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Post: Suit Seeks Documents in Gun-Trafficking Case

A House committee filed a civil suit Monday seeking to override President Barack Obama’s first invocation of executive privilege and force the Justice Department to turn over documents related to a bungled gun-trafficking operation called Fast … Continue reading →
Post: Feds: Mississippi County Runs ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’

Officials in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, have operated “a school-to-prison pipeline” that violates the constitutional rights of juveniles by incarcerating them for alleged school disciplinary infractions, some as minor as defiance, the U.S. Department of Justice said … Continue reading →
Post: State’s Voter ID Law to be Scoured

The Justice Department is investigating whether Pennsylvania’s voter ID law discriminates against minorities, an agency spokesman said Monday. The Justice Department sent a three-page letter to Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele, a member of Gov. … Continue reading →
Post: CEO of Poker Site Full Tilt Is Arrested

The chief executive of Full Tilt Poker, the beleaguered one-time Web poker giant, was arrested Monday at John F. Kennedy International Airport as the government unveiled new criminal charges against him related to an alleged Ponzi … Continue reading →
Post: Justice Won’t Prosecute Holder for Contempt

The Justice Department declared Friday that Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to withhold information about a bungled gun-tracking operation from Congress does not constitute a crime and he won’t be prosecuted for contempt of Congress. The … Continue reading →
Post: US Sues Two Polygamist Towns

The US Justice Department sued two polygamist-dominated towns on the Utah-Arizona border on Thursday, citing religious discrimination and saying they had operated for two decades as an arm of a breakaway Mormon sect. The complaint accuses … Continue reading →
Post: Lawmakers: Justice must move fast on leaks inquiry

The heads of the House and Senate intelligence committees say the Justice Department must move quickly and ignore politics in investigating possible unauthorized disclosures of classified information. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Republican Rep. Mike … Continue reading →
Post: Issa, Chaffetz Confirm Contempt Plans For Holder Over Fast And Furious

House GOP leaders said Friday they are pursuing a plan to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and the Justice Department in contempt for “stonewalling” them over information regarding the administration’s failed Fast and Furious … Continue reading →
Post: Justice Department Rejects Texas Voter ID Law

The Justice Department’s civil-rights division on Monday objected to a new photo ID requirement for voters in Texas because many Hispanic voters lack state-issued identification. Texas follows South Carolina as the second state in recent months … Continue reading →
Post: Holder, Grilled on Gun Inquiry, Says He Won’t Resign

House Republicans pummeled Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Thursday over the disputed gun-trafficking investigation called Operation Fast and Furious, accusing the Justice Department of hiding the truth and lying to Congress in a slugfest … Continue reading →