Justice Dept. Widens Firings Probe
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Justice Department investigators have again widened their probe of the firing of nine U.S. attorneys to include an examination of hiring practices in additional parts of the sprawling agency, including the troubled Civil Rights division and programs for beginning lawyers, officials said today.
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The FBI has expanded an investigation into allegations of contract irregularities by Halliburton Co. subsidiary Kellogg Brown &amp; Root Inc.
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The White House has decided to defy Congress's latest demand for information regarding the dismissal of nine U.S. attorneys, sources familiar with the decision said yesterday. Such an action would escalate the constitutional struggle and propel it closer to a court showdown.
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The resignation of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales does not mean an end to investigations into his actions during his tenure at the Justice Department.
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The number of complaints filed with the Los Angeles Police Department alleging misconduct by officers and civilian workers increased last year, a study found.
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Federal prosecutors have widened their criminal case involving questionable tax shelters at the accounting firm Ernst & Young, adding two outside defendants.
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Angry senators suggested a special prosecutor should investigate misconduct at the Justice Department, accusing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday of deceit on the prosecutor firings and President Bush's eavesdropping program.
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The Justice Department's inspector general indicated yesterday that he is investigating whether departing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales gave false or misleading testimony to Congress, including whether he lied under oath about warrantless surveillance and the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.
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An assistant attorney general at the Justice Department announced her resignation on Friday, becoming the seventh official to quit the department since the Democratic-led Congress launched an investigation in March into the firing of nine federal prosecutors.
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Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey issued new restrictions yesterday on contacts between Justice Department and White House officials regarding ongoing criminal or civil investigations, implementing his first major policy revision since taking office on Nov. 9.
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Justice Department officials are revising controversial guidelines for criminal prosecutions of companies in response to pressure from business groups, civil liberties lobbyists and an influential lawmaker who is expected to introduce legislation on the issue early next week.
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The office of Lee Kun-hee was searched on Monday, as well as the homes of his aides, in an attempt to gain more evidence against the company in an ongoing inquiry.
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The legal team of Bernard J. Ebbers needed more time to examine hundreds of boxes of new evidence gathered by federal prosecutors so it could prepare a defense, a U.S. District Court judge ruled Tuesday.
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The U.S. Justice Department has launched an inquiry into "Total Music," an approach for selling digital music that has been the subject of early discussions between major record labels and consumer electronics manufacturers, a person familiar with the inquiry said Thursday.
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Did the Justice Department dismiss eight prosecutors for cause? Or was it a political purge? The Democrats in Congress want to find out
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WASHINGTON Sept. 1, 2004 - In a dramatic reversal, the Justice Department acknowledges its original prosecution of a suspected terror cell in Detroit was filled with a &quot;pattern of mistakes and oversights&quot; that warrant the dismissal of the convictions.
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The Justice Department moved yesterday to delay congressional inquiries into the CIA's destruction of interrogation videotapes, saying the administration could not provide witnesses or documents sought by lawmakers without jeopardizing its own investigation of the CIA's actions.