end federal executions
An anti-death penalty group is planning to host a rally on Monday in Washington, D.C. to demand an end to the death penalty for federal inmates. The Abolitionist Action Committee rally will call on Congress to pass the Federal Death Penalty Aboli…
Oath Keepers founder, 10 others charged with ‘seditious conspiracy’ linked to Jan. 6
The Department of Justice on Thursday charged Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the right-wing group the Oath Keepers, and 10 others with “seditious conspiracy” linked to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Mr. Rhodes, 56, of Granbury, Texas, is…