A special prosecutor brought in by the Department of Justice to investigate the apparent politically motivated 2006 firings of at least nine United States attorneys has concluded that no criminal…
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales teaches a political science class at Texas Tech University and is apparently still working on a book about his…
In anticipation of a constitutional challenge, Congress included findings with the new health care law intended to show it is a regulation of commerce. The taxation power isn’t mentioned.
More than 360 agents participated today in a five-state sweep that had arrested, as of this morning, 36 of the 94 people indicted in a record-breaking $251 million Medicare fraud…
Four police officers and two supervisors have been federally indicted in a civil rights case over civilian deaths on the Danziger Bridge in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane…
Attorney General Eric Holder makes his most difficult decisions in the middle of the night, including his determination to try Sept. 11 detainees in New York.
A former Justice Department lawyer says officials ordered him to drop charges in a voter intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party in a decision he says…
Federal prosecutors this week announced stepped-up enforcement against mortgage fraud and, at least in Georgia, they are apparently using a new weapon to pursue such cases.
A group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban “facilitated” an attempted car bombing in New York City’s Times Square, said Attorney General Eric Holder today in a written statement announcing an…
Criminal fines against BP for violations of environmental laws for the Gulf oil spill could boost the company’s legal costs to $62.9 billion, a legal analyst says.
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