Tag: DOJ

Families of Parkland School Shooting Victims Settle Lawsuit With DOJ

Families of nearly all of the victims of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, have reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over the FBI’s handling of tips involving the gunman. “The parties hereby advise the Court that they have reached an agreement to settle all of…


DOJ Intervenes to Defend Section 230 in Trump’s Facebook Lawsuit

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday intervened in former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Facebook in order to defend the constitutionality of Section 230, a federal statute derided by both Trump and President Joe Biden. The plaintiffs in Trump’s lawsuit filed a constitutional question in July as to the legality of Section 230. The…


California Couple Who Stole Millions in COVID-19 Relief Funds on the Run: FBI

A California couple who were convicted of running a scheme that defrauded the government of millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds cut their electronic bracelets and fled while awaiting sentencing, officials said last week. Richard Ayvazyan, 43, and his wife, Marietta Terabelian, 37, used false identifies to claim money that was meant for small…


Senate Confirms Biden’s Pick to Head DOJ Antitrust Division

The Senate voted 68-29 on Tuesday evening to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the antitrust division of the Department of Justice. Once sworn in, Jonathan Kanter will replace Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard Powers, who has led the Antitrust Division since February. Biden had previously installed prominent antitrust expert Tim Wu to lead…


Grassley, Johnson Question DOJ Over Contradictory Claims About Hunter Biden Associate

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) publicly released a letter addressed to Attorney General Merrick Garland questioning contradictory claims by the Department of Justice (DOJ) about Hunter Biden’s connection to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interests. The son of President Joe Biden has been in the spotlight since the 2020 election, when a laptop…


Garland: $6 Million in Ransomware Payments Seized, Man Charged Over Major Cyberattack

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged a suspect from Ukraine and a Russian national over a July ransomware attack against a U.S. company and also seized some $6 million in ransom payments, according to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Chris Wray. Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian national arrested in Poland last month, will…


The DOJ Does Not Appear to Be Run by the Attorney General | Truth Over News

It’s well-known that our nation has an absent Transportation secretary. The supply chain issues, empty shelves, and port bottlenecks are obvious to all. But it’s less known and less obvious that we effectively have an absent attorney general running the Department of Justice. But unlike the Department of Transportation, which appears to have no one…


AG Garland Defends Memo Targeting Parents After NSBA Letter Is Withdrawn

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday that it was appropriate for the Department of Justice to send a memo on school boards despite a National School Boards Association (NSBA) decision to withdraw its letter comparing parent protesters to domestic terrorists. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Garland attempted to distance the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s memo…


Former Air War College Professor Pleads Guilty in Relation to Concealing Contacts With Chinese Official

A former professor at the Air War College has pleaded guilty to making false statements regarding his relationship with a Chinese regime official, the Justice Department announced on Oct. 25. Zhang Xiaoming a former civilian professor at the Air War College on Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty to making false statements to…


Former Air War College Professor Pleads Guilty to Concealing Contacts With Chinese Official

A former professor at the Air War College has pleaded guilty to making false statements regarding his relationship with a Chinese regime official, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Oct. 25. Zhang Xiaoming, a former civilian professor at the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, pleaded guilty to making false statements…