EXPLAINER: Capitol riot investigation growing 2 years later
The largest investigation in the Justice Department’s history keeps growing two years after a mob attacked the U.S. Capitol and challenged the foundations of American democracy.
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US settles with Mexican man arrested despite DACA status
A Mexican man who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents in 2017 will be allowed to remain in the country for at least the next four years under a settlement with the Justice Department.
First Merchants emerges from fair-lending settlement agreement
Muncie-based First Merchants Bank and the U.S. Department of Justice have agreed to end a settlement agreement that had been put in place in 2019 after the bank was accused of discriminatory lending practices in certain Indianapolis neighborhoods.
Trump referral: What laws the Jan. 6 panel says were broken
The House Jan. 6 committee on Monday urged the Justice Department to consider prosecuting Donald Trump for four different crimes.
Jan. 6 committee to issue criminal referrals, chairman says
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department as it wraps up its probe and looks to publish a final report by the end of the year, the panel’s chairman said Tuesday.
DOJ subpoenas election officials in states Trump disputed
Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed local election officials in Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and Pennsylvania, asking for communications with or involving former President Donald Trump, his 2020 campaign aides and his allies.
Trump probe: Court halts Mar-a-Lago special master review
A unanimous federal appeals court on Thursday ended an independent review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate.
Oath Keepers’ Rhodes guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was convicted Tuesday of seditious conspiracy for a plot to overturn President Joe Biden’s election, handing the Justice Department a major victory in its prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
New special counsel has long career confronting corruption
As a newly named special counsel, Jack Smith will be tasked with overseeing probes into the retention of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate as well as aspects of an investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
3 charged with sending defense-related data to China, including 2 from Indiana
Three people and a business have been charged in federal court with participating in an illegal scheme to export controlled data to China and to defraud the Defense Department.
DOJ election officer appointed in Northern Indiana District
The U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Indiana has appointed an assistant United States attorney to lead the efforts of his office in tandem with the Justice Department’s national Election Day Program.
Athlete advocacy group files complaint with DOJ against NCAA
An organization calling for reform in college sports has filed a complaint with the U.S Justice Department against the NCAA, accusing those involved with the governing body of violating antitrust laws by capping compensation to athletes.
High court rejects Trump plea to step into Mar-a-Lago case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former President Donald Trump’s plea to step into the legal fight over the FBI search of his Florida estate.
Justice Dept. asks court to deny Trump plea over FBI search
The Biden administration on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to steer clear of a legal fight over classified documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate.
Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate.
Trump docs probe: Court lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records
A federal appeals court on Wednesday permitted the Justice Department to resume its use of classified records seized from former president Donald Trump’s Florida estate as part of its ongoing criminal investigation.
Arbiter in Trump docs probe signals intent to move quickly
The independent arbiter tasked with inspecting documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s home said he intends to push briskly through the process and appeared skeptical of the Trump team’s reluctance to say whether the records were declassified.
Trump legal team balks at judge’s declassification questions
Donald Trump’s legal team has told a newly appointed independent arbiter that it does not want to answer his questions about the declassification status of the documents seized last month from the former president’s Florida home, saying that issue could be part of Trump’s defense if he’s indicted.
US asks appeals court to lift judge’s Mar-a-Lago probe hold
The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court Friday to lift a judge’s order that temporarily barred it from reviewing a batch of classified documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month.
Clarksville, Justice Department come to agreement in reserve officer’s HIV discrimination suit
A southern Indiana reserve police officer who sued the town of Clarksville after it withdrew his conditional offer of employment due to his HIV diagnosis has reached a settlement with the town, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced.