Author: Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY

Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a directive restricting Justice Department contact with the White House to prevent political interference.

‘The conduct alleged in the indictment is nothing short of a betrayal of those officials in the United States, including the former president’

After allegations of sexual abuse were brought to the FBI in 2015, investigators allege that an official sought employment with the Olympic Committee.

Since January, at least 535 people have been arrested, including 165 who have been charged with assaulting, resisting or interfering with police

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the FBI was able to “turn the tables” on the group known as the “Darkside,” believed to be based in Russia.

Paul Hodgkins pleaded guilty to a lone count of obstructing a government proceeding in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. He may get a reduced sentence.

The memo that recommended Donald Trump not be charged with obstructing Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation was ordered to be released.

Prosecutors had claimed that prison officers were sleeping, browsing the Internet when Epstein hanged himself in a Manhattan jail cell

CNN disclosed Thursday that Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr was informed prosecutors had obtained two months worth of phone and email records.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said AG William Barr had obscured “the true purpose of the memorandum” when it withheld the document.