Senior Department of Justice (DOJ) officials repeatedly declined Wednesday to provide details on why the government launched a “Patterns and Practices” civil investigation of the Minneapolis Policy Department (MPD). Attorney-General Merrick Garland announced the investigation earlier in the day, and reporters were later given a background briefing on condition the names of the participating officials…
Justice Department Declines to Disclose Basis of Investigation of Minneapolis Police Department
Former Obama Cabinet Official Took Undisclosed Foreign Cash
Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood took $50,000 from a foreigner without disclosing the funds, violating government ethics rules, the Department of Justice said Wednesday. LaHood, 75, was a Cabinet member during the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013. Before that, he was a Republican member of Congress. LaHood was “suffering significant financial difficulties” due…
Veteran Prosecutor Channing Phillips to Be Acting US Attorney for DC
The Justice Department confirmed on Wednesday that Channing Phillips will return to his previous post and lead the U.S. Attorney Office for the District of Columbia in an acting capacity. A department spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email that the current top prosecutor for the office, Michael Sherwin, will leave his post this…
Justice Department Drops Lawsuit Against Melania Trump’s Former Aide
The Department of Justice on Monday dropped a lawsuit that was filed against a former aide to ex-First Lady Melania Trump over a book. The department voluntarily dismissed the suit against Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, it said in a brief, one-sentence filing in federal court. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton nominee, approved the request…
Biden Justice Department Drops Suit Alleging Yale University Discriminates Against Asian-American, White Applicants
In an unexpected move, the Department of Justice (DOJ) gave notice to a federal court Wednesday that it is dropping a discrimination lawsuit it filed only a few months ago. In a terse two-sentence notice, DOJ described its decision as a “voluntary dismissal” of the litigation it filed last October following a two-year investigation. A…
Chinese Researcher Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Stealing Trade Secrets
February 2, 2021
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A Chinese researcher was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Feb. 1 for conspiring to steal U.S. trade secrets and make a profit in China. Chen Li, 47, a former resident of Dublin, Ohio, worked at the Ohio-based Research Institute at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital from 2008 until 2018. Her husband, Zhou Yu, 50,…
What Else Did US Attorney Jeff Jensen Find That We Don’t Know About Yet?
December 28, 2020
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Commentary On Dec. 17, news broke that U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, Jeffrey Jensen, had resigned and was leaving the Department of Justice (DOJ) to go into private practice. Jensen had been in the national news several times this year due to playing a pivotal role in the retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn…
DOJ Has Double Standard and Should Be Depoliticized: Trump Lawyer Jesse Binnall
President Donald Trump’s lawyer Jesse Binnall told “Just the News AM” in an interview Monday that he believes the Department of Justice (DOJ) suffers from a double standard and should be depoliticized. Binnall argued that when Republicans are in charge, they “try to bend over backwards” to avoid appearing as if they are politicizing the…
Trump Campaign Lawyer Binnall: DOJ Has Double Standard, Should Be Depoliticized
An attorney for President Donald Trump’s campaign said in a Dec. 28 interview that he believes the Department of Justice (DOJ) applies a double standard and should be depoliticized. Jesse Binnall told Just the News AM that when Republicans are in charge, they “try to bend over backwards” to avoid appearing as if they are…
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