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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump finally forced out Attorney General Jeff Sessions after sustained criticism from the president for recusing himself from handling Mueller’s investigation into the president’s dealings with Russia. Sessions has reportedly submitted his resignation letter to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, and Matthew Whitaker was announced as the acting Attorney General […]

Keith Ellison won the Minnesota primary election for attorney general and will go on to face Republican candidate Doug Wardlow despite allegations of abuse from an ex-girlfriend. Speaking to a group of supporters at the Nomad World Pub in Minneapolis, Ellison said of the allegations “We had a very unexpected event at the end of this […]

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions inserted himself into the Senate’s affairs this week, sending Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley a letter calling The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act “a grave error” that would “reduce sentences for a highly dangerous cohort of criminals.” The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 16-5 to advance the bill that would ease […]

Human trafficking remains a global mechanism for the dehumanization of and insidious profiting off of vulnerable people. Human trafficking endures when people are kidnapped, sold, subjected to sexual violence and forced into physical labor. It endures in cosmopolitan cities, in small towns, and in western and eastern worlds. It endures in modern day human markets […]

On Monday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that the US Justice Department would be investigating the use of force and deadly force from the Chicago Police Department. This announcement was made just weeks after footage was released of LaQuan McDonald being killed in cold blood by Officer Jason Van Dyke and during an onslaught of footage being […]

After a long delay, the Senate has confirmed Loretta Lynch as the new Attorney General. From the New York Times: After one of the nation’s most protracted cabinet-level confirmation delays, the Senate Thursday approved Loretta E. Lynch to be attorney general. She is the first African-American woman to hold the position. Ms. Lynch, the United […]

Loretta Lynch is one step closer to becoming the next Attorney General. From the Huffington Post: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to confirm Loretta Lynch as the next U.S. attorney general, bringing her one step closer to becoming the first African-American woman to hold the post. The panel voted 12 to 8, with all […]

  The U.S. Justice Department and Cleveland reached an agreement to overhaul the city’s police department after federal investigators concluded that officers use excessive and unnecessary force far too often. The Justice Department said the police department have endangered the public and their fellow officers with their recklessness. 

    Loretta Lynch, the White House’s leading nominee set to replace U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, is seen as a strong civil rights defender. 

  U.S. attorney Loretta Lynch has emerged as President Obama leading choice to be the next attorney general. But the president does not plan on nominating anyone until after a trip to Asia next week. 

Eric Holder Jr., the nation’s first black U.S. attorney general is set to announce his resignation Thursday. Two sources familiar with the decision say Holder intends the leave the Justice Department as soon as his successor is confirmed.

    U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the launch of a broad civil rights investigation into the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department. The investigation will be conducted by the Justice Department’s civil rights division. It will follow a process similar to the one used to investigate complaints of profiling and the use of excessive force […]