The Latest Breaking News from the Justice Department

Memo from attorney general about criminal leak investigations calls conduct of leakers ‘treasonous’

The Justice Department is poised to crack down on leaks of information to the news media, authorizing prosecutors to issue subpoenas to news organizations as part of leak investigations, serve search warrants when appropriate and force journalists to testify about their sources

Luigi Mangione, accused of gunning down an insurance executive in cold blood in a slaying that has divided Americans, pleaded not guilty to murder charges Friday, after he was arraigned in court.

The memo says "Alien Enemies" aren't subject "to a judicial review of the removal in any court of the United States."

The FBI has arrested Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan, saying she “intentionally misdirected” federal immigration agents away from a man they were trying to take into custody at her courthouse

FBI Director Kash Patel says a Wisconsin county judge accused of helping a man avoid immigration enforcement has been arrested

A lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday urged the Justice Department to refuse a Trump administration official’s request to prosecute the Democrat for mortgage fraud, calling it “improper political retribution” based on “long-disproven allegations.”

The Justice Department has charged an alleged high-ranking member of Tren de Aragua in Colombia with terrorism offenses

In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon tried to fire the Department of Justice prosecutor leading an investigation into the president’s involvement in wiretapping the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters.

Three federal prosecutors placed on leave amid a probe into their handling of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ now-dismissed corruption case are resigning

DOGE reportedly using agency data to construct master system to track and surveil immigrants