DOJ to stop using outside experts to help vet competitive grant applicants
The Justice Department is scrapping its longtime practice of hiring outside experts to help review competitive grant applications, multiple sources told CBS News.
Former federal prosecutor fired over FACE Act case sues DOJ for unlawful termination
Sunita Doddamani argues that she was terminated as an assistant U.S. attorney because she prosecuted activists accused of blocking an entrance to an abortion clinic.
U.S. indicts former SPLC executive in alleged fraud scheme to funnel donations to white supremacist groups
Prosecutors have accused the SPLC of telling donors and banks the group was dismantling white supremacist and extremist groups, but instead funneling payments to confidential informants in the groups to…
DOJ legal office says Trump’s outside advisers can be shielded by executive privilege
Trump's outside advisers may now be protected from future congressional and legal investigations, according to a new opinion from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.
DOJ’s top prosecutor in LA hires law enforcement liaison with pending battery charge, string of DUIs
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli hired former top aide Shawn Lewis to be a federal law enforcement liaison, though Lewis has three prior convictions for driving under the influence…
People with disabilities fear service cuts as Trump’s DOJ questions legal protections
The Department of Justice in June issued a legal opinion saying states aren't required to provide services that help people with disabilities remain in their homes.
Afghan woman plans to fight DOJ efforts to deport her over allegation she is an “alien terrorist”
Nazira Haji Zada's lawyer argued that the Justice Dept. is violating her due process rights.
DOJ seeks to empower immigration judges to hold lawyers and their clients in contempt
The Justice Department is proposing a new rule to empower federal immigration judges to hold attorneys, their clients and witnesses in contempt if they violate court orders.
Comey claims DOJ conducted “illegal” surveillance in new motion seeking dismissal of Trump threat charges
Former FBI Director James Comey filed new motions late Tuesday in his effort to toss out federal charges accusing him of threatening President Trump's by posting a photo of seashells…
Comey asks judge to drop case over seashells Instagram post, arguing speech is protected by First Amendment
Former FBI Director James Comey argued that criminal charges stemming from an Instagram post should be dropped because his speech is protected by the First Amendment.