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Maria Butina lawyers accuse government of withholding evidence

Attorneys for accused Russian agent Maria Butina, said in a court filing Monday federal prosecutors are withholding evidence that could undermine the case against their client.

October 22, 2018

Federal prosecutors set up hotline to report clergy sex abuse

The U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. on Monday launched a tip line via phone and email for survivors of child sexual abuse by clergy to report the crimes.

October 22, 2018

Justice Department expands Native American tribes’ access to crime databases

More Native American tribes will have access to the Justice Department's national crime databases by the end of 2019, the department said Monday.

October 22, 2018

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse: Justice Department pursuing fewer corruption cases

Corruption cases have dropped under the Trump Justice Department, continuing a downward trend dating back to the Clinton administration, according to a government watchdog.

October 21, 2018

Jeff Sessions hammers Chicago Police consent decree

Attorney General Jeff Sessions continued his relentless assault on a proposed consent decree that would increase federal monitoring of the Chicago Police Department in a speech Friday, calling it "an insult," to the men in blue.

October 19, 2018

Paul Manafort sentencing set for February; deadlocked counts dismissed

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort will be sentenced Feb. 8 for financial fraud crimes, a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, said Friday.

October 19, 2018

Rod Rosenstein to testify before House committee on Oct. 24

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will appear before two House committees next week to answer questions about allegations he talked about secretly taping President Trump and sought to remove him from office, the committees confirmed Thursday.

October 18, 2018

DOJ opens investigation into clergy sex abuse in Pennsylvania Catholic Church

The Justice Department has opened an investigation into decades of alleged sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania, the first time victim advocates say federal prosecutors have conducted a major examination into the nationwide scandal.

October 18, 2018

Senior Treasury Department adviser charged with leaking financial reports on Trump campaign figures

The Trump administration's effort to root out leakers in the federal government bagged a top-level Treasury employee who was charged Tuesday with giving a reporter confidential information about suspicious financial transactions involving former Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, accused Russian agent Maria Butina and the Russian Embassy.

October 17, 2018

Grassley demands IG report on FBI official who improperly accepted sports tickets

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley on Tuesday asked the Justice Department watchdog to hand over a report saying a senior FBI official lied about illegally accepting sports tickets from a journalist.

October 17, 2018

FBI probing whether donations influenced Manhattan D.A.’s decisions: Report

FBI agents are investigating the Manhattan District Attorney's Office over allegations it dropped high-profile cases after attorneys for subjects of those probes -- including Harvey Weinstein and Ivanka Trump -- made campaign donations, according to a report Wednesday.

October 17, 2018

Jeff Sessions: Classified information leaks fueled by animosity toward Donald Trump

The epidemic of government workers leaking classified information to the media is largely fueled by animosity toward President Trump, said Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

October 16, 2018

Justice Department may increase attention to attacks on journalists

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday the Department Justice may step up its attention to attacks on journalists, but did not lay out any concrete measures.

October 16, 2018

Jeff Sessions on Trump criticism: He speaks his mind

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday downplayed the verbal lashings President Trump has directed at him, by saying the president "speaks his mind."

October 16, 2018

Justice Department announces 15 indictments against dangerous Mexican cartel

The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced 15 indictments against members of one of the largest and most dangerous drug gangs operating in Mexico.

October 16, 2018

Glenn Simpson, GPS co-founder, pleads the Fifth on Trump dossier

Glenn Simpson, co-founder of the opposition research firm that compiled a salacious anti-Trump dossier, on Tuesday invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to testify before a House committee investigating the Justice Department's actions during the 2016 presidential election.

October 16, 2018

Jeff Sessions rips federal judges over anti-Trump bias

Attorney General Jeff Sessions unleashed a blistering assault on federal judges Monday, saying anti-Trump bias has led some to abandon their role as legal referees and become "political actors" erecting roadblocks to the president's policies.

October 15, 2018

James Wolfe, former Senate staffer charged in leak probe, pleads guilty

James Wolfe, the former security head for the Senate Intelligence Committee, pleaded guilty on Monday to one count of lying to the FBI about his contacts with journalists.

October 15, 2018

Justice Department forms task force to fight transnational criminal orgs, such as MS-13, Hezbollah

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a task force Monday dedicated to bringing to heel designated transnational criminal organizations such as MS-13, Hezbollah and three drug cartels.

October 15, 2018

Jeff Sessions filed consent decree opposition, increases federal law enforcement staff in Chicago

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday dispatched five additional prosecutors to Chicago as the Justice Department filed a brief opposing a pending consent decree that will reform the nation's third-largest police department.

October 12, 2018