Merrick Garland

DOJ appeals decision to appoint special grasp in Trump FBI raid document scenario
Paperwork seized by FBI from Mar-a-Lago Supply: Division of Justice The Office of Justice on Thursday appealed a federal judge’s ruling to authorize a specific grasp to evaluation files that the FBI seized from the Florida home of former President Donald Trump. The Justice Department also questioned Decide Aileen Cannon to pause her relevant purchase […]
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Justice Department seeks to unseal Trump raid search warrant, Attorney General Garland says
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that the Justice Department has asked a federal judge to unseal a search warrant used by the FBI to raid the Florida home of former President Donald Trump three days earlier. The decision came after days of pressure by Republican lawmakers and other allies of Trump on the Justice […]
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Jan. 6 texts of Trump Defense officials wiped clean by Pentagon, court filing shows
Aerial view of the United States military headquarters, the Pentagon. Jason Reed | Reuters Text messages received and sent by top Pentagon officials who were part of the Trump administration on Jan. 6, 2021, have been wiped from their government-issued phones, according to a federal court filing that cites statements by the Defense Department and […]
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Watch live: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland briefs press on DOJ lawsuit challenging Idaho abortion law
(Attorney General Merrick Garland is scheduled to begin speaking at 1:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if the video above doesn’t play at that time.) The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to invalidate Idaho’s new restrictive abortion law on the grounds that it violates federal law requiring most hospitals to give […]
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Casino industry urges federal prosecutors to crack down on illegal operators
American casinos, gaming companies and lawmakers are calling on federal prosecutors to crack down on illegal offshore gambling sites that they say are evading consumer protection regulations. The push comes as sports gambling has quickly expanded in the U.S. in recent years, with more than 30 states and Washington D.C. allowing it. “What maybe at […]
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Watch live: U.S. AG Garland appoints DOJ team to review police response to Uvalde school shooting
[The stream is slated to start at 12:00 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Attorney General Merrick Garland is set to announce a team of officials and experts reviewing the local and state law enforcement response to last month’s mass shooting at an elementary […]
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House oversight chair says DOJ is ‘obstructing’ probe into Trump
Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on D.C. statehood on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Call | Getty Images WASHINGTON — House Oversight Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., is alleging that the Department of Justice is “obstructing” the panel’s investigation into former President Donald Trump by blocking the National […]
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Here’s why people are still flipping out on airliners
Incidents involving unruly passengers in the United States are decreasing. But the good news may end there. On average, there were about 500 reports of unruly passengers per month in 2021, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. In the first three months of 2022, this number fell to about 350 reports per month, according […]
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