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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
![Attorney General Merrick Garland, pictured on March 11, said Friday the Justice Department will continue its effort to deter and punish coronavirus-related fraud.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/gettyimages-1231648319-7677a18f9ccd847c17d102f033fbe8fdaacd053d-scaled-e1616779651404-900x422.jpg)
DOJ Has Charged Nearly 500 With COVID-Related Fraud In The Past Year
By: Ryan Lucas | NPR
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A year after the first major coronavirus relief packaged passed, the Justice Department has charged defendants over exploiting loan and unemployment programs, as well as frauds targeting consumers.
![U.S. Attorney General William Barr meets with members of the St. Louis Police Department on Oct. 15. On Monday night, Richard Pilger resigned as director of the Justice Department's election crimes branch, protesting Barr's memo authorizing federal prosecutors to pursue allegations of voting irregularities.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/gettyimages-1229087712-edit-5527bcdba4ace6415148842bd9e7bf0d69a82f5d-scaled-e1605026532434-900x422.jpg)
Head Of DOJ’s Election Crimes Unit Steps Down After Barr OKs Election Inquiries
By: Bill Chappell I NPR
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The attorney general’s policy breaks with the Justice Department’s policy of not interfering with elections that has stood for 40 years, Richard Pilger says.
![Former national security adviser Michael Flynn arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in 2018.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/gettyimages-1074359494-3fce4544b7e44ddaf5f56aa9501e38e3524075ab-scaled-e1589387201371-900x422.jpg)
Judge In Flynn Case Invites Briefs Without Ruling On Feds’ Dropped Charges
By: Philip Ewing | NPR
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Judge Emmet Sullivan asked others to opine about what he should do in the case of the former national security adviser, whom the Justice Department now won’t prosecute.
![Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen with Hugh Hurwitz, left, acting director of the Bureau of Prisons, and David Muhlhausen, director of the National Institute of Justice, at DOJ in Washington.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ap_19200591560766-eb9bcf269b2d6e44b7bacfed91602c4778cdfca9-e1563557123759-900x422.jpg)
Thousands Freed From Prison Custody As DOJ Implements Sentencing Reform Law
By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
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More than 3,100 are moving out of the Bureau of Prisons system on Friday and the Justice Department is making other changes to comply with a law passed by Congress last year.
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DOJ: Kentucky Jail Uses Excessive Force on Inmates
By: Associated Press
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CATLETTSBURG, Ky. (AP) – The U.S. Department of Justice says an investigation found evidence that a Kentucky jail routinely uses excessive force against inmates through the use of chemical agents,… Read More
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DOJ, Largely Shut Down, Nonetheless Issued Statements On Southern Border Cases
By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
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The department’s public affairs apparatus is mostly idle for lack of funding, but that didn’t stop it from making announcements in support of the administration’s messaging about immigrants.