U.S. Department of Justice
Justice Plans to Link Grants, Police Use-of-Force Policies
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A former DOJ official says the draft proposal falls short by failing to require training that would be needed to reach its stated goals.
U.S. Department of Justice
5,000 Arrested Since July in DOJ’s Operation Legend
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Federal agents were sent to nine cities to help local police fight violent crime. Of the 5,000 people arrested, 1,057 have been charged with federal offenses.
U.S. Department of Justice
Trump Presses DOJ to Act Against His Adversaries
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“The behavior would be shocking in a normal presidency, but Trump has literally been doing this for years,” said Harvard law Prof. Jack Goldsmith who formerly worked at the Justice Department.
U.S. Department of Justice
Trump, GOP Leaders Unhappy About Russia Report Delay
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Attorney General William Barr is telling top Republicans that the Justice Department’s review into the origins of the Russia investigation will not be released before the election. GOP leaders want Attorney General William Barr to declassify more documents in the case.
U.S. Department of Justice
Legal Leaders Offer Support for DOJ Dissidents
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Former judges and bar leaders pledge support for Justice Department lawyers critical of Attorney General William Barr’s political moves.
Crime Victims
DOJ Awards $1.8 Billion to Crime Victim Aid Programs
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Last year, federal funding under the Victims of Crime Act helped seven million victims and paid $399 million in compensation claims.
U.S. Department of Justice
DOJ Avoids Most Police ‘Pattern or Practice’ Cases
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At a time when the U.S. faces another public reckoning over civil rights abuses by police, the Justice Department unit charged with handling such problems has remained largely sidelined.
Policing
Judge Halts Trump Policing Panel on Transparency Issue
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A federal judge said President Donald Trump’s commission studying policing issues violated the law by limiting its membership to law enforcement.
Will Operation Legend Have Long-Term Impact on Crime?
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The Justice Department claims success for its program to send federal agents to help police in nine cities. Yet federal agents already have departed from Kansas City. “There has to be staying power,” says a former FBI official.
U.S. Department of Justice
New Documents Cast Doubt on 2016 Russia Probe
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The papers that an FBI agent thought prosecutors were out to “get Trump” and that a key source of allegations against the president had been previously investigated as a possible Russian asset.