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DOJ warns states refusing to issue 'undercover license plates' to DHS officers

The Justice Department on Wednesday said it was “unconstitutional” for states to refuse to provide undercover license plates to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers. “Some states are refusing to issue license plates to federal law enforcement. It’s dangerous, shameful, and unconstitutional,” DOJ Civil Division Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate wrote in a post on...

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DOJ subpoenas Wall Street Journal over Iran war leaks

The Wall Street Journal on Monday said it received grand jury subpoenas from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for reporters' records over media leaks connected to the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran. The Journal received those subpoenas on March 4, which referred to reporting published on Feb. 23 that said that Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman...

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Justice Department moves to strip 12 Americans of their citizenship

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday it is seeking to denaturalize a dozen people from various parts of the country who are accused of fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship. Federal prosecutors filed denaturalization actions in U.S. District Courts across the country this week against 12 people, alleging they lied during the naturalization process, including about...

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Comey responds to indictment: 'This is not who we are as a country'

Former FBI Director James Comey issued a Tuesday video response to a new indictment on two charges of making threats to harm President Trump stemming from a social media post in which he arranged seashells that read “86-47.” “Well, they're back. This time about a picture of seashells on a North Carolina Beach a year...

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DOJ seeks to bring back firing squads, electric chairs for some death penalty cases

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday it will bring back the use of firing squads and electric chairs for some death penalty cases, as well as "readopting" the use of lethal injections as used during the first Trump administration. Department officials said in a statement that bringing back these manners of execution "are critical...

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House Democrat questions DOJ on possible Ghislaine Maxwell pardon

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sent a Wednesday letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) strongly opposing the possibility of a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime partner and accomplice of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.  “I am writing to express my disgust at the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) reported willingness to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell,” Krishnamoorthi...

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