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The article discusses the political relationship between U.S. president-elect Donald J. Trump and U.S. senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney general, particularly focusing on their shared anti-establishment approaches to politics. The article profiles Sessions, particularly his background and education in Alabama and his political career, his willingness to go against the Republican Party, and the policies he may pursue at the U.S. Justice Department.

The article reports that Andrew G. McCabe has abruptly resigned as deputy director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after months of criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump, his allies of the bureau and the Department of Justice. Topics include McCabe's retirement on March 18, 2018, his departure under FBI Director Christopher Wray, and his involvement on issues concerning former First Lady Hillary Clinton's email and Trump campaign's association to Russia.

The article reports that U.S. President Donald J. Trump has given firm instructions to the White House's top lawyers to stop the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself in the Justice Department's investigation into whether Trump's associates had helped a Russian campaign to disrupt the 2016 election. It states that the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, lobbied Sessions to remain in charge of the inquiry amid pressure for Session's resignation.

The article offers information on efforts of Alexander Torshin, a senior Russian official, to arrange a meeting between Russian president Vladimir V. Putin and U.S. president Donald J. Trump. It mentions efforts of Russian government to contact and influence the presidential campaign of Trump. It also states formation of a special counsel for the Justice Department in order to investigate Russia's campaign to disrupt the 2016 election.

The article discusses the revelation of a secret bank account of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. It was found that the bureau's agents were using the account for personal transactions, aside from investigative expenses. The Department of Justice tried to keep the bureau's records secret. The account was used in transactions worth at least tens of millions of dollars before it was shut down in 2013.

The article discusses James Comey's request to Jeff Sessions for not interacting with president Donald Trump. Also included are details on Comey's Trump's orders for stopping Comey's investigation of links between Russia and Trump, Comey's declaration in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and the U.S. Justice Department's decision about the investigation. Comments from Jerry Brown, Ian Prior, and Matthew S. Axelrod are also included.

The article presents information on the options available to the U.S. to derail the operations of Russian hackers. Topics include allegations regarding the support of the Russian government for private hackers, the deportation of cyber criminal Joshua Samuel Aaron from Russia to the U.S., and the computer crime case called Operation Tovar wherein the U.S. Department of Justice took down two global computer networks.

The article reports that trial of Michael T. Slager, the police officer whose videotaped killing of an unarmed black man in North Charleston, South Carolina ended in a mistrial. Topics include insufficient evidence of shooting of Walter L. Scott, Judge Clifton B. Newman's decision staggered and Justice Department's action against police misconduct and racial bias in law enforcement.

The article states that U.S. federal investigators secured a warrant to search a large cache of emails belonging to 2016 U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, estranged wife of former U.S. congressman Anthony D. Weiner, in late October 2016. It discusses the significance of the U.S. Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) investigation and criticism of F.B.I. director James B. Comey.

The article reports that several officials have claimed that the U.S. Justice Department has warned U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James B. Comey against informing the U.S. Congress that evidence potentially relevant to the closed investigation on U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's email correspondence has been found. Topics discussed include Comey warned about the revelation being perceived as a form of meddling in the presidential elections.

The article discusses the U.S. Justice Department's replacement of the team of agents and lawyers investigating the death of Eric Garner, who died in 2014 after New York police officer Daniel Pantaleo used a chokehold, which the New York Police Department (NYPD) prohibits, to subdue Garner. Topics include a stall in the case due to the opposition of federal prosecutors and Federal Bureau of Investigation officials against bringing charges against the officers for violating Garner's civil rights.

The article discusses a 2016 report from the U.S. Justice Department which indicates that the Baltimore, Maryland Police Department has engaged in a systemic pattern of racial bias against the city's black residents for years, and it mentions the riots that are associated with the death of a black man named Freddie Gray. A push fro police reforms by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration is examined, along with a consent decree and the overhaul of the city's police practices.

The article discusses a U.S. Justice Department report which claims that thousands of patients are being held against their will in highly restrictive group homes, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities in places such as South Dakota, and it mentions American governmental investigations into civil rights violations and the treatment of children and others with mental and physical disabilities. The 1999 U.S. Supreme Court patients' rights case Olmstead v. L.C. is assessed.

The article discusses the U.S. Justice Department's announcement that it may not need the help of American technology company Apple to hack into the iPhone of terrorist suspect Syed Rizwan Farook. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's (F.B.I.'s) role in the hacking of the iPhone is discussed.

The article discusses the possibility of U.S. Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (F.B.I.'s) bringing a legal case against the American technology company WhatsApp over the company's encryption of Internet phone calls, so as to perform wiretapping. The context of the U.S. government's legal case against the American technology company Apple is discussed.

In this article, the author discusses her experience of reporting on the U.S. Justice Department under five different attorneys general from both the Democratic and Republican parties, citing her conversation with former attorney general Sally Q. Yates, and mentions actions of Jeff Sessions.

The article reports on the inquiry conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice on former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) deputy director Andrew G. McCabe for authorizing media disclosure on FBI's investigation of former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

The article discusses the U.S. Justice Department's claim that technology company Apple Inc.'s refusal to abide by an American court order requiring the company to unlock an iPhone smartphone used by one of the San Bernardino, California terrorists is based on Apple Inc.'s business model and public brand marketing strategy. American President Barack Obama's administration is mentioned, along with a right to privacy in the U.S. and a motion to compel Apple's Inc. to cooperate.

The article discusses the origins of a standoff between computer company Apple Inc. and the U.S. Justice Department, and it mentions how American President Barack Obama's administration has sought the assistance of Apple Inc. in several cases involving requests to unlock iPhone smartphones in order to access customers' encrypted data. Court orders and Apple Inc.'s refusal to help law enforcement in a 2015 drug-related legal case in a U.S. federal court in Brooklyn, New York are assessed.

The article discusses the U.S. Department of Justice's (D.O.J.'s) civil rights lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri for the city's refusal to reform its police department following the police's shooting of the unarmed African American teenager Michael Brown in 2014. An overview of the U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch's perspective on the lawsuit is provided.

The article reports that officials have reached the outlines of a deal with the Justice Department that would force changes to the city's Police Department and head off a civil rights lawsuit alleging years of unconstitutional policing in Ferguson, Missouri. It states that agreement is also expected to force changes to the municipal court system which trapped people in a cycle of increasing fines and arrests. It mentions that the Justice Department wants City Council to vote on the agreement.

The article discusses the challenges posed to the coalition of U.S. liberals and libertarian conservatives regarding legislative bills on criminal justice reform and sentencing in the U.S. An overview of the American multinational corporation Koch Industries' support of criminal justice reform in the U.S. is provided. The U.S. Department of Justice's (D.O.J.'s) attitude towards criminal law reform is discussed.

The article reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has dropped espionage charges against Temple University physics professor Xi Xiaoxing who had been accused of sharing confidential American technology with China. It describes how Xi was charged with sending the schematics of a design for a pocket heater, used in super-conductor research, to Chinese scientists. The author goes on to note that an independent experts found that the blueprints were not for a pocket heater.

The article discusses the U.S. Justice Department's announcement of new policies for prosecuting corporate employees amid criticism for securing fines from banks but failing to indict bankers. Topics include the challenges prosecutors face when attempting to indict bankers, the lack of direct evidence of fraud needed to prove bankers' criminal wrongdoing, and pressure on companies to name individuals during investigations created by the changes.

The article reports on the policy of the U.S. Department of Justice to consider prosecuting corporate executives for criminal actions rather than simply seeking settlement agreements with companies. Topics discussed include the announcement of this policy change by U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, the requirements for companies to turn over data about their employees, and the involvement of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in the creation of this policy memo.

The article discusses disputes concerning privacy and criminal justice administration between the U.S. agency the Justice Department and U.S. high technology companies Apple and Microsoft concerning text messages and email messages used by criminal suspects that were encrypted by the companies. According to the article, the Justice Department obtained a court order in Summer 2015 demanding that Apple release texts between suspects using the Apple product the iPhone, while a case between Microsoft and the Justice Department and Microsoft was scheduled to begin on September 9, 2015.

The article focuses on the U.S. Department of Justice and its role in several lawsuits around the country involving local disputes. The author explains that the Department of Justice is seeking to focus on civil rights at the state level and explores cases involving legal aid in New York State, solitary detention in California, and transgender students in Michigan.

The article focuses on the noted flaws in the police force report issued by the U.S. Department of Justice in July 2015 which highlight a challenge in addressing abuses across the country. Topics discussed include the need to produce better police force data to determine the government effort's efficacy to enhance police training and the relationships between officers and minorities, how police departments track police behavior and the government's response to excessive use of police force.

The article reports on the speedy arrests as the key to stopping attacks inspired by terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS), according to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where supervisors reassigned criminal squads to monitor terrorism suspects. The FBI and the Justice Department defended the claims of critics their approach could jeopardize criminal cases and miss opportunities to gather intelligence, claiming their chief mission is to prevent violence.

The article reports that on July 24, 2015 federal investigators found classified information on a private email account that had been used by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Topics include the findings of U.S. State Department inspector general Steve A. Linick and intelligence community inspector general I. Charles McCullough III, the nature of a U.S. Justice Department inquiry into the matter, and criminal laws regarding the mishandling of classified information.

The article discusses the a U.S. Internal Revenue Service (I.R.S.) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) investigation into the taxes of former Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) official Chuck Blazer that eventually led to a broader corruption case against FIFA officials. Topics addressed include Blazer's agreement to cooperate as an informant for the case, as well as the U.S. Justice Department's eventual indictment of 14 FIFA officials.

The article discusses the Swiss police's arrests of several officials from the Fédération internationale de football association (FIFA) world soccer organization, including Jeffrey Webb, Eugenio Figueredo, and Jack Warner, on charges of federal corruption in the U.S. Topics addressed include the extradition of the officials to the U.S., the U.S. Justice Department investigation of FIFA, the implications for FIFA president Sepp Blatter, and FIFA's finances.

The article discusses a settlement agreement between the U.S. Justice Department and the city of Cleveland, Ohio regarding the Justice Department's findings regarding excessive force and unconstitutional approaches used by Cleveland police. Topics addressed include protests in Cleveland following the acquittal of police officer Michael Brelo on manslaughter charges stemming from the shooting of unarmed occupants of a car during a police chase, as well as criticisms police training and discipline in the city

The article explores the administration of U.S. president Barack Obama's decision to back off its effort to end the federal death penalty in the U.S., highlighting the implications in terms of political obstacles facing capital punishment reform. Topics addressed include a U.S. Justice Department review of the death penalty following the botched execution of convicted murderer Clayton D. Lockett in Oklahoma, as well as concerns regarding the role of states and potential conservative opposition.

The article reports that the U.S. Justice Department supports a lawsuit brought by Ashley Diamond, a transgender inmate, suing the Georgia Department of Corrections for terminating her female hormone therapy while imprisoned in 2012. It notes that the Justice Department has argued such treatment policies, known as "freeze frame" policies, are unconstitutional since Diamond's treatments began prior to her arrest. Diamond's mental health is also discussed, covering her diagnosis with gender dysphoria.

The article discusses a U.S. Justice Department report on the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania police department that found an above-average amount of shootings and lethal-force by police in the city. Topics addressed include tensions in the city over a police shooting of Brandon Tate-Brown, a young black man, as well as the department's history of violence and corruption.

The article discusses a U.S. Justice Department investigation of the Ferguson., Missouri police department after the shooting of unarmed African-American teenager Michael Brown, highlighting the investigation's findings of a culture of racial bias and civil rights violations within the department. Topics addressed include U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s comments on the report, as well as several specific instances of racial discrimination against blacks by white police officers.

The article discusses the conclusion of the U.S. Justice Department's (D.O.J.'s) investigation into possible civil rights violations stemming form former police officer Darren Wilson's shooting of unarmed African-American teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, noting that Wilson will not be charged. Topics addressed include findings that eyewitness accounts of the shooting were inconsistent and conflicted with Wilson's account, as well as reactions from Brown's parents.

The article covers a report from the U.S. Justice Department which concludes that the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department routinely violates the constitutional rights of black residents. Citing crime statistics that suggest a disproportionate number of blacks are arrested, the author states the report shows the cause for racial tension and demonstrations in the city following the 2014 police shooting of black teenager Michael Brown.

The article discusses a report by the U.S. Justice Department that alleges the police department in Ferguson, Missouri made discriminatory traffic stops against African Americans for many years. Topics discussed include the relationship between these stops and the shooting death by police of teenager Michael Brown, the use of fines related to traffic tickets by the city to balance its budget, and the role of outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder in the report.

The article focuses on lawsuit filed against physics professor Xi Xiaoxing, for espionage case which was later dropped by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for want of evidence. Topics discussed are impact of suspicion of Chinese Americans for transferring superconductor research data to China, violations of constitutional rights, and mistakes made by the U.S. Justice Department.

The article reports that the U.S. Justice Department has obtained secret court-approved wiretap on Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump's presidential campaign, in the summer of 2016 based on the evidence that Page is operating as a Russian agent.

The article discusses the conviction of former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) officer Jeffrey A. Sterling on espionage charges related to a leak of information to journalist James Risen regarding a U.S. secret operation to disrupt Iran's nuclear program. Topics addressed include the U.S. Justice Department's use of circumstantial evidence to prosecute Sterling, as well as the administration of U.S. president Barack Obama's aggressive prosecution of whistle-blowers.

The article discusses the U.S. Justice Department 's investigation into police officer Darren Wilson's shooting of unarmed African-American teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, noting that the investigation concluded that no civil rights charges should be brought against Wilson. Topics addressed include accounts of the shooting by Wilson and witnesses, as well as U.S. attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr.'s oversight of the investigation..

The article discusses an announcement that journalist James Risen, a reporter for the "New York Times" newspaper, will not be called to testify in a U.S. Justice Department case against former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) officer Jeffrey Sterling. Topics addressed include the Justice Department's allegations that Sterling provided Risen with confidential information, as well as Risen's refusal to reveal information about a source.

The article discusses the efforts of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Justice Department to seek felony charges against former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) director David H. Petraeus for disclosing classified information to his biographer, Paula Broadwell. Topics addressed include an affair between Petraeus and Broadwell, U.S. attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr.'s lack of a decision on how to proceed with the case, and whether Petraeus will be indicted.

The article discusses U.S. attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr.'s announcement that a U.S. Justice department civil rights investigation had found abuses by the Cleveland, Ohio police department regarding their treatment of blacks. Topics addressed include police officers' excessive use of force using firearms and non-lethal weapons in Cleveland, as well as increasing criticisms and protests of U.S. police policy following police killings of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri and New York City.

The article reports that the U.S. Justice Department will launch a broad civil rights investigation into police practices in Ferguson, Missouri in addition to the civil rights investigation by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into the fatal shooting of African American teenager Michael Brown on August 9, 2014. It says that the Justice Department inquiry will focus on whether the police in Ferguson have a history of misuse of force or discrimination beyond Brown case.

The article examines reforms to the U.S. Department of Justice's racial profiling policies, proposed by U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in 2014. According to the author, the revisions would allow the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to continue using tactics such as mapping ethnic populations and using that data to open investigations and recruit informants. Opposition to these practices by civil rights groups is noted.

The article discusses the United States Justice Department's agreement to settle a criminal investigation of automobile company Toyota stemming from the company's concealment of safety defects in Toyota cars. Topics addressed include Toyota's agreement to pay a 1.2 billion dollar fine, as well as comparisons between the Toyota case and the government's investigation of automobile company General Motors' (G.M.) 2014 automobile recall.