Tag: Department of Justice

LIVE NOW: House Judiciary Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Examination of Clemency at the Department of Justice’

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance holds a hearing at 2:00 p.m. ET on June 22 on “Examination of Clemency at the Department of Justice” to examine the Department of Justice’s unprecedented re-prosecution of Philip Esformes, whose prison sentence was originally commuted by President Donald Trump. Brett Tolman, Executive Director of…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (June 15): GOP Senators Want Special Counsel to Probe Biden; Former Morgue Manager Allegedly Sold Body Parts

Republican senators want the Department of Justice to appoint a special counsel to investigate an alleged Biden family bribery scheme. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said only the DOJ can address Americans’ doubts at this point. A former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School was allegedly stealing and selling human body parts. Cedric Lodge is now facing…


NTD News Today (June 15): GOP Senators Want Special Counsel to Probe Biden; Former Morgue Manager Allegedly Sold Body Parts

Republican senators want the Department of Justice to appoint a special counsel to investigate an alleged Biden family bribery scheme. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said only the DOJ can address Americans’ doubts at this point. A former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School was allegedly stealing and selling human body parts. Cedric Lodge is now facing…


DHS Sought to Assign ‘Risk Scores’ to Social Media Users, Documents Show

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sought to assign “risk scores” to social media users as part of an initiative dubbed “Night Fury,” documents obtained in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show. Night Fury sought to develop a methodology for combing through social media posts and content to identify potential criminal or terrorist…


Opposition to Federal Spying Practices Bipartisan and on the Rise: Poll

A new poll indicates that bipartisan skepticism of federal spying practices is on the rise—a fact that could make the Biden administration’s push to renew certain powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) more challenging. The national AP-NORC poll, conducted March 16–20, shows that Republicans and Democrats espouse similar views on government surveillance tactics,…


Trump Charged With Making False Statements, Concealing Documents

Former President Donald Trump has been charged with making false statements, concealing documents, and conspiring to obstruct justice, a newly unsealed indictment shows. Trump aide Waltine Nauta has also been charged. Trump announced he’d been indicted on June 8. He says he is innocent. Trump violated federal law by causing “scores of boxes, many of which…


How Republicans and Democrats Reacted to Trump DOJ Indictment

Congressional lawmakers are reacting to news that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will indict President Donald Trump over alleged mishandling of classified documents. Trump said on June 8 that his attorneys were informed of the indictment by DOJ special counsel Jack Smith in connection to the investigation into the handling of classified documents. Trump is…


Two Tiers of Justice

Commentary The elite set of individuals that sit atop our federal agencies have completely weaponized our entire government apparatus. It is no longer a one-off “mistake,” but rather the intentional creation of a two-tier system of justice that has gone unchecked. The resulting impact is a death knell for American faith in all three branches…


Republicans Say DOJ Has Gone ‘Totally Rogue’ After Lawsuit Against 2024 Senate Contender

Republicans are blasting the Department of Justice (DOJ) for its planned lawsuit against the coal empire of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice II, who is mounting a Senate bid against embattled incumbent Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.). The DOJ announced in a May 31 press release that it would sue Justice’s 13 coal companies for unpaid…


Biden Administration Sues Companies Owned by Republican Running for US Senate

President Joe Biden’s administration has sued more than a dozen companies owned by the Justice family, including West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican running for the U.S. Senate. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says in the lawsuit that the companies and Justice’s son, who is the primary controller of many of the businesses,…