Attorney General

Sessions criticizes ‘fake’ asylum claims, reportedly seeks numeric goals for immigration judges

Updated: Immigration judges are raising concerns about a reported proposal by the U.S. Justice Department to evaluate their performance based on numeric standards.

Oct 16, 2017 8:00 AM CDT

Justice Department tells Supreme Court to drop travel ban case because it is moot

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday told the U.S. Supreme Court it should drop a pending challenge to the second version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban because it has been replaced with a third and substantially different one. The Justice Department said the case is moot, report the New…

Oct 6, 2017 8:49 AM CDT

Sessions memo says Title VII doesn’t bar discrimination against transgender people

Updated: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act doesn’t protect transgender individuals from workplace discrimination, according to a memo by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Oct 6, 2017 8:00 AM CDT

OJ Simpson’s lawyer uses the B-word and other vulgarity to describe Florida Attorney General Bondi

A lawyer for O.J. Simpson lashed out at Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday after she opposed the former football star’s move to Florida from Nevada, where he was recently released on parole after serving nine years in prison for armed robbery. Lawyer Malcolm Lavergne said Simpson is “very,…

Oct 2, 2017 3:52 PM CDT

Jeff's Law

A special preview from the October issue: The attorney general sees his role as pushing present-day law enforcement toward a rose-colored past.

Oct 1, 2017 12:15 AM CDT

Justice Department reportedly asks Skadden for information about Manafort-related work

The U.S. Justice Department has reportedly asked Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom for information about its work on behalf of the former government of Ukraine, which was led by a client of President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chairman. Paul Manafort had arranged for Skadden to draft a report that some…

Sep 21, 2017 4:27 PM CDT

Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein was reportedly interviewed in special counsel probe

Investigators for special counsel Robert Mueller reportedly interviewed Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in June or July about the firing of FBI director James Comey.

Sep 20, 2017 9:12 AM CDT

Federal judge in Chicago blocks Trump administration’s hold on grants to sanctuary cities

A federal judge in Chicago on Friday issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Trump administration from refusing to release public safety grants to sanctuary cities that don’t cooperate in immigration enforcement.

Sep 15, 2017 3:29 PM CDT

Sessions reportedly submitted resignation after Trump berated him

President Donald Trump reportedly told Jeff Sessions he should resign during a diatribe in May in the Oval Office, leading the U.S. attorney general to send a resignation letter to the White House that was ultimately rejected. Sessions told associates that the way Trump berated him over his recusal in…

Sep 14, 2017 4:11 PM CDT

It’s ‘pretty clean and clear’ that Comey broke the law, White House press secretary says

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday that it’s “pretty clean and clear” that former FBI director James Comey violated federal law by leaking a memo about his conversations with the president.

Sep 14, 2017 9:05 AM CDT

Justice Department asks Supreme Court to stay part of 9th Circuit ruling on refugee admissions

Updated: The Justice Department on Monday asked the Supreme Court to stay part of a federal appeals court ruling that had required the government to allow additional refugees to enter the United States.

Sep 11, 2017 1:18 PM CDT

Baker who refused to make wedding cake for gay couple is backed by Justice Department in SCOTUS case

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief siding with a Christian bakery owner who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. The Justice Department said that Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, can’t be forced to make a cake that violates his…

Sep 7, 2017 5:18 PM CDT

Program that sends surplus military gear to local police revived by Trump

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday that President Donald Trump will issue an executive order that lifts restrictions on a program that transferred surplus military equipment to state and local law enforcement agencies. Sessions announced the change at a meeting of the Fraternal Order of Police in Nashville, report the…

Aug 28, 2017 12:47 PM CDT

Trump reportedly asked Sessions about dropping the criminal case against Arpaio

President Donald Trump reportedly asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions if it would be possible for the government to drop the criminal contempt case against Joe Arpaio. Trump was reportedly told it would be inappropriate to drop the case against the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, who was convicted for…

Aug 28, 2017 10:49 AM CDT

Realign laws on evidence-gathering on the internet, Google GC says

For as long as we’ve had legal systems, prosecutors and police have needed to gather evidence. And for each new advance in communications, law enforcement has adapted.

Aug 24, 2017 8:00 AM CDT