4 h. ago Dispute erupts over who will represent former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in court

A lawyer squabble over who gets to represent former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in his New York drug case has erupted, with an ex-Justice Department official asking a judge to let Maduro settle the dispute

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6 h. ago Congress rails against the DOJ’s skirting of Epstein: ‘The exact opposite of what they’re supposed to do’

Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna also push for the appointment of a special master to force the files’ release

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28 h. ago US congressmen ask judge to appoint official to force release of all Epstein files

Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie seek to compel justice department to release full set of filesTwo US House of Representatives members have asked a federal judge to appoint a special master to compel the justice department to release all files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender.On Thursday, Democratic representative Ro Khanna of California and Republican representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky asked US district judge Paul Engelmayer to release the full Epstein files, as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago What to know about the rules for officers firing at a moving vehicle

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman in a moving vehicle in Minneapolis this week, sparking renewed questions about use-of-force rules

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50 h. ago Fatal shooting by ICE agent in Minneapolis raises questions about officers firing at moving vehicles

The fatal shooting Wednesday of a woman by an immigration and customs enforcement agent in Minneapolis is raising questions about when law enforcement officers are justified in using lethal force against someone in a moving vehicle

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54 h. ago Justice Department sues Connecticut and Arizona as part of effort to get voter data from the states

Officials in Connecticut and Arizona are defending their decision to refuse a request from the U.S. Justice Department to turn over detailed voter information

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3 d. ago Shooter who killed Brown students and MIT professor planned attack for months, says DOJ

The U.S. Department of Justice reveals that Claudio Neves Valente, the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor, had planned the attack for at least six semesters

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3 d. ago US justice department has released less than 1% of Epstein files, filing reveals

Federal law required majority of documents to be released by 19 December, but only 125,575 pages have been publishedThe Department of Justice has released less than 1% of the so-called Epstein files, a court filing has revealed, as Democrats step up criticism of the Trump administration’s “lawlessness” for keeping records under seal.The department conceded that only 12,285 documents, totalling 125,575 pages, relating to the disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein have been published to date, despite a federal law requiring the vast majority to be released by 19 December. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Unsealed indictment reveals charges against Nicolás Maduro and his wife

Venezuelan president accused of running a ‘corrupt’ government fuelled by a drug-trafficking operation that flooded US with cocaineMaduro detained in New York after audacious raid – live updatesA newly unsealed US justice department indictment accuses the captured Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, of running a “corrupt, illegitimate government” fuelled by an extensive drug-trafficking operation that flooded the US with thousands of tons of cocaine.The arrest of Maduro and his wife in a stunning military operation early on Saturday in Venezuela sets the stage for a major test for US prosecutors as they seek to secure a conviction in a Manhattan courtroom against the longtime leader of the oil-rich South American nation. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Maduro arrives in US after stunning capture in operation that Trump says will let US 'run' Venezuela

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has arrived in the United States to face criminal charges

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6 d. ago Epstein disclosures raise key question: why wasn’t he stopped earlier?

New documents reveal numerous missed opportunities as experts and victims condemn US authorities’ failuresOver the course of two decades, Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly appeared on law enforcement’s radar for sexual misconduct involving teen girls and young women. And over this same period of time, Epstein avoided serious and meaningful punishment for his crimes.The US justice department’s recent disclosure of long-secret investigative files related to Epstein has once again raised the question of why he wasn’t interdicted sooner, despite numerous reports of misconduct. The issue has been the subject of many conspiracy theories, often focusing on the idea that Epstein – who lived at the center of a network of powerful people – enjoyed some form of protection. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Tennessee actually just did something amazing for women | Arwa Mahdawi

The state has created the first registry in the US to track repeat domestic violence offendersLet’s say you’re going on a first date and you want to make sure the person you’re meeting up with isn’t a registered sex offender. If you live in the US, you can find this out very quickly: there’s a centralized website provided by the US Department of Justice that lets you search a name or location in seconds.Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Federal judge dismisses Louisville police reform agreement spurred by Breonna Taylor's death

A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed Louisville’s proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice

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9 d. ago Jack Smith told House committee he had ‘proof beyond reasonable doubt’ in cases against Trump

Ex-special counsel testified in front of judiciary committee about aborted federal prosecution of Donald TrumpJack Smith, the former justice department special counsel who led the aborted federal prosecution of Donald Trump, told a congressional committee that he never spoke to Joe Biden about his cases, according to the transcript of a deposition released on Wednesday.In his behind-closed-doors testimony to the House judiciary committee earlier this month, Smith defended the charges he brought against Trump for allegedly possessing classified documents and attempting to overturn the 2020 election, while warning of the consequences of allowing election meddling to go unpunished. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump’s DOJ is seeking hundreds of lawyers to sift through more than 5 million Epstein files before release: report

Department of Justice reportedly looking to draft in as many as 400 more legal experts to help with review of files it was required by law to release in full on December 19

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9 d. ago US justice department reportedly reviewing more than 5m pages of Epstein files

Figure represents significant expansion on earlier estimates as effort draws resources away from other DoJ cases The US justice department is believed to be reviewing more than 5m pages of documents relating to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein – an effort that is drawing resources away from existing cases, according to the New York Times.The figure represents a significant expansion on earlier estimates, which drew on calculations based on 300 gigabytes of data, papers, videos, photographs and audio files held within FBI archives that relate to investigations in Florida and New York. Continue reading...

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1 week ago DOJ pushed to prosecute Kilmar Abrego Garcia only after mistaken deportation, judge's order says

A newly unsealed order in the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia reveals that high level Justice Department officials pushed for his indictment only after he was mistakenly deported and then ordered returned to the U.S. Abrego Garcia has pleaded not guilty to charges of human smuggling

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2 w. ago Trump demands DOJ release all the names related to the Epstein investigation as he complains of a ‘witch hunt’ and Democrat ‘hoax’

Trump accused Democrats of having ‘worked with Epstein’ and called on the Justice Department to ‘release all of their names’

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2 w. ago The unanswered questions after trove of Epstein files released — and possibly a million more to follow

Latest tranche of records and photographs relating to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein published by the Department of Justice contained almost 30,000 pages of information or 10GB of data, Joe Sommerlad reports

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2 w. ago Judge green lights New York’s driver’s license law despite Trump administration challenge

The Justice Department sued the state over the law in February

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