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Attorney General Barr Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee
September 16, 2020
Attorney General William Barr told prosecutors that he wanted violent protesters to be charged with sedition according to a report.
September 8, 2020
The Justice Department filed court papers aiming to shift the case into federal court and to substitute the U.S. for…
August 14, 2020
The Department of Justice declared that Yale University’s admissions process is discriminatory against white and Asian American applicants.
RihannaJayZ
July 15, 2020
Jay-Z and Rihanna are two of the stars who have written a letter to the DOJ in a bid to…
William Barr thegrio
March 22, 2020
U.S. Attorney General William Barr is asking Congress for the ability petition a judge to indefinitely detain someone during an…
William Barr thegrio
February 11, 2020
The Department of Justice awarded over half a million dollars to an organization called 'Hookers for Jesus' and denied other…
prisoners in jail thegrio.com
July 20, 2019
More than 3,100 inmates in custody of the Bureau of Prisons were released beginning Friday under the First Step Act,…
Gregory Craig thegrio
April 11, 2019
Gregory Craig, 74, former Obama White House counsel, was charged lying and hiding information connected to his work for Ukraine.
Jussie Smollett thegrio.com
March 28, 2019
Jussie Smollett was cleared of 16 criminal charges against him, but it’s not an open and shut case as far…
Justice for Stephon Clark thegrio.com
March 6, 2019
The case of Stephon Clark will undergo a civil rights review despite the fact that California’s top prosecutor decided against…
Eric Holder thegrio.com
February 12, 2018
Holder is the chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) which serves as a strategic hub for a comprehensive…
July 5, 2017
On Thursday, President Donald Trump nominated Eric Dreiband to be the head of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. But
March 6, 2017
Trump's behaviors are humiliating in their own right. It appears our former president would like Trump to destroy himself -…
August 18, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says it's phasing out its relationships with private prisons after a recent audit found…
June 21, 2016
MACON, Ga. (AP) — There's not enough evidence to support federal criminal charges in the case of a teenager found…
February 11, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department enters its court fight against the city of Ferguson with the apparent upper hand,…
February 2, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice will conduct a comprehensive review of the San Francisco Police Department,…
June 30, 2015
FERGUSON, Missouri (AP) — Police antagonized crowds that gathered to protest last year's fatal shooting of a young black man…
May 8, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — A person familiar with the matter says the Justice Department is preparing to announce a civil rights…
March 5, 2014
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say deputies of a North Carolina sheriff accused of illegally targeting Latino drivers shared…