Presidents and prosecutors have for generations appeared in the Great Hall of the Justice Department to announce important anti-crime initiatives or to offer plaudits for the fundamental tenet of the rule of law, while maintaining distance from the detailed workings of the department itself. When President Bill Clinton addressed the Great Hall in 1993, he
The Justice Department moved on Friday to dismiss its Biden-era challenge of an Iowa law that made it a state crime for some undocumented immigrants to enter the state, a victory for Iowa Republicans as the Trump administration pursues an aggressive campaign against illegal immigration. The short filing submitted by Justice Department lawyers in Federal
President Trump repeated a number of well-trodden falsehoods on Friday in a grievance-fueled speech at the Justice Department, veering from prepared remarks to single out lawyers and prosecutors and assail the criminal investigations into him. His remarks, billed as a policy address, were wide-ranging, touching on immigration, crime and the price of eggs. Here’s a
President Trump speaks at the Justice Department on Friday. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images In a winding speech given from the Department of Justice — a place not typically frequented by sitting presidents — President Trump blasted former officials and lawyers who investigated him, saying they turned the department into
The wife of a British diving instructor who was gunned down on their Bahamas yacht is still fighting for justice a decade later, as the alleged killer’s trial is put on hold once again. When Gary, 51, and Kat Vanhoeck sold their home in the UK in exchange for their dream life on a 36-foot
In the past few weeks, the Justice Department under President Trump has taken an expansive view of the pardons he issued to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Department officials, after initially concluding that the pardons covered only crimes that were committed at the
In June 2023, Donald J. Trump’s lawyers arrived at Justice Department headquarters, grimly scooped up visitors badges and were ushered upstairs to ask prosecutors for details about Mr. Trump’s imminent indictment over the hoarding of documents at Mar-a-Lago. Mr. Trump never faced a trial and is now the president. Two members of his defense team
Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member convicted of leaking highly classified documents about the war in Ukraine, used his court-martial Thursday to describe himself as a “proud patriot” who was trying to expose the supposed “lies” of the Biden administration. After pleading guilty to military charges of obstructing justice, the 23-year-old acknowledged he
The Sentencing Council will look again at arguments against its new guidelines after critics said they would create a “two-tier” justice system. The council was criticised by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood after saying it would advise judges in England and Wales to increase their focus on the lives of offenders from ethnic minority and other
President Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House on March 7. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images President Trump is set to visit the Department of Justice Friday to make remarks on “restoring law and order,” his press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said. Trump