The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/u-s-department-of-justice/)
John Bash, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, will look into instances of unmasking before and after the 2016 presidential election. Unmasking is a common practice to reveal the identity of someone who’s mentioned in an intelligence report.
A licensed New York City pharmacist bought thousands of rare N95 masks and sold them at much higher prices out of his car during the COVID-19 pandemic, federal authorities said.
This week, Attorney General William Barr installed the Drug Enforcement Administration’s fourth acting administrator in five years, Tim Shea.
The President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice continued its work with three days of hearings by videoconference on law enforcement recruitment, training, and retention.
The Justice Department has decided to handle potential prosecutions of lawmakers in insider-trading cases related to COVID-19 in Washington, not New York City or other locations.
If confirmed by the Senate, Justin Herdman will replace Timothy Shea, who will head the Drug Enforcement Administration.
More than 1,900 former Justice Department employees have repeated a call for William Barr to step down as attorney general, asserting that he had “once again assaulted the rule of law” by moving to drop the case against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.
The funds are part of “Operation Relentless Pursuit,” mostly to hire 214 police officers.
Former Assistant Attorney General Mary McCord says the Justice Department incorrectly relied on her work to toss the criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Justice Department officials were exasperated and disheartened about the idea that presidential backers win favors unavailable to other defendants. Attorney General William Barr insists, “I’m doing the law’s bidding.”