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Washington DC, a recent USA Today headline has sparked controversy over the politicization of the U.S. Justice Department. The article argues that President Donald Trump disrupted efforts—established after Watergate—to keep the DOJ free from presidential interference. But is that a fair assessment?
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New York NY, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Monday the commencement of the 10th and final distribution from the Madoff Victim Fund, marking the culmination of a historic effort to compensate the victims of Bernie Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme.
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Washington DC, Matthew Graves, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, revealed on Monday that he will step down from his position on January 16, just days before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
Continue reading Matthew Graves J6 Prosecutor Resigns Ahead of Trump’s Inauguration
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Ridgewood NJ,in a controversial move, Chaz Littljohn has received a lenient plea deal from the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) despite being accused of a significant data breach involving taxpayer information. Littljohn was charged with a single count of stealing tax returns, even though the DOJ initially stated that he had stolen up to 15 years’ worth of returns from thousands of taxpayers. Recent revelations now confirm that he stole returns from at least 50,000, and potentially up to 70,000, taxpayers.
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Ridgewood NJ, in a video announcement on Thursday, Senator “Gold Bar” Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) revealed his intention to explore the possibility of running as an independent candidate for his seat, despite facing pressure from within his own party to resign over his indictments.
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Ridgewood NJ, the US Justice Department is preparing to file a lawsuit against Apple, possibly as soon as Thursday, alleging that the tech giant has violated antitrust laws by restricting competitors’ access to hardware and software features of its iPhone. This legal action would escalate the Biden administration’s ongoing antitrust crackdown on major US technology firms. Currently, the Justice Department is already pursuing a lawsuit against Google for monopolistic practices, while the Federal Trade Commission is actively investigating antitrust allegations against Meta (formerly Facebook) and Amazon.
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Washington DC, the Department of Justice joined the United Kingdom and international law enforcement partners in London today to announce the disruption of the LockBit ransomware group, one of the most active ransomware groups in the world that has targeted over 2,000 victims, received more than $120 million in ransom payments, and made ransom demands totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Trenton NJ, Senator Kristin Corrado is calling for a special legislative committee to be formed to investigate the findings of a recent report by the State of New Jersey Commission of Investigation (SCI) that revealed shocking failures at the veterans homes in Menlo Park and Paramus.
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Paramus NJ, State Senator Michael Testa, Jr. slammed Governor Phil Murphy and former DOH Commissioner Judy Persichilli after a bombshell report was released Thursday by the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s office for New Jersey. The report indicates that there were inadequate pandemic infection control measures and medical care at two New Jersey state-run veterans homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was determined that these actions, or lack thereof, violated the U.S. Constitution.
Continue reading DOJ finds Poor Care at New Jersey State-run Veterans Homes During COVID Pandemic
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Washington DC, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for discriminating against asylees and refugees in hiring. The lawsuit alleges that, from at least September 2018 to May 2022, SpaceX routinely discouraged asylees and refugees from applying and refused to hire or consider them, because of their citizenship status, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Continue reading Department of Justice Sues Space X for Hiring American Citizens
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Paramus NJ, another day another corruption investigation of Senator Bob Menendez . The Justice Department is once again investigating Garden State Senator and some would suggest Dominican Republic Senator Bob Menendez. The investigation dates back to at least 2019.
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Ridgewood NJ, in a ruling handed down fittingly on the Fourth of July, a federal judge Terry Doughty ordered a litany of Biden administration officials to stop encouraging social media companies to block or remove content they disliked.
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Ridgewood NJ, when a company makes a promise, you expect them to keep their word, right? According to the FTC, Amazon promised to delete children’s personal information and Alexa users’ voice and geolocation information but broke the law instead. In an announcement today, the FTC and the Department of Justice said Amazon violated children’s privacy law by keeping kids’ Alexa voice recordings forever to feed its voice-related algorithms.
Continue reading FTC and DOJ Charge Amazon with Violating Children’s Privacy
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Ridgewood NJ, Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, capping the rapid downfall of one of crypto’s wealthiest and most influential moguls and his collection of high-flying ventures, including crypto exchanges and a massive trading operation.
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Ridgewood NJ, Bird flu is driving egg prices higher and the egg shortage has people scrambling . Nationally, the poultry industry lost around 36 million hens from February through September from the avian flu. Both demand and retail prices are higher than in previous years because of inflation, said Egg-News.com. Unseasonably high prices are expected to continue through fall and decline as flocks are restocked.