Following the high-profile deaths of federal inmates James “Whitey” Bulger in 2018 and Jeffrey Epstein in 2019, as well as several inmate homicides at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Hazelton in Bruceton Mills and USP Thomson in Illinois, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office ...
Judge Aileen Cannon, appointed to the federal bench by President Trump, now oversees the former president’s trial on charges of mishandling national secrets and obstructing justice. Not including this one, 224 cases have been assigned to Cannon, and just four have gone to trial over a total ...
by Michael McGough In recent days the U.S. Justice Department has taken positions that have disappointed Democrats and others because they defend legal arguments that the Trump administration espoused. For example, on Monday the Justice Department reaffirmed the position taken ...
by Erwin Chemerinsky The Biden administration is making a serious mistake in placing the self-interest of the Justice Department ahead of the people’s right to know if former Attorney General William Barr acted to cover up Donald Trump’s possible engagement in obstruction of ...
Terra Alta — A $185,050 U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) grant will allow Terra Alta to hire two full- time police officers.The grant is through the DOJ Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Hiring Program.Mayor Bobby DeLauder said Terra Alta currently has no police ...