Tag: Department of Justice

Durham Report Likely to Be Made Public: Justice Official

When Special Counsel John Durham finishes his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, his report will likely be made public, a Department of Justice official suggested in a newly released letter. Durham is investigating the department’s counterintelligence operation against the Trump campaign and associates, which was riddled with errors and malfeasance. The timeline…


Durham Report Likely to Be Made Public: DOJ Official

When special counsel John Durham finishes his investigation into the origins of the Trump–Russia probe, his report will likely be made public, a Department of Justice official suggested in a newly released letter. Durham is investigating the department’s counterintelligence operation against the 2016 Trump campaign and associates, which was riddled with errors and malfeasance. The…


US Won’t Investigate Governors Who Ordered Nursing Homes to Accept COVID-Positive Residents

The U.S. Department of Justice has opted against investigating any of the Democrat governors who last year ordered nursing homes to accept residents who tested positive for COVID-19 against the recommendations of health groups. Federal officials reviewed information they received from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey last year regarding the orders. Based on…


Electrical Engineer Gets Five Years in Prison For Selling Missile Technology to China

An electrical engineer from Los Angeles who plotted to steal missile technology and sell it to a Chinese company has been sentenced to more than five years in prison. U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt sentenced Yi-Chi Shih, 66, of Hollywood Hills, to 63 months—or more than five years—in prison for his role in the…


Nine Charged Over Harassment Campaign Targeting Ex-Chinese Official

The U.S. Department of Justice indicted nine individuals who allegedly acted as “illegal agents” to intimidate a former Chinese official and his family to return to China. The charges on July 22 supersede a previous criminal complaint in October last year to include a ninth defendant, Chinese prosecutor Tu Lan who traveled to the United…


9 Charged with Working as Illegal Agents for China in Harassment Campaign Targeting US Residents

Nine individuals have been indicted on charges relating to acting as “illegal agents” for the Chinese regime in a scheme to intimidate a former regime official living in the United States to return to China. The charges on July 22 supersede a previous criminal complaint in October last year to include a ninth defendant, Chinese…


U.S. Attorney General Curbs Seizure of Journalists’ Phone, Email Records

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday reversed a long-standing Department of Justice (DOJ) policy by formally banning federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in most leak investigations. The policy change addresses the issue first brought up by Garland in June when he said the DOJ would stop the practice of seizing reporters’ records…


US Attorney General Curbs Seizure of Journalists’ Phone, Email Records

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday reversed a long-standing Department of Justice (DOJ) policy by formally banning federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in most leak investigations. The policy change addresses the issue first brought up by Garland in June when he said the DOJ would stop the practice of seizing reporters’ records…


 White House Creates Gun Trafficking Strike Force for Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The White House announced July 12 that the U.S. Department of Justice launched a gun trafficking strike force in Los Angeles to prevent guns coming across state lines from areas with weaker gun laws. The funding for the strike forces—which will also be in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and the Bay Area—comes…


Federal Government Paying $6.1 Million to Create Database for Capitol Riot Prosecutions

The Department of Justice has committed to paying over $6 million to a multinational firm to create a database to host the reams of data prosecutors are gathering in cases against accused participants of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP was contracted in late May to help develop…