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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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