Ryan Lucas
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Series of recent DOJ cases show foreign operatives plotting assassinations in U.S.
State-sponsored assassination plots on U.S. soil may sound like the stuff of movies, but the Department of Justice says it has foiled four such cases since 2022.
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Republicans forge ahead with an impeachment inquiry against President Biden
President Biden's younger brother spent hours on Capitol Hill answering questions in a closed-door session that was part of the Republican-led impeachment inquiry.
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Ex-FBI source charged with Biden lies is tied to Russian intelligence, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors say that Alexander Smirnov admitted to authorities that "officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved in passing a story" about President Biden's son, Hunter.
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DOJ watchdog finds 187 inmate suicides in federal prisons over 8-year period
The Justice Department watchdog found 344 inmate deaths in federal prison from suicide, homicide or accident between 2014 and 2021. The majority of those deaths were suicides.
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New DOJ watchdog report details FBI officials' misconduct with foreign prostitutes
It paints a picture of FBI employees who repeatedly engaged in activities that violated Justice Department and FBI policies, and exposed them to possible extortion and blackmail.
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Justice Department will not charge Biden in classified documents probe
After classified documents were discovered in Biden's home and a Washington, D.C. office, the DOJ tasked special counsel Robert Hur to investigate.
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Wray warns Chinese hackers are aiming to 'wreak havoc' on U.S. critical infrastructure
The FBI director says Chinese state-sponsored hackers targeting of U.S critical infrastructure — including water treatment plants, pipelines and the power to grid — poses a national security threat.
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U.S. charges 3 for alleged murder-for-hire plot to kill Iranian defector in Maryland
The indictment unsealed in federal court is at least the third Iran-based murder-for-hire plot prosecuted by the Justice Department since 2022.
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Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months for contempt of Congress
Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro was convicted last year for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigation the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
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Justice Department report finds 'critical failures' in response to Uvalde attack
The Justice Department's critical incident review comes more than a year and a half after the gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.