The Justice Department is establishing a specialized unit focused on domestic terrorism, its top national security official said Tuesday. Matthew Olsen, the assistant attorney general of the department’s National Security Division, told a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee that, based on the assessment of the Intelligence Community, the United States faces “an elevated threat…
Justice Department Creates Special Unit to Tackle Domestic Terrorism
The Justice Department is establishing a specialized unit focused on domestic terrorism, its top national security official said Tuesday. Matthew Olsen, the assistant attorney general of the department’s National Security Division, told a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee that, based on the assessment of the Intelligence Community, the United States faces “an elevated threat…
Attorney General Garland Vows to Prosecute Perpetrators ‘At Any Level’ Over Jan 6
January 5, 2022
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The Justice Department “remains committed to holding all January 6th perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law,” Attorney General Merrick Garland pledged in a speech just shy of the one-year anniversary of the breach of the U.S. Capitol building. “Those who assaulted officers or damaged the Capitol face greater charges. Those who conspired with others…
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US Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Stop Sugar Merger
November 24, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it had filed an antitrust lawsuit aimed at blocking U.S. Sugar Corp from buying rival Imperial Sugar Co. The deal, if it goes forward, would mean that just two companies have the “overwhelming majority” of refined sugar sales in the U.S. Southeast, the department said, which could drive…
Biden DOJ Sues Texas Over Election Reform Law
November 4, 2021
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The Department of Justice announced Thursday it filed a lawsuit against Texas and its secretary of state over parts of an election reform bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed into state law in September. The complaint (pdf) alleges that the measures, also referred to as Texas Senate Bill 1, violate Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act…
DOJ Files Antitrust Lawsuit to Block $2 Billion Merger of Major Book Publishing Companies
The Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit on Nov. 2 to block a merger of two major book publishing companies. Penguin Random House, the largest book publisher in the world, is seeking to acquire its competitor, Simon & Schuster, for $2.18 billion. The sale was announced in November 2020. The DOJ said the acquisition would…
US Arrests Chinese Businessman Accused of Visa Fraud
November 1, 2021
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A fugitive Chinese entrepreneur was arrested in Las Vegas last week for allegedly having used fraudulently obtained visas to enter the United States. Prosecutors accused 57-year-old Shi Jianxiang of lying about his names to obtain two non-immigrant visas, which he used to enter the United States in 2016. A federal magistrate on Friday denied him…
Justice Department Formally Asks Supreme Court to Block Texas Anti-Abortion Law
October 18, 2021
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The Department of Justice on Monday formally requested the Supreme Court to block the Texas law that bans abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy. In a filing with the high court, the Justice Department sought an order to suspend enforcement of Texas’s Senate Bill 8, known as SB 8, while the Biden administration’s legal…
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