Topic: U.S. Department of Justice
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican congressional investigators demanded on Wednesday Attorney General Eric Holder turn over documents and communications about a bungled operation that allowed guns to be smuggled to Mexican drug cartels from the United States.Escalating the battle between Holder and the ...
House Speaker John Boehner on Friday criticized President Obama over his decision to no longer defend DOMA in courtHouse Speaker John Boehner on Friday criticized President Obama over his decision to no longer defend in federal court the Defense of Marriage Act ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. agency that oversaw a botched attempt to track arms flowing to drug cartels in Mexico is being reassigned to the Justice Department headquarters, the Obama administration said on Tuesday.Kenneth Melson, who has been acting ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led Senate on Tuesday confirmed three of President Barack Obama's senior Justice Department nominees, including long-stalled Deputy Attorney General James Cole, who drew broad Republican opposition.Senator Charles Grassley, the Judiciary Committee's ranking Republican, voiced "serious concerns" about Cole's ...
Inspector General Glenn Fine stepping down after 10 years in Justice Department postJustice Department inspector general Glenn Fine will step down in January after 10 years of critiquing some of the agency's most controversial actions.Fine was IG during an especially tumultuous time ...
Federal law enforcement and prosecutors have received a mandate from the U.S. Department of Justice to use DNA identification whenever possible in investigating and prosecuting federal crimes. The move makes good on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's promise a year ago to ...
/u-s-department-of-justice" title="U.S. Department of Justice">U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed eight United States Attorneys in December 2006, all of whom were appointed by former President George W. Bush . The E-mails the White House Don't Want You To See (March 30, 2007) ...
Justice Department sees no misconduct in recovered e-mails sent by senior Bush admin lawyerThe Justice Department says the government has recovered some missing e-mails sent by a Bush administration lawyer who provided legal advice supporting harsh CIA interrogation of terrorism suspects.The Justice ...
The article reports on the increase in the transaction volume at automated teller machines (ATMs) that carry financial-institution brands in the U.S. Keith Myers of Cardtronics Inc. claims that the bulk of increase in transactions from customers of the branding bank. MARCH ...
/u-s-department-of-justice" title="U.S. Department of Justice">U.S. Department of Justice (D.O.J.) Bradley Schlozman resigned from the department in August 2007. In January 2009, investigators reported that Schlozman gave false statements to Congress, mistreated his staff and took the "political and ideological affiliations" into consideration ...