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![Democratic leaders in the Ohio House and Senate at a news conference on Feb. 22, 2024 where they called for a more thorough investigation by federal officials into the House Bill 6 scandal](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/npr.brightspotcdn-14-e1708718622986-900x422.webp)
Ohio Democratic lawmakers call for the Department of Justice to probe into the HB 6 scandal
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Democratic leaders in the Ohio House and Senate want a federal investigation into what happened with the energy bill at the heart of a… Read More
![Google headquarters in Mountain View, California](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/shutterstock_552493561-e1694483396383-900x422.jpg)
DOJ takes Google to court in the biggest monopoly trial of the modern digital era
By: Geoff Bennett | Shoshana Dubnow | Ethan Dodd | NewsHour
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WASHINGTON (NewsHour) — The monopoly case against Google is going to court in what’s considered the biggest antitrust trial of the modern digital era. The question in this trial centers… Read More
![Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 29, 2015](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/trump2-e1680439622156-900x422.jpeg)
Trump pleads not guilty to federal charges that he illegally kept classified documents at Florida estate
By: Eric Tucker | Alanna Durkin Richer | Adriana Gomez Licon | AP
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MIAMI (AP) — Donald Trump became the first former president to face a judge on federal charges as he pleaded not guilty in a Miami courtroom Tuesday to dozens of felony counts… Read More
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Here’s what we know about the classified documents found at Biden’s home and office
By: Becky Sullivan | Elena Moore | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — President Biden is facing a Department of Justice investigation after his lawyers found classified documents at his Delaware residence and an office in Washington, D.C. On… Read More
![Police officers in Ferguson, Mo., during a protest in 2014. Advocates want the Justice Department to step up its oversight of law enforcement in the incoming administration.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ap_19184571523000-9379b79e6c58cc521c276f28db3abf265e68b39d-scaled-e1606696622211-900x422.jpg)
Advocates Push For Resurrection Of DoJ Civil Rights Division Under Biden
By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
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Critics say President Trump constrained the Civil Rights Division from being as effective as it should. Business could look very different under the new incoming administration.
![Police officers take guard during a protest over the death of George Floyd last month in Minneapolis.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gettyimages-1216624543-d6622bcb6de167a0ab3416731945efb692694015-scaled-e1591727031969-900x422.jpg)
How Federal Dollars Fund Local Police
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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An array of federal agencies funnel grants to local law enforcement. But some say that federal involvement undermines community accountability and focuses more on enforcement than minimizing harm.
!["Congratulations to Attorney General Bill Barr for taking charge of a case that was totally out of control and perhaps should not have even been brought," President Trump said on Twitter on Wednesday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/gettyimages-1205610219-d4361e4e5267b17b005dbc10747709de85ff9467-scaled-e1581537958459-900x422.jpg)
Trump Praises Attorney General Barr For ‘Taking Charge’ Of Roger Stone Case
By: Brian Naylor | NPR Staff | NPR
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The president’s tweet came a day after the Justice Department took the unusual step of seeking a shorter sentence for the president’s ally. Four prosecutors in the case withdrew following that move.
![Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before Congress last year. His report about the Russia investigation is expected on Monday.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ap_18170651123797-d9b5b73eb9fb71b32d84d3726547c7d74a285a01-e1575919059785-900x422.jpg)
DOJ Watchdog On Russia Probe: No Evidence Of Bias, But Problems With Surveillance
By: Ryan Lucas | Philip Ewing | NPR
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Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report enumerates multiple issues with the FISA application for former Trump aide Carter Page.
![Attorney General William Barr, center, and Vice President Mike Pence, left](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/AP_19294608724470-e1572017071175-900x422.jpg)
Going After Investigators: Criminal Review of Mueller Probe
By: Michael Balsamo | AP
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigating the investigators, the Justice Department has shifted its scrutiny of Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia review to a criminal probe, a person familiar with the matter says. It’s… Read More
![U.S. Attorney General William Barr has instructed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to change the federal execution protocol and schedule five executions.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ap_19105469993679-0f5343db53b6cf7bcd047d902c98855a21fdeb2c-e1564067581364-900x422.jpg)
Federal Government To Resume Capital Punishment After Nearly 20-Year Hiatus
By: Merrit Kennedy | NPR
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“The Justice Department upholds the rule of law — and we owe it to the victims and their families to carry forward the sentence imposed by our justice system,” Attorney General William Barr said.
![Jim Justice](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Coach-Justice-e1533844070174-900x422.jpg)
DOJ Files Suit Against Gov. Justice’s Family Companies Over Mine Violation Debts
By: Brittany Patterson | WVPB
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The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit against 23 coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, seeking more than $4.7 million in unpaid fines… Read More