The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/policy-politics/department-of-justice/)
America is suffering under the largest backlog of unresolved clemency cases in U.S. history, stemming from the former Trump administration, with 14,000 people waiting to hear their fate. President Joe Biden has set in motion a process to resolve it.
Despite resistance, a federal judge has ordered that documents chronicling the decision to throw out obstruction charges against Trump that were originally concealed by former AG Barr must be released.
Appearing before a House Committee, Garland is also expected to ask for $33m for civil rights probes as part of his efforts to shift the DOJ away from Trump-era policies.
Leaders of the nation’s largest law-enforcement organizations and unions said they would air their concerns directly to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday over the Justice Department’s broad civil-rights probe into the Minneapolis Police Department, with many voicing skepticism of investigations that they say can unfairly force cities to make costly changes that are burdensome to rank-and-file officers.
Promising to make the Capitol riot investigation her top priority, Monaco brings decades of experience to the DOJ’s number two position.
Enjoying bipartisan support, the former federal appeals court judge is tasked with reestablishing the DOJs credibility, trustworthiness, and independence.
While some Republicans have voiced opposition to Vanita Gupta’s nomination for the number three spot at the DOJ, police organizations around the country, and major conservatives, stand behind her.
The Department of Justice needs new leadership to restore its leadership in the fight against systemic discrimination “in all its forms,” witnesses told a hearing Tuesday in support of the nomination of Judge Merrick D. Garland to head the department.
The ACLU is suing the FBI following the discovery of public court documents and records that indicate the FBI Electronic Device Analysis Unit can bypass encrypted cell phone information. If true, the ACLU says this will “severely undermine our digital privacy and security.”
As votes continued to be tallied in battleground states Thursday, a debate was shaping up over the Justice Department’s legal right to use armed federal officers to investigate potential voter fraud.