The Department of Justice released a report Thursday finding that the Federal Bureau of Investigation regularly failed to properly handle child sex crime allegations. The DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) began working on the report following allegations the FBI mishandled reports against former USA physician Lawrence Nassar. The OIG audited 327 incidents out...
Federal prosecutors have charged two European men with “swatting” dozens of members of Congress and other U.S. elected officials, including a former president and president-elect, according to court records unsealed on Wednesday. Thomasz Szabo, 26, of Romania, and Nemanja Radovanovic, 21, of Serbia, allegedly targeted roughly 100 people with “swatting” calls to instigate an aggressive...
The Biden-Harris administration may be attempting to “Trump-proof” the Department of Justice (DOJ) by hiring permanent appointees to some federal positions, according to findings from a watchdog group’s public records request. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents obtained by Protect the Public’s Trust (PPT) and shared with Fox News Digital show the administration is using...
Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday appealed federal Judge Aileen Cannon’s ruling dismissing his classified records Mar-a-Lago case against former President Donald Trump, arguing that his appointment is valid. Cannon, the U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, last month dismissed Smith’s case against Trump, ruling that it violated “the Appointments Clause of...
Federal prosecutors in New York arrested a Chinese dissident living in the U.S., accusing him of covertly working for China’s intelligence agency and spying on pro-democracy activist groups. According to a press release from the U.S. Justice Department, Yuanjun Tang, 67, was charged with acting and conspiring to act in the United States as an...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is willing to take responsibility for actions taken by former President Trump against protesters in 2020. The DOJ submitted a court filing on Monday certifying that Trump was acting within the scope of his office when he ordered the National Guard to disperse rioters gathered near the White House following...
A Somerset, Kentucky, man was sentenced to prison after hacking state registry systems to fake his own death in order to avoid paying child support. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said 39-year-old Jesse Kipf was sentenced to 81 months on Monday for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. Kipf is accused of hacking state...
Federal prosecutors in Texas have reached a tentative plea deal with Boeing that both sides are asking the court to accept despite vehement opposition from the families of hundreds of people who died in two MAX jet crashes, according to court filings. Boeing agreed to the deal in July, but opposition from the victims’ families...
A Jordanian national was arrested for explosives threats and an attack on a Florida energy facility allegedly motivated by the U.S. government’s support of the state of Israel. Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, 43, of Orlando, was indicted on Thursday with four counts of threatening to use explosives and one count of destruction of an energy...
During an ongoing lawsuit aimed at forcing the Justice Department (DOJ) to produce records from Special Counsel Robert Hur’s probe into Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents before being elected president, the DOJ revealed the discovery of 117 pages of transcribed discussions between the president and his ghostwriter. The find was highlighted Wednesday by the...
