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Justice Department officials told him on Feb. 1 that that date was unrealistic. The following day, Holder accused Republicans of playing “political 'gotcha' games in an election year.” But Issa insisted that the Department of Justice is the one playing...
Kerr, a former University of Colorado golfer and the owner of the Colorado National Golf Course -- the home course for the CU golf teams -- has been indicted on charges of federal tax evasion, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Kerr, who also...
This undated photo provided by Jed Rakoff is a portrait of U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff. The U.S. Justice Department called Wegelin & Co. , Switzerland's largest private bank, a fugitive from justice after it didn't send any representatives to a court... View Photo »
When you look at what this Justice Department has done – not only have they taken them to task on their immigration law, and then the most egregious thing, obviously, is this National Labor Relations Board, where they come into a right to work state and tell the state of South Carolina, ‘We’re not going...
The [House Oversight and Government Reform Committee] is determined to know what happened in Operation Fast and Furious and how the Justice Department responded when it was publicly confronted with evidence of reckless conduct after Agent Terry’s death.
Morgan said he hopes to get to ask Santorum a question from one of the two mikes set up in the aisles. "I want to know what he's going to do to restore the Constitution." Asked to elaborate, Morgan said, "The Justice Department not doing their job, and...
Colorado's bill would have attempted an end-run around the federal ban by creating the nation's first state co-operative financial institution for marijuana dispensaries and growers to allow them to store and borrow money. The proposal would have been...
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin speaks about the economic redevelopment of New Orleans at a news conference in New York in this September 1, 2006 file photo. Former New Orleans Mayor Nagin, the colorful and controversial spokesman for the city after the... View Photo »
When I’m the president of the United States, the states are going to have substantially more rights to take care of their business and not be forced by the EPA or by the Justice Department for that matter to do things that are against the will of the people
The proposal, if enacted, would be a direct challenge to the U.S. Justice Department, which warns that all financial transactions involving pot money are illegal. But for Colorado's 600 or so medical marijuana dispensaries, and hundreds more growers...
Alabama --- The U.S. Justice Department has approved the city of Hueytown's redistricting plan ahead of municipal elections later this year, city officials announced tonight. The City Council unanimously approved the redistricting plan last fall but...
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Attorney General Eric Holder listens to a reporters question at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, following his announcement of a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse.
View Photo »Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, left, and Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, center, listen as North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, to discuss a settlement regarding mortgage loan...
View Photo »North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, to discuss a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse.
View Photo »Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, to discuss a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse.
View Photo »Connecticut Attorney General George Jespen listens at left as Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, where they discussed a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse.
View Photo »Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, left, smiles as he listens to Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, right, speak during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, where a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and...
View Photo »Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan listens at left as Colorado Attorney General John Suthers speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, to discuss a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure...
View Photo »Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, center, listens as Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, right, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, to discuss a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure...
View Photo »From left, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, and others listen as Attorney General Eric Holder announced a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012,...
View Photo »Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan listens at left as Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller gestures during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, to announce a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse...
View Photo »Attorney General Eric Holder listens at right as Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan speaks during news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, to announce a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse.
View Photo »Attorney General Eric Holder, center, talks with Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, right, at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, during a news conference to announce a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse.
View Photo »Attorney General Eric Holder, center, accompanied by Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, right, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, and other federal and state officials announces a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse, Thursday, Feb....
View Photo »Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, second from right, and others, watch as Attorney General Eric Holder announces a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at the Justice Department in Washington.
View Photo »New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, following Attorney General Eric Holder's announcement of the formation of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group.
View Photo »This undated photo provided by Jed Rakoff is a portrait of U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff. The U.S. Justice Department called Wegelin & Co. , Switzerland's largest private bank, a fugitive from justice after it didn't send any representatives to a court hearing in New York, where it has...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama speaks about the home loan mortgage settlement between US states and five leading banks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, February 9, 2012. The US Justice Department announced a $25 billion settlement...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama speaks about the home loan mortgage settlement between US states and five leading banks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, February 9, 2012. The US Justice Department announced a $25 billion settlement...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama speaks about the home loan mortgage settlement between US states and five leading banks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, February 9, 2012. The US Justice Department announced a $25 billion settlement...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama speaks alongside Attorney General Eric Holder (L) and Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), about the home loan mortgage settlement between US states and five leading banks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: Securities and Exchange Commission Director of Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzam participates in a news conference at the Justice Department on January 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the formation of the residential...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: People watch from the back of a conference room while listening to Attorney General Eric Holder speak during a news conference at the Justice Department on January 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Holder announced the formation of the...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan (L) and Attorney General Eric Holder participate in a news conference at the Justice Department on January 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Holder announced the formation of the residential mortgage backed securities...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: Securities and Exchange Commission Director of Division of Enforcement Robert Khuzam (C) speaks while Attorney General Eric Holder (R) and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan listen during a news conference at the Justice Department on January 27, 2012 in...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (C) speaks whille Attorney General Eric Holder (R) and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan listen during a news conference at the Justice Department on January 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. Attorney General Holder announced...
View Photo »Attorney General Eric Holder listens to a reporters question at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, following his announcement of a settlement regarding mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure abuse.
View Photo »When you look at what this Justice Department has done – not only have they taken them to task on their immigration law, and then the most egregious thing, obviously, is this National Labor Relations Board, where they come into a right to work state and tell the state of South Carolina, ‘We’re not going...
When I’m the president of the United States, the states are going to have substantially more rights to take care of their business and not be forced by the EPA or by the Justice Department for that matter to do things that are against the will of the people
I want you to know that – at every level of the Justice Department, just like here at the EPA, (Environmental Justice) is a top priority -- and, for me, it is also a personal calling.
The Justice Department has cleared the rest of the law, but Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning chose to have the court, instead, rule on the most controversial provisions. Browning, a Scott appointee, said he wanted the decision to be free of 'outside influence'
It doesn’t provide absolute clarity because it’s a decision on the part of the Obama Justice Department
We are happy to have reached an agreement with the Justice Department and look forward to resolving our issue with the SEC.
If I were [the Justice Department's antitrust regulators] I would shoot it down
We believe that the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice would take a dim view of the CLC's efforts to impose market-wide restraints in collegiate licensing
I believe the Justice Department has ample authority to review and if necessary challenge this unilateral exercise of power towards the city of Detroit ... I would ask the department to do so expeditiously, given the very high stakes and very limited time frame.
A settlement with the Justice Department isn’t likely but the company still has a decent chance in court.
We’ve heard the Republican talking points that these restrictions are necessary to prevent voter fraud ... But the truth is that every major investigation into voter fraud, including a five-year investigation by the Bush Justice Department, has arrived at the same conclusion: There is almost none. It si...
There’s chaos and conflict between what the states are doing and what the Justice Department is threatening to do
The Department later filed a lawsuit against Louisiana alleging that the state has violated its obligations under Section 7 of the NVRA ... However, at the same time, absolutely no effort is being made to enforce Section 8 of the same law. Section 8 requires states to conduct voter roll cleaning to purg...
Because this happens with text messages as they're being sent, a quintessentially streaming form of communication, it seems like exactly the kind of thing the wiretap act is meant to prevent ... When I was at the Justice Department, we definitely prosecuted people for installing software with these kind...
It's not too much to expect that when the Justice Department brings the hammer down on someone that they have to play by the rules. So the decision to not do it makes you look bad. It is an embarrassment. I mean, how many federal dollars were expended on this prosecution that are now wasted?
More transparency and accountability by the Justice Department and the grantees is needed to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent in accordance with the program goals. There's zero reason to waste tax dollars like this, especially in this economic climate.
This is the latest in a series of nonpartisan audits showing taxpayer money is being abused and wasted in Justice Department grant programs
The Justice Department stealthily attempted to sabotage the Freedom of Information Act last month with a regulation change that would have allowed federal agencies to legally and deliberately deceive the public about the existence of requested records.
New York has a very large and capable investigative ability ... We knew the case was not going to be dropped. We make these decisions with the U.S. attorney and Justice Department. We don’t do it blindly.
It is even more impressive that while many members of Congress have ignored the facts and are backing this takeover, the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission have not. It is clear that the data the DoJ and FCC have compiled on this deal will negate all of the money AT&T has spent...
SEC Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami, who can bring only civil cases, and the Justice Department, which can mount criminal prosecutions, have cast their net wide
It’s only a slight overstatement to say that if they weren’t going to block this one, the Justice Department might as well just throw the antitrust guidelines out the window
But we’re concerned that this could inadvertently cause a political reaction within [the Justice Department] and [the Defense Department] that could lead to the censoring of words such as ‘Islam’ or ‘Muslim’ in federal law enforcement and military counter-terrorism training documents.
The public has a right to know both the full extent of Justice Kagan's involvement with this legislation while she was (the Justice Department's) solicitor general, as well as her previously stated views and opinions about the legislation while she was serving as solicitor general
In bringing these lawsuits the Justice Department isn't just trying to vindicate an important legal principle called preemption; we're also deeply concerned about the real-world implications a patchwork of state immigration laws has
