Tag: DOJ

Federal Judge Sides with Biden Admin, Ruling Missouri Second Amendment Law ‘Unconstitutional’

A Missouri law that would have penalized police for enforcing federal gun laws was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge Tuesday, handing a win to the Biden administration Department of Justice that filed suit against the law last year. The DOJ alleged the law was undermining federal drug and weapons investigators by placing heavy fines…


#MeToo Lawyer Gloria Allred Speaks Out After Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 16 More Years | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 136

Adding to the 23-year sentence he received after being convicted of similar crimes in New York in 2020, disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has now been sentenced by a Los Angeles court to a further 16 years in prison for a separate incident of rape and sexual assault. Joining Larry Elder to discuss this is…


PREMIERING 3 PM ET: #MeToo Lawyer Gloria Allred Speaks Out After Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 16 More Years | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 136

Adding to the 23-year sentence he received after being convicted of similar crimes in New York in 2020, disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has now been sentenced by a Los Angeles court to a further 16 years in prison for a separate incident of rape and sexual assault. Joining Larry Elder to discuss this is…


Capitol Report: DOJ: No Immunity for Trump Over J6 Events; Biden Exercises Veto Power for First Time as President

The Department of Justice says former President Donald Trump will not have absolute immunity from civil lawsuits in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. The Senate passed a bill to declassify intelligence on the origin of COVID-19. What are lawmakers saying, and how is the White House responding? A House Republican says some countries use…


AG Garland Set to Testify to 118th Congress for First Time

Attorney General Merrick Garland, head of the Department of Justice (DOJ), is scheduled to testify before lawmakers of the 118th Congress for the first time on March 1. Judiciary Committee Chairman and Majority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) announced that Garland will testify at 10 a.m. ET at a Senate hearing titled “Oversight of the Department…


The Risk of CCP Influence on the DOJ for National Security and Legal System

Commentary The Department of Justice (DOJ) is the backbone of the American legal system, responsible for enforcing the law and ensuring that justice is served. Recently, however, there have been concerns about the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the DOJ and the potential threats that it poses to the American legal system…


DOJ Dropping Sex Trafficking Investigation Into Rep. Matt Gaetz, Lawyers Say

The U.S. Department of Justice has decided to close down a sex trafficking probe involving Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), according to his lawyers, ending the case without filing any charges against the congressman. “We have just spoken with the DOJ and have been informed that they have concluded their investigation into Congressman Gaetz and allegations…


Chicago Dad Placed on Watchlist After Opposing Pornography in Schools

A Chicago father has learned that he has been placed on a flight watchlist after opposing pornographic materials in his kids’ schools. Over the summer of 2021, Terry Newsome—who described himself in comments to the Epoch Times as a “lifelong Democrat” until recently—was one of several parents in the 99th school district of Downer’s Grove,…


Attorney General Jeff Landry Calls Out the ‘Weaponization’ of the DOJ

During a recent interview, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said that he believes there has been a “weaponization” of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Landry made his comments during a Feb. 9 interview on “Capitol Report” for NTD, a sister media outlet of The Epoch Times hosted by Steve Lance. Lance asked the state attorney…


State AGs Seek Answers From FBI, DOJ Over Targeting of Traditionalist Catholics

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and 19 other Republican state attorneys general expressed “outrage and alarm” Friday following the Feb. 8 leak of an internal FBI memo that characterized Catholics as “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.” Seeking answers, Miyares pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland for information on how the…