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Department of Justice

Published
July 16, 2021

Portland’s FBI field office included in scathing report on USA Gymnastics sex abuse probe

A local attorney tried to prod investigators into moving faster on the case of Dr. Larry Nassar, who later was convicted of abusing dozens of female athletes, including Olympic gymnasts.
Published
June 14, 2021

Justice official resigning after revelations of Democrats’ subpoenas

John Demers was sworn in a few weeks after the subpoena for the Democrats’ records and is one of the few Trump appointees who has remained in the Biden administration.
Published
June 11, 2021

Justice Department to review restrictive Republican voting laws

Along with reviewing new state laws, Attorney General Merrick Garland says the department will examine existing ones for their potential to discriminate against minority voters.
Published
June 11, 2021

Justice Department watchdog launches probe into Trump’s seizures of Democrats’ data

Phone information from two members of the House Intelligence Committee and others was obtained by the former administration as it aggressively investigated leaks, sources say.
Published
May 7, 2021

Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Washington Post reporters’ phone records

The action grew out of a leak investigation surrounding reporting on Russia’s role in the 2016 election.

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Published
April 20, 2021

Despite growing chorus, DOJ is limited in police investigations

To bring federal civil rights charges, federal prosecutors must prove that an officer’s actions willfully broke the law and were not simply the result of a mistake, negligence or bad judgment.
Published
March 10, 2021

Senate confirms Merrick Garland to be U.S. attorney general

Garland was once snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court.
Published
March 1, 2021

Senate panel votes to advance Merrick Garland’s nomination to be attorney general

Garland, a federal appeals court judge who was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court in 2016, is among Biden’s most widely supported nominees.
Published
February 22, 2021

Attorney general nominee Garland says Capitol riot will be top priority

Merrick Garland told senators he will focus on prioritizing policing and civil rights as well as confronting the rise in extremist violence and domestic terror threats.
Published
January 25, 2021

Watchdog probes whether Justice Department officials tried to alter outcome of election

The New York Times reported that a former assistant attorney general discussed a plan with then-President Trump to oust the acting attorney general, try to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential race and suggest falsely that there had been widespread election fraud.