DOJ holds back from using their biggest weapon against Jan. 6 defendants, and it's not clear why

After the first attempt to topple the World Trade Center in 1993, the U.S. revised federal sentencing guidelines to give already existing charges stiffer penalties when connected to terrorism. When …

DOJ gives inmates on home confinement a happy holiday gift—the possibility of permanent freedom

The Department of Justice (DOJ) made a decision today that can only be considered one thing to thousands of people… a Christmas miracle. 

In a stunning reversal, the DOJ‘s Office of Legal Counsel …

Media outlets claim indicting Mark Meadows would be a political act. Media outlets are wrong

Before the indictment of Trump adviser and former Campaign Chair Steve Bannon, a flurry of articles warned that the Department of Justice (DOJ) had not issued a criminal indictment in such a case in …

House investigator indicates WH helped Clark draft incriminating letter to Georgia officials

The chief investigative counsel for the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack wants to ask Jeffrey Clark about White House involvement in the drafting of an incriminating …

FBI to pay nearly $130M to families of victims slaughtered in 2018 Parkland school shooting

The families of the victims gunned down in the 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have tentatively reached a $127.5 million settlement with the federal …

The Trump-packed Supreme Court is on the fast track to ending abortion rights for everyone

One year ago today, Senate Republicans confirmed the poorly qualified, ideological extremist Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. They did so eight days before the election, when 65 million …

Greg Abbott's despicable executive order targeting migrants continues to face defeat in court

Right-wing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s despicable executive order targeting migrants continues to face defeat in the courts. George W. Bush-appointed U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone, who temporarily …

Jan. 6 looked scary, but on Jan. 3 the U.S. came within hours of a coup supported by the DOJ

January 6 was not the only coup attempt of the 2020 cycle, nor the most dangerous. Screaming white nationalist militia smearing excrement on the halls of Congress as they searched for lawmakers to …

A hungry migrant family tried to get something to eat and then xenophobic right-wingers ran with it

It appears that a good chunk of the right-wing campaign that’s currently trying to blame migrants for COVID-19 stems from one single incident involving a hungry family that went to eat at a Texas fast …

'Order prevents us from doing what we do': ACLU sues Abbott on behalf of migrant aid volunteers

Greg Abbott is facing another lawsuit over this currently-blocked executive order targeting migrants. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Texas on Thursday sued the Republican …

Former Justice official has the receipts on Trump's coup efforts and is planning to talk to Congress

One name keeps coming up as more evidence is released of Donald Trump’s frantic efforts to overturn his election loss. Richard Donoghue was then the acting deputy attorney general, and in that role …

'Irreparable injury to the United States': Judge temporarily halts Abbott's order targeting migrants

Greg Abbott’s despicable executive order targeting migrants has been blocked, at least for now. Reuters reports that George W. Bush-appointed U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone has halted the …

Attorney General Merrick Garland threatens to sue Texas over order targeting migrants

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday slammed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s horrifying order instructing officers to stop and even confiscate the vehicles of civilian drivers and contractors who …

Garland reverses decision that blocked immigration judges from pressing pause on some deportations

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday restored the ability for immigration judges to press pause on the certain deportations, including cases considered low priority or where an immigrant has a …

Donald Trump really, really hates it when you laugh at him

There was a point, in the later years of the Emperor Tiberius, when making a joke about the emperor could get someone killed. So could laughing at a joke about the emperor. So could failing to turn in …

Advocates celebrate DOJ's reversal of anti-asylum policy that blocked victims of domestic violence

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday reversed horrific policies by the previous administration that eviscerated asylum protections for tens of thousands of people, including a 2018 decision …

First, Trump throws fit of rage. Then, FBI secretly scores Apple data on White House counsel

A New York Times piece revealed on Friday just how easy it was for former President Donald Trump’s administration to get top technology companies to supply data regarding congressional Democrats. In …

DOJ inspector general opens investigation into efforts to break into Democratic reps phones

It’s good to know that someone at the Department of Justice is worried about more than whether or not their actions offend Donald Trump. And it’s even better to know that someone can move fast. 

On …

Lawmakers urge Merrick Garland to restore asylum law, enact immigration court reforms

Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal leads 60 lawmakers in calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to enact a series of measures to protect immigrant communities, including rolling back the previous …

The DOJ subpoenaed Apple in attempt to get data from phones of Rep. Adam Schiff's teenage kids

When then attorney general William Barr sat down before the Senate to discuss his spin on the Mueller Report, then Sen. Kamala Harris had a decidedly pointed question for him: “Has the president or …