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Jan. 6 panel members say criminal referrals would be important marker

Members of a House panel on Sunday discussed urging criminal prosecutions against aides and allies of former President Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and adjourned without announcing any decisions.

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Lockerbie suspect in US custody for plane bombing that killed 270

A man charged in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing of a Boeing 747 airliner that killed 270 people is in U.S. custody, a Justice Department spokesperson said.

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Jan. 6 panel to decide referrals to DOJ

The committee is reportedly considering criminal referrals for former President Donald Trump and four associates

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Accused Libyan Bombmaker in Pan Am Downing Now in US Custody

A Libyan intelligence official accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism has been taken into US custody and will face federal charges in Washington, the Justice Department said Sunday. The arrest of Abu Agela…

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Scottish officials: Lockerbie bomb suspect is in US custody

U.S. and Scottish officials say the Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 is in U.S. custody

The Independent UK

U.S. indicts Mauritanian man for role in deadly Mali restaurant attacks

A Mauritanian man who received a death penalty in Mali for involvement in attacks that killed dozens including an American in 2015, was extradited to the United States to face a six-count indictment related to the same crime, the Justice Department said on Saturday.

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Trump’s attorneys in closed-door court hearing after contempt reports

WASHINGTON — The day after Donald Trump effectively gave up his court fight over government documents seized by the FBI from his Mar-a-Lago home, his lawyers were in a Washington courthouse amid reports the Justice Department has asked for the former president to be held in contempt in connection with…

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Judge declines DoJ request to hold Trump team in contempt of court over Mar-a-Lago papers subpoena

Court proceedings were sealed depsite pressure from news organisations

The Independent UK

Trump lawyers in court for sealed hearing in Mar-a-Lago case

Lawyers for Donald Trump are in federal court in Washington for sealed arguments as part of the ongoing investigation into the presence of classified information at the former president’s Florida estate

The Independent UK

AP Investigation: Prison boss beat inmates, climbed ranks

A senior official at the federal Bureau of Prisons has been repeatedly promoted, most recently to one of the highest posts in the agency

The Independent UK

The story so far: AP's investigation into federal prisons

An ongoing Associated Press investigation has uncovered deep, previously unreported flaws within the Justice Department’s largest law enforcement agency, the federal Bureau of Prisons

The Independent UK

AP Investigation: Prison boss beat inmates, climbed ranks

A senior official at the federal Bureau of Prisons has been repeatedly promoted, most recently to one of the highest posts in the agency

The Independent UK

DOJ cleared to use Trump Mar-a-Lago records in criminal probe

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Thursday freed the Justice Department to resume using the thousands of documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in its criminal investigation following months of legal wrangling with the former president.

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DOJ cleared to use Trump Mar-a-Lago records in criminal probe

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Trump among 5 targets as Jan. 6 panel weighs criminal referrals

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee is considering criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump, his chief of staff Mark Meadows and at least three other key allies involved in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.

The Independent UK

Justice Department asks judge to hold Trump’s team in contempt over classified documents

Move came after former president’s lawyers found two more classified documents in Florida storage facility

The Independent UK

Q&A: How Ted Henifin plans to fix Jackson's water system

The manager appointed by the U.S. Department of Justice to help fix the long-troubled water system in Mississippi’s capital has an expansive list of reforms on his plate

Salon

Corruption case fell apart under Barr

DOJ dropped charges against official linked to drug trafficking after Trump attorney general's intervention

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US sides against Google in consequential social media case

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration told the U.S. Supreme Court that social media companies in some cases can be held liable for promoting harmful speech, partially siding with a family seeking to sue Alphabet Inc.’s Google over a terrorist attack.

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US to appeal ruling that struck down pandemic-era border policy

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration told a Washington federal court Wednesday that it will appeal a ruling that struck down pandemic-related asylum restrictions known as Title 42.

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DOJ watchdog finds missteps by prison officials ahead of Whitey Bulger's killing

The Justice Department's watchdog found a string of missteps by federal Bureau of Prison officials but no malicious intent in their handling of Bulger's transfer to the prison where he was killed.

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Bureaucratic incompetence among federal prison officials led to mob boss Whitey Bulger’s beating death in 2018, IG report says

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Justice Department’s inspector general has concluded that it wasn’t “malicious intent,” but rather “bureaucratic incompetence” that was responsible for mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger’s brutal beating death when prison officials transferred him to a violent West Virginia prison and housed him with rival gangsters in 2018.

The Independent UK

Report: Classified items found at Trump storage unit in Fla.

A published report says lawyers for former President Donald Trump found at least two items marked as classified during a recent search of a storage unit in West Palm Beach, Florida, and have provided them to the FBI

Roll Call

US to appeal ruling that struck down pandemic-era border policy - Roll Call

The government told a Washington federal court Wednesday that it will appeal a ruling that struck down pandemic-related asylum restrictions.

Salon

Trump faces Jan. 6 criminal referrals

Trump is expected to be one of the criminal referrals, CNN reports

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