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Barr Should Resign if Trump Tweet Stands
By Joyce White Vance
Barr Says He Won't Be 'Bullied'
By Tessa Berenson
If Trump Is Allowed to Turn the Justice Department Into a Political Weapon, No One Is Safe
By Joyce White Vance
The Whistleblower Complaint Raises Big Questions About Attorney General Barr—and Trump
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Jeffrey Epstein is dead. His victims will never have their day in court, at least not with this defendant. It is critical that the Justice Department conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances of his...
By Joyce White Vance
August 13, 2019
AG Barr: 'Serious Irregularities' Found in Epstein's Jail
Epstein, 66, died in an apparent suicide
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August 12, 2019
Trump Orders DOJ to Find Way to Put Citizenship on Census
“The tweet this morning was the first I had heard of the President’s position on this issue”
By Tara Law
July 3, 2019
Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple Could Face Antitrust Investigations. How Do Those Work?
Four of Silicon Valley's biggest tech firms — Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple — could face antitrust investigations from the Trump Administration and Congress. After unusual negotiations on the subject, the Federal Trade Commission agreed...
By Madeleine Joung
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Signs Mueller Isn't Done Yet
Then-White House lawyer Ty Cobb once told Reuters that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation would be wrapping up within a few months. That was in mid-August of 2017 — more than 17 months ago. Cobb...
By Tessa Berenson
January 29, 2019
President Trump Told Congress Something Untrue. Here's Why That's a Big Deal
When President Donald Trump gave his first address to a joint session of Congress in February of 2017, he claimed that "the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came...
By Abigail Simon
August 6, 2018
Inspector General's Report Criticizes James Comey
A Department of Justice report found that former FBI Director James Comey and other top officials did not follow standard procedures in their handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server, but did not...
By Abby Vesoulis and Abigail Simon
June 14, 2018
Scholar Argues Mueller Probe Is Unconstitutional
One of the founders of the conservative Federalist Society is advancing a controversial legal theory that Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation is unconstitutional. In a guest editorial in the Wall Street Journal earlier this month...
By Tessa Berenson
May 25, 2018
The 3-Part Strategy of Trump's Attack on the Russia Investigation
President Donald Trump has long called the special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election a "witch hunt." But in recent weeks he's sought to turn up the heat even more. Earlier this...
By Tessa Berenson
May 22, 2018
Former Justice Department Employees Ask Congress to Act 'Forcefully' If Robert Mueller Is Fired
Nearly 500 former Department of Justice employees have signed on to a statement calling on Congress to "swiftly and forcefully" intervene if President Trump moves to oust Special Counsel Robert Mueller. First published on Friday,...
By Maya Rhodan
April 16, 2018
Congress May Try to Protect Mueller From Trump
Only President Donald Trump knows for sure if he has decided to fire special counsel Robert Mueller or senior staffers at the U.S. Department of Justice. But White House aides and members of Congress, responding...
By Tessa Berenson
April 13, 2018
John McCain Says Trump Is 'Doing Putin's Job for Him' by Attacking the FBI
Sen. John McCain accused President Donald Trump of "doing Putin's job for him" Friday morning after Trump accused leadership of the Justice Department and FBI of anti-Republican bias. After Trump tweeted that investigators looking into...
By TIME Staff
February 2, 2018
Everybody We Know Robert Mueller Has Interviewed in the Trump Investigation So Far
Special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional investigators have interviewed roughly 50 people who work at the White House or were involved in Donald Trump's campaign. Based on a compilation by CBS of known interviews, that...
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January 26, 2018
Jeff Sessions Interviewed as Part of Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation
Robert Mueller's team interviewed Attorney General Sessions last week as part of its investigation, the Justice Department confirmed to TIME. Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur Flores said the special counsel's office had interviewed Sessions in...
By Tessa Berenson
January 23, 2018
Can the President Be Charged With Obstruction of Justice?
President Trump's attorney put forward a disputed legal theory Monday that the president cannot be found guilty of obstruction of justice. In an interview with Axios, Trump lawyer John Dowd said that the president by...
By Tessa Berenson
December 4, 2017
Everyone in Donald Trump's Orbit Who Has Been Charged by Robert Mueller
Michael Flynn is the fourth person in President Donald Trump's orbit to face legal trouble related to the campaign or their time in the White House. The former campaign adviser and national security advisor pleaded...
By Tessa Berenson
December 1, 2017
Paul Manafort's Indictment Could Have Some Washington Lobbyists on Edge
The indictment of President Trump's former campaign chief could lead some Washington lobbyists for foreign interests to double-check the paperwork they file under an often-ignored federal statute. As part of a 12-count indictment of Paul...
By Tessa Berenson
November 1, 2017
The Trump Administration Pledges to Crack Down on Leaks
Pledges to prosecute the sources of disclosures of classified information
By Zeke J Miller
August 4, 2017
Sally Yates: Justice Department Learned of Travel Ban Online
Sally Yates was fired by Trump for refusing to defend the travel ban
By Jennifer Calfas
June 29, 2017
Justice Department Says Rod Rosenstein Isn't Recusing Himself From Russia Investigation
The Department of Justice says the Deputy AG is not preparing to recuse himself
By Maya Rhodan
June 16, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Has Never Been Briefed on Russian Interference in U.S. Election
"I know nothing but what I've read in the paper"
By Tessa Berenson
June 13, 2017
Sally Yates Warns Russians Had ‘Real Leverage’ on Michael Flynn
She also denied Trump's claims that she leaked information to the media
May 16, 2017
President Trump Threatened to Withhold Money From Sanctuary Cities. They May Not Lose That Much
President Trump has called for certain federal grants to be withheld from cities that do not report undocumented immigrants to federal authorities, known as "sanctuary cities." But the standoff may cost the cities less money...
By Chris Wilson
April 24, 2017
Jeff Sessions Won't Say If WikiLeaks Charges Open Up News Organizations to Prosecution
"That's speculative and I'm not able to comment on that"
By Tessa Berenson
April 21, 2017
Jeff Sessions: 'I Wasn't Criticizing' Hawaii
He called Hawaii a "fabulous place"
By Tessa Berenson
April 21, 2017
Cities Move Ahead With Police Reforms Despite Sessions Memo
"Reform is in our self-interest"
By Maya Rhodan
April 4, 2017
Kellyanne Conway's Husband to Be Nominated to Department of Justice Post
Kellyanne Conway's husband will be tapped to lead the Justice Department's civil division, the Wall Street Journal reports. If confirmed, George Conway would be involved in defending the Trump Administration from lawsuits and fighting for...
By Tessa Berenson
March 17, 2017
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Just Hinted at a Crackdown on Legal Marijuana
"I'm not sure we're going to be a better, healthier nation if we're going to have marijuana being sold at every corner grocery store"
By Tessa Berenson
February 28, 2017
Acting Attorney General Won't Defend President Trump's Immigration Ban
She is not "convinced that the executive order is lawful"
By Mahita Gajanan
January 30, 2017
Khizr Khan Asks Senate Judiciary Committee to Oppose Sessions
'I urge you to think beyond partisan politics'
By Tessa Berenson
January 9, 2017
The U.S. Is Suing a Michigan Town for Blocking a Mosque
The city discriminated on the basis of religion when it refused to approve the mosque, the DOJ said
By Abigail Abrams
December 15, 2016
Leo DiCaprio Foundation Says It's Cooperating With Feds
"The Wolf of Wall Street" may have been made with laundered money, feds say
By Melissa Chan
October 18, 2016
The U.S. Is Ending Private Prisons for Federal Inmates. So Where Will the Prisoners Go?
Private companies now run 14 federal prisons across the country that hold about 22,000 federal inmates
By Josh Sanburn
August 18, 2016
A Federal Court Just Gave a Huge Victory to the Medical Marijuana Industry
The federal government cannot pay to prosecute state-sanctioned marijuana use, the federal court said
By Will Drabold
August 16, 2016
President Obama's Police Reform Remains a Work in Progress
In the wake of two black men killed in officer-involved shootings, President Obama reminded the nation in a Thursday night speech that his White House has already taken steps to help improve relations between police...
By Maya Rhodan
July 8, 2016
Man Facing Terrorism Charges Indicted for Plot to Murder Judge in His Case
The judge was presiding over the case that landed the man in jail last year
By Emma Ockerman
July 6, 2016
Alton Sterling Is One of More Than 100 Black Men Killed by Police in 2016
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Sterling's death in Baton Rouge
By Josh Sanburn
July 6, 2016
Feds Send $1 Million to Florida Police After Orlando Shooting
To help police that assisted after the shooting
By Maya Rhodan
June 21, 2016
WikiLeaks to Publish More Hillary Clinton Emails
The issue has dogged Clinton during her campaigning for the Democratic nomination
By Casey Quackenbush
June 13, 2016
Attorney General: Businesses Should Hire Former Inmates
After a prison tour and meetings with inmates, she sat with TIME for a chat about criminal justice reform
By Maya Rhodan / Mobile, Alabama
May 2, 2016
Attorney General: Bathroom Bills Show 'Change Is Difficult'
North Carolina's law prohibits people from using bathrooms other than those that match their gender at birth
By Maya Rhodan
May 1, 2016
Attorney General Tours Alabama Prison
Given the opportunity he was presented—a candid conversation with the Attorney General of the United States—federal prison inmate Tony Moses took a chance. “I could get a call tomorrow saying that, ‘Hey, Moses, the Attorney...
By Maya Rhodan / Talladega, Alabama
April 29, 2016
Panama Papers: U.S. Launches Criminal Probe
President Barack Obama has called tax avoidance a "big global problem"
By Rishi Iyengar
April 20, 2016
Feds to Probe Fatal Police Shooting of Tennessee Teen
The Department's review is ongoing; the officer involved was not indicted
By Maya Rhodan
December 14, 2015
DEA Must Stop Interfering With Legal Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Federal Court Rules
The judge said the DEA was defying the "language and logic" of the law
By Daniel White
October 20, 2015
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