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In an embarrassing setback, the Justice Department gave up Tuesday on its high-profile prosecution of nearly two dozen businessmen charged in the first undercover sting the government used to enforce a 35-year-old law against foreign bribery. U.S....
Christopher M. Matthews The Department of Justice abandoned a foreign bribery case Tuesday, dropping prosecution of 16 businessmen charged in an undercover sting involving a phony military contract.The retreat is another blow to the Justice...
Cyclists take a break near the U.S. Capitol in Washington February 17, 2012. Authorities arrested a suspect on Friday near the Capitol as part of a terrorism investigation, saying he sought to use explosives, the Justice Department and the Capitol... View Photo »
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.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon granted the department's motion to dismiss all charges against 16 defendants still facing trial after the case fell apart in its first two courtroom tests. Ten defendants went through two lengthy trials, but jurors did...
But he said the case cost him his job as a vice president of ammunitions supplier Allied Defense Group and that he spent "more than I had" on his defense. David Krakoff, attorney for Morales' co-defendant John Mushriqui, said the Justice Department's...
Ariz. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in December 2011. (Ross D. Franklin - AP) Arpaio had previously endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) , who dropped out of the race last month and endorsed former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). “You know, I...
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Angel Morales keeps watch in front of the Capitol in Washington February 17, 2012. Authorities arrested a suspect on Friday near the Capitol as part of a terrorism investigation, saying he sought to use explosives, the... View Photo »
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'
Salerno, 38, of Stroudsburg, is scheduled to be sentenced in May. Salerno, who owned the pharmacy from 1999 to 2007, supplied prescription medication to health care institutions, not the general public. Salerno admitted to having employees retrieve...
Randolph James Campbell, 28, of Winston-Salem, was sentenced to 16 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. He pled guilty in 2010 to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana and possession of a firearm in...
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Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez with the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division (C) speaks to Roy Austin, Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division at a press conference in Phoenix, Arizona December 15, 2011. The Justice Department on Thursday...
View Photo »Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez (2nd R) with the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division talks about the department's investigation on the Maricopa County Sheriff's office during a press conference in Phoenix, Arizona December 15, 2011. The Justice Department on...
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 announces the formation of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. President Barack Obama directed Holder to collaborate with several state attorneys...
View Photo »Attorney General Eric Holder, left, watches as Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, after Holder announced the formation of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group.
View Photo »Attorney General Eric Holder, left, steps back so New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman can speak during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, where Holder announced the formation of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working...
View Photo »Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Director of Enforcement Robert Khuzami 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 »Attorney General Eric Holder pauses during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, where he announced the formation of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group.
View Photo »This undated handout photo provided by the family shows Mustafa Elogbi. A Muslim civil rights group wants the Justice Department to investigate the tactics of FBI agents in Portland after two Libyan-Americans from Oregon have been barred from returning to the United States. The two men...
View Photo »This evidence photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a photograph of the Pentagon that the department said was taken during a surveillance trip in May 2011 by suspect Rezwan Ferdaus, arrested Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 in Framingham, Mass. He was charged Wednesday in...
View Photo »Attorney Norm Siegel speaks to reporters at the Justice Department on behalf of relatives of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York following their meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder about allegations that a British newspaper attempted to gain access to the cell phones of...
View Photo »This image released by the U.S. Department of Justice show exhibits of identification cards entered during an earlier detention hearing for Catherine Greig, with names and other information redacted. The exhibits were unsealed by the U.S. District Court in Boston Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011.
View Photo »William Baer, director of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, speaks at a news conference in Washington, in this file picture taken June 8, 1998. Baer, an attorney with the law firm Arnold and Porter LLP, was nominated by President Barack Obama on February 3,...
View Photo »This Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce surveillance photo provided Jan. 23, 2012, by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Adekunle Adetiloye at an ATM on June 4, 2007, in Toronto. Adetiloye, accused of masterminding one of the largest high-tech bank robberies in U.S. history, has been...
View Photo »This undated photo from a U.S. Department of Justice identification card shows Charles L. Gittens. Gittens, the first black Secret Service agent, died July 27, 2011. He was 82.
View Photo »A logo of the Swiss bank Wegelin is pictured at a building in Bern, in this January 27, 2012 file photo. The United States indicted Wegelin, the oldest Swiss private bank, on charges that it enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes through secret offshore bank accounts, the U.S. Justice...
View Photo »This undated photo made available by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a 16mm camera that went to the moon with astronaut Edgar Mitchell on Apollo 14. Mitchell says a camera he brought back from the Apollo 14 moon mission was given to him by NASA despite the space agency's lawsuit...
View Photo »Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez with the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division (C) speaks to Roy Austin, Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division at a press conference in Phoenix, Arizona December 15, 2011. The Justice Department on Thursday...
View Photo »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
The question why the Justice Department not only declined to pursue sex abuse against Mr. Allen, but also denied the State of Alaska the opportunity to do so, remains a matter of great public interest in the State of Alaska … Only an objective, thorough and independent investigation whose conclusions ar...
The theft of ideas and the sale of counterfeit goods threaten economic opportunities and financial stability, suppress innovation and destroy jobs. The Justice Department, with the help of our law enforcement partners, is changing the perception that these crimes are risk-free with enforcement actions l...
The Justice Department will continue its vigorous enforcement of fair housing laws that protect the rights of people with psychological or emotional disabilities so that they will have full opportunity to find housing as the law requires.
We hope that AT&T would similarly withdraw its application from the Justice Department and end this charade once and for all
The Justice Department should discard the rule and start over. And Obama should reread his pronouncements about transparent government.
