Tag: Department of Justice

Newly Revealed Records Show How Probe Into Clinton Foundation Ended

Federal prosecutors refused to bring charges against the Clinton Foundation, prompting the FBI to close an investigation into the organization, newly released records show. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas declined to bring charges against the Clinton Foundation in January 2021, according to the records. That move prompted the FBI to…


Biden US Attorney Lied About Helping Democrat Candidate, Watchdog Finds

A U.S. attorney lied about helping a Democrat candidate in a contested primary, a watchdog reported in a new report. U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Rachael Rollins, a Biden appointee, helped Ricardo Arroyo win the 2022 Democrat primary for Suffolk County district attorney, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of…


Republicans Vow Accountability for FBI Politicization Detailed in Durham Report as Democrats Mostly Mum

House Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) is calling for Congress to enact “new guardrails” to prevent a recurrence of the “serious errors and shortcomings” described in the Durham Report’s analysis of the FBI’s highly politicized investigation of allegations Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russian government. “The Durham Report underscores what former…


GOP Lawmakers Demand Answers on Lack of Arrests of Protesters Outside Supreme Court Justices’ Homes

Two congressional Republicans demanded answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) over its failures to arrest protesters outside the homes of Supreme Court justices. An unprecedented breach of Supreme Court secrecy in June 2022 revealed that the high court was poised to overturn the constitutionally protected right to an abortion. Following this breach, many mounted…


Ex-San Diego Resident Sentenced for Tax Crimes, Fleeing Country Over 20 Years Ago

SAN DIEGO—A former San Diego resident who fled the United States more than 20 years ago to avoid being sentenced for tax crimes was sentenced April 28 to over five years in federal prison. Robin McPherson was slated to appear for a March 2001 sentencing hearing following his convictions for tax evasion and conspiracy, but…


DOJ Unveils Charges Against Sinaloa Cartel, Including El Chapo’s Sons, Over Fentanyl Trafficking

The Department of Justice announced charges against more than two dozen individuals of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel for alleged illegal trafficking of fentanyl and other drugs. The charges, announced in an April 14 press conference, target 33 people, including “the Chapitos,” the sons of former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman: Joaquin Guzman Lopez,…


Appeals Court Ruling May Threaten DOJ Position in Dozens of Jan. 6 Cases: Lawyer

An April 7 decision issued by the D.C. Court of Appeals may jeopardize a key legal backing used by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to prosecute participants of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach, according to attorney Albert Watkins. “What this opinion did do was, it practically begged for other [Jan. 6] cases to be…


Pro-Trump Influencer Found Guilty of Using Memes to Interfere With 2016 Election

A man who posted memes about the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election was found guilty of one charge of conspiring against the right to vote on Friday. “Douglass Mackey, also known as ‘Ricky Vaughn,’ was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his…


Man Who Posted Hillary Clinton Meme Found Guilty of Interfering in 2016 Election

A man who posted memes about the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election was found guilty of one charge of conspiring against the right to vote on Friday. “Douglass Mackey, also known as ‘Ricky Vaughn,’ was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his…


Online Influencer Who Posted Hillary Clinton Meme Found Guilty of Interfering in 2016 Election

A man who posted memes about the Hillary Clinton campaign during the 2016 presidential election was found guilty of one charge of conspiring against the right to vote on Friday. “Douglass Mackey, also known as ‘Ricky Vaughn,’ was convicted today by a federal jury in Brooklyn of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights stemming from his…