Category: Department of Justice

Judge Orders US Prosecutors to Give Documents to Steve Bannon

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to hand over records to Steve Bannon, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump. Bannon was charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a select House of Representatives committee that’s investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol….


Republicans Decry Jan. 6 Committee’s ‘Politically Driven’ Effort to Criminally Investigate Trump

Prominent Republicans are advising the Department of Justice not to pursue a criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 Committee announced its intention to launch such a probe. Republicans warn that the move will focus on the wrong issues and will come off as a “politically driven” decision. In a March…


DOJ’s ‘China Initiative’ Targeted CCP: Former Acting Attorney General

Matthew Whitaker, who served as acting attorney general under the Trump administration, said the recently-terminated “China Initiative” program was not targeting Chinese Americans but rather the Chinese regime. “It is targeted specifically at the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] that has been destabilizing our country,” Whitaker said in an interview with EpochTV’s “China Insider” program at…


DOJ’s Now-Shuttered ‘China Initiative’ Targeted CCP: Former Acting Attorney General

Matthew Whitaker, who served as acting attorney general under the Trump administration, said the recently-terminated “China Initiative” program was not targeting Chinese Americans but rather the Chinese regime. “It is targeted specifically at the Chinese Communist Party [CCP] that has been destabilizing our country,” Whitaker said in an interview with EpochTV’s “China Insider” program at…


US Capitol Police Allegedly Broke Into GOP Offices, Took Pictures of Protected Docs

The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) are under fire after the USCP inspector general opened an investigation into allegations that the department illegally broke into the offices of GOP members of Congress, interviewed GOP staffers, and took photos of documents that were protected under congressional rules. The USCP has been blasted for its behavior on Jan….


US Capitol Police Accused of Illegally Entering GOP Offices, Taking Pictures of Protected Docs

The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) are under fire after the USCP inspector general opened an investigation into allegations that the department illegally entered the offices of GOP members of Congress, interviewed GOP staffers, and took photos of documents that were protected under congressional rules. In a Twitter thread, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) alleged that his…


US Capitol Police Accused of Illegally Entering GOP Offices, Taking Pictures of Protected Documents

The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) are under fire after the USCP inspector general opened an investigation into allegations that the department illegally entered the offices of GOP members of Congress, interviewed GOP staffers, and took photos of documents that were protected under congressional rules. In a Twitter thread, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) alleged that his…


Federal Prosecutors Probing False Electoral College Submissions in Several States

Federal prosecutors are probing 2020 Electoral College submissions that they say falsely declared former President Donald Trump the winner of several states he lost. “Our prosecutors are looking at those, and I can’t say anything more on ongoing investigations,” Lisa Monaco, the Justice Department’s deputy attorney general told CNN. Attorneys general in Michigan and New…


Chinese Scientist Pleads Guilty to Stealing From US Agricultural Biotech Firm

A Chinese national pleaded guilty on Jan. 6 to conspiracy to commit economic espionage after he tried to steal a trade secret from his U.S. employer to advance his career at a Chinese state-run research institute. Haitao Xiang, 44, a legal permanent U.S. resident formerly from Missouri, worked for Monsanto, a St. Louis-based agrochemical and…


725 Arrested, 165 Pleaded Guilty to Federal Jan. 6 Charges, DOJ Says

More than 725 people have been arrested in all 50 states on federal charges stemming from violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, leading some 165 people to plead guilty—mostly to misdemeanor charges—the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday in its year-end summary. “Under the continued leadership of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for…