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DOJ announces alert system to help catch criminals who ambush police

by Brian Seay

The Department of Justice rolled out a new tool last week to help quickly spread the word when a criminal has killed or injured a member of law enforcement.

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Michael Flynn subpoenaed by Senate committee, invokes the Fifth

by Jared Morgan

A former Trump national security adviser cited the Fifth Amendment in his refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by a Senate committee investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election.

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Career criminal gets more than 17 years for illegal firearms possession

by Andrew Shepperson

A career criminal and Florida man was sentenced Tuesday to over 17 years in prison for illegally possessing a firearm while being a felon.

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DOJ report highlights ‘significant prison population of incarcerated aliens’

by Brian Seay

More than 40,000 federal inmates are undocumented, according to a Department of Justice report released Tuesday.

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Audit reveals concerning lack of oversight at federal detention centers

by Christen Smith

The DOJ said an audit of Leavenworth Detention Center raises concerns about a widespread lack of oversight at more than a dozen other facilities nationwide.

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Justice Department threatens federal grants to nine sanctuary jurisdictions

by Brian Seay

In the latest push to pressure sanctuary cities to comply with federal immigration enforcement, the Department of Justice sent letters to nine jurisdictions Friday threatening to withhold grant funding.

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Justice Department pays terror victims $800 million

by Brian Seay

The Department of Justice announced Thursday that more than $800 million in payments have been made to thousands of victims of international acts of terrorism.

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Sessions review of Obama police reforms draws mixed reviews

by Brian Seay

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is putting police reform agreements in cities nationwide under the microscope, calling for a review of such efforts in a memo released Monday.

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DOJ announces plan to speed up deportation of undocumented criminals

by Brian Seay

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new initiative Thursday to speed up the deportation of undocumented criminals in federal prison.

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ATF’s management of high-risk informants lacking, audit finds

by Christen Smith

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives mismanages its highest-risk confidential informants, according to a federal audit released Tuesday.

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Audit: ATF lacks ‘adequate oversight’ of payments made to confidential informants

by Christen Smith

ATF lacks “adequate oversight” of the money it pays to confidential informants, according to a federal audit released Tuesday.

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Audit: ATF keeps spotty records on foreign national informants

by Christen Smith

An audit of the ATF reveals its messy record keeping leaves government officials blind to the whereabouts of some foreign national confidential informants.

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