The Justice Department
Webinar: Federal Funding for Legal Aid
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- Webinar: Federal Funding for Legal Aid
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- 23 hours ago
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- The Office for Access to Justice (ATJ) and White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (LAIR) hosted a webinar on April 25, 2024, to discuss federal funding that supports civil legal aid programs. The webinar included remarks from:
• ATJ Director Rachel Rossi
• LAIR Executive Director Allie Yang-Green
• Montana Legal Services Association Executive Director Alison Paul
• Senior Fellow at the Georgetown Justice Lab Karen Lash
The speakers discussed the importance of civil legal aid programs in achieving various federal goals—including promoting housing stability, supporting Veterans, and expanding access to healthcare—and, in turn, the crucial role of federal funding in enabling those legal services providers to address legal needs. The webinar covered the basics of identifying, applying for, and using federal grants that support legal assistance. It also highlighted LAIR’s new web resource, which identifies more than 120 potenti...
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- This Week at Justice - April 26, 2024
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- 6 days ago
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- #Thisweekatjustice
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at ATF’s Inaugural Gun Violence Survivors’ Summit
• Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Delivers Remarks at the Disruptive Technology Protection Network Summit
• Twelve CJNG Cartel Members Sentenced for Drug Trafficking
• Ohio Men Sentenced for Illegal Trafficking in Firearms
• Former Comptroller General of Ecuador Convicted for $10M International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme
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- Justice Department Hosts Trilateral Summit on Disruptive Technology
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- 7 days ago
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- The Justice Department hosted delegations from Japan and the Republic of Korea for the first high-level trilateral summit of the Disruptive Technology Protection Network. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered opening remarks, followed by Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew G. Olsen and senior government officials, about efforts to prevent critical technologies from being acquired by authoritarian regimes and hostile nation-states.
Related:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-monaco-delivers-remarks-disruptive-technology-protection
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-general-matthew-g-olsen-delivers-remarks-disruptive-technology
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-assistant-attorney-general-and-counselor-international-affairs-bruce-swartz
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/readout-disruptive-technology-protection-network-summit-japan-and-republic-korea
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- Attorney General Garland & ATF Director Dettelbach Dedicate “The Faces of Gun Violence” Exhibit at..
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- 8 days ago
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- Attorney General Garland & ATF Director Dettelbach Dedicate “The Faces of Gun Violence” Exhibit at ATF’s Inaugural Gun Violence Survivors’ Summit
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Director Steven M. Dettelbach of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) dedicated a new “Faces of Gun Violence” exhibit today at a ceremony hosted during ATF’s Inaugural Gun Violence Survivors’ Summit. The exhibit honors and memorializes those whose lives have been tragically lost to gun violence.
“As we remember those we have lost to gun violence, the Justice Department promises that we will strive every single day to honor their lives in our work,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “We promise that we will not rest until every family, every law enforcement agent, and every community is safe from the devastation of gun violence. As our dedicated ATF agents pass by the ‘Faces of Gun Violence’ exhibit every day, it will st...
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- DAG Lisa Monaco Delivers Remarks at ATF’s Inaugural Gun Violence Survivors’ Summit
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- 9 days ago
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- Today, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered remarks at ATF’s Inaugural Gun Violence Survivors’ Summit and expressed gratitude to the women and men of the ATF for their commitment to victims and survivors of gun violence.
Related: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-monaco-deliver-remarks-atfs-inaugural-gun-violence
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- This Week at Justice - April 19, 2024
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- 13 days ago
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- #ThisWeekatJustice
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Testified Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Testified at Appropriations Hearing on the Justice Department’s FY 2025 Budget
• Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Announced New Crime Gun Intelligence Center in Chicago
• Justice Department Launched Updated Voting Rights and Elections Website
• Justice Department Seized Four Web Domains Used to Create Over 40,000 Spoofed Websites and Store the Personal Information of More Than a Million Victims
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- AAG Kristen Clarke Statement on Voter Intimidation
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- 14 days ago
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- Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, Civil Rights Division, explains how to report voter intimidation.
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- Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Announces New Crime Gun Intelligence Center in Chicago
- Date posted
- 15 days ago
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- Today, alongside state and local law enforcement partners in Chicago, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco and Director Steven Dettelbach of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced today the opening of a new Crime Gun Intelligence Center in Chicago.
Related: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-monaco-announces-new-crime-gun-intelligence-center-chicago
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-monaco-delivers-remarks-announcing-new-crime-gun
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- AAG Clarke on Former Private Prisoner Transport Officer Sentenced for Civil Rights Offenses
- Date posted
- 16 days ago
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- Assistant Attorney General Clarke Delivers Remarks on Former Private Prisoner Transport Officer Sentenced for Federal Civil Rights Offenses for Sexually Assaulting Multiple Female Pretrial Detainees
A former private prisoner transport officer, Marquet Johnson, 45, was sentenced to 30 years in prison and five years of supervised release and required to register as a sex offender under the Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act for violating the civil rights of multiple female pretrial detainees by sexually assaulting them during prisoner transports.
Related: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-private-prisoner-transport-officer-sentenced-federal-civil-rights-offenses-sexually
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- A Celebration of Second Chances 2024
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- 17 days ago
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- Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, Pardon Attorney Elizabeth G. Oyer, and other Justice Department officials deliver remarks at “A Celebration of Second Chances” event in honor of Second Chance Month. The program includes discussions with individuals who have been granted clemency and those in the justice system who supported their petitions. April is Second Chance Month, and the program will highlight and celebrate the Department’s year-round commitment to supporting rehabilitation and redemption.
Related: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-monaco-delivers-remarks-justice-departments-celebration
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- This Week at Justice - April 12, 2024
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- 20 days ago
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- #ThisWeekatJustice
• Justice Department Published New Rule to Update Definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Firearms Dealer
• COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force Released 2024 Report
• Principal Drug and Weapons Supplier for MS-13 in Honduras Arrested and Extradited for Racketeering, Narcotics, and Firearms Offenses
• Wisconsin Man Sentenced to Prison for 2022 Firebombing of Madison Building
• Thousands of Machine Guns and Sniper Rifles and Over 500,000 Rounds of Ammunition Seized En Route from Iran to Yemen Transferred to Ukrainian Armed Forces
• Justice Department to Publish Final Rule to Strengthen Web and Mobile App Access for People with Disabilities
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- Antitrust Division Provides Agency Update at the ABA’s 2024 Spring Meeting
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
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- Department of Justice Antitrust Division Deputy Assistant Attorneys General discuss the latest in civil enforcement, cartel cases and policy initiatives at the ABA’s 72nd Annual Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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- DOJ Publishes New Rule to Update Definition of “Engaged in the Business” as a Firearms Dealer
- Date posted
- 21 days ago
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- Today, the Justice Department announced it has submitted to the Federal Register the “Engaged in the Business” Final Rule, which makes clear the circumstances in which a person is “engaged in the business” of dealing in firearms and thus required to obtain a federal firearms license, in order to increase compliance with the federal background check requirement for firearm sales by federal firearms licensees.
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- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Signs Final Rule to Strengthen Web, Mobile App Accessibility
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- 24 days ago
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- Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland signed a final rule under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to ensure the accessibility of web content and mobile applications (apps) for people with disabilities. This final rule clarifies the obligations of state and local governments to make their websites and mobile applications accessible.
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- This Week at Justice - April 5, 2024
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- 27 days ago
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- #ThisWeekatJustice
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announced Surge of Resources to Fight Violent Crime in Three Additional Cities
• Office of Justice Programs Held the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grantee Conference
• Justice Department Announced Publication of Third Volume of National Firearms Commerce and Trafficking Assessment
• Texas Man Sentenced for Hate Crimes Following Mass Shooting Targeting Muslims at Car Repair Shop
• Gun Trafficker Sentenced for Attempting to Send Firearms to Drug Cartel Members in Mexico
• Forty-One Individuals Charged in Massive Poly-Drug Indictment Linked to Cartel
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- DOJ Officials Deliver Remarks at Second Annual Community Violence Prevention and Intervention..
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
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- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer and Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs Amy L. Solomon deliver remarks at the Second Annual Community Violence Prevention and Intervention Grantee Conference in Chicago, Illinois.
Related:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-remarks-community-violence-intervention-0
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-general-amy-l-solomon-delivers-remarks-community-violence-1
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/acting-associate-attorney-general-benjamin-c-mizer-delivers-remarks-community-violence-0
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- This Week at Justice - March 29, 2024
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- 1 month ago
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- #ThisWeekatJustice
• Man Sentenced for Sending Death Threats to Arizona State Election Official
• Bahamian National Charged and Arrested for Role in Fatal Human Smuggling Conspiracy
• Samuel Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years for His Orchestration of Multiple Fraudulent Schemes
• Seven Hackers Associated with Chinese Government Charged with Computer Intrusions Targeting Perceived Critics of China and U.S. Businesses and Politicians
• Five Arrested in South Texas for Allegedly Trafficking Military Grade Firearms to Mexican Drug Cartel
• Justice Department Announced Organizational Assessment of North Miami Police Department under Office of Community Oriented Policing Services’ Collaborative Reform Initiative
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- Bahamian National Charged and Arrested for Role in Fatal Human Smuggling Conspiracy
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- 1 month ago
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- Statement by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri on an indictment unsealed in the Southern District of Florida today charging a Bahamian national for his alleged role in a human smuggling conspiracy that resulted in multiple migrant deaths.
Related:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/bahamian-national-charged-and-arrested-role-fatal-human-smuggling-conspiracy
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- Justice Department Officials Announce Developments in Election Threats Cases in Arizona
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- 1 month ago
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- This case is part of the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force. Announced by Attorney General Garland and launched by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco in June 2021, the task force has led the Department’s efforts to address threats of violence against election workers, and to ensure that all election workers — whether elected, appointed, or volunteer — are able to do their jobs free from threats and intimidation.
Related: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-sentenced-sending-death-threats-arizona-state-election-official
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- Justice Briefs: Election Threats
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- 1 month ago
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- Learn how the Department of Justice is working to protect our elections and the public servants who facilitate them in this #JusticeBriefs with Head of the Election Threats Task Force John Dixon Keller. The Department’s Election Threats Task Force was formed in 2021 in response to a sharp increase in reports of hostility and threats to the election community.
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- This Week at Justice - March 22, 2024
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- 1 month ago
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- #ThisWeekatJustice
• Justice Department Sued Apple for Monopolizing Smartphone Markets
• Six Former Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Sentenced for Torturing and Abusing Two Black Men
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on FBI Quarterly Uniform Crime Report
• Justice Department Commemorated National Public Defense Day
• Final Defendant in 2020 Drive-by-Shooting of Court Security Officers Sentenced to Life in Prison
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- Six Former Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Sentenced for Torturing and Abusing Two Black Men
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- 1 month ago
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- Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, Civil Rights Division, discusses the sentencing of six former Mississippi law enforcement officers for torturing and abusing two Black men in Rankin County, Mississippi.
Related: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/six-former-mississippi-law-enforcement-officers-sentenced-torturing-and-abusing-two-black
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- Justice Department Sues Apple for Monopolizing Smartphone Markets
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- 1 month ago
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- Apple’s Broad-Based, Exclusionary Conduct Makes It Harder for Americans to Switch Smartphones, Undermines Innovation for Apps, Products, and Services, and Imposes Extraordinary Costs on Developers, Businesses, and Consumers
Related content:
Justice Department Sues Apple for Monopolizing Smartphone Markets https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-apple-monopolizing-smartphone-markets
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks on Lawsuit Against Apple for Monopolizing Smartphone Markets https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-remarks-lawsuit-against-apple-monopolizing
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Delivers Remarks on Lawsuit Against Apple for Monopolizing Smartphone Markets https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-monaco-delivers-remarks-lawsuit-against-apple-monopolizing
Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer Deli...
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- This Week at Justice - March 15, 2024
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- #ThisWeekatJustice
• Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer Delivered Remarks at 14th Annual Sunshine Week Event
• Man Sentenced for Sending Bomb Threat to Arizona State Election Official
• Bitcoin Fog Operator Convicted of Money Laundering Conspiracy
• Justice Department Fiscal Year 2025 Funding Request Budget Proposal to Uphold the Rule of Law, Keep America Safe, and Protect Civil Rights
• Former California Rideshare Driver Charged with Federal Hate Crime for Antisemitic Attack on Passenger
• Ford Motor Company Agreed to Pay $365M to Settle Customs Civil Penalty Claims Relating to Misclassified and Under-Valued Vehicles
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- Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco at the 2024 Munich Cyber Security Conference
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered the closing keynote at the Munich Cyber Security Conference, where she highlighted the continuing successes of the Justice Department’s proactive cyber strategy that prioritizes near-term disruptions and victim protection, while tackling the broader ecosystem that supports cyber criminals, including the abuse of crypto-currencies and disruptive technologies.
Related:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/readout-deputy-attorney-general-lisa-monacos-participation-2024-munich-security-conference
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- Department of Justice Celebrates Sunshine Week 2024
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- 2 months ago
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- Established in 2010, this marks the 14th year of the Department’s event recognizing the importance of FOIA for government transparency and celebrating the efforts of those professionals dedicated to the success of their agencies’ FOIA administration.
Related: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/acting-associate-attorney-general-benjamin-c-mizer-delivers-remarks-14th-annual-sunshine
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- Enforcers and Regulators Panel at the ABA’s 39th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller, and United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey participated in a panel entitled Conversation with the Enforcers & Regulators at the American Bar Association’s 39th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime.
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- This Week at Justice - March 8, 2024
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- #ThisWeekatJustice
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivered Remarks at the Anti Defamation League’s Never is Now Summit
• Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivered Keynote Remarks at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime
• Justice and Interior Departments Outlined Commitment, Next Steps in Effort to Address Missing or Murdered Indigenous Peoples and Human Trafficking Crisis
• Air National Guardsman Agreed to Plead Guilty to Unlawfully Disclosing Classified National Defense Information
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivered Remarks on Bloody Sunday at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Selma, Alabama
• Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Delivered Remarks on Bloody Sunday at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama
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- National Security AAG Olsen Delivered Remarks at the ABA's White Collar Crime Institute
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division Matthew G. Olsen Delivered a Keynote Address at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime
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- Criminal Division Acting AAG Argentieri Delivered Remarks at the ABA's White Collar Crime Institute
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Nicole M. Argentieri Delivered a Keynote Address at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime
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- DAG Lisa O. Monaco Delivers Keynote Address at the ABA’s 39th Annual White Collar Institute
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivers Keynote Address at the ABA’s 39th Annual White Collar Institute
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- AG Merrick B. Garland Holds Fireside Chat at the ABA’s 39th Annual White Collar Institute
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Holds Fireside Chat at the American Bar Association’s 39th Annual White Collar Institute
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- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Remarks at the Anti-Defamation League’s Never is Now Summit
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Related:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-remarks-anti-defamation-leagues-never-not
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- Air National Guardsman Agrees to Plead Guilty to Disclosing Classified National Defense Information
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- 2 months ago
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- Jack Douglas Teixeira, 22, of North Dighton, Massachusetts, a member of the U.S. Air National Guard (USANG) stationed in Massachusetts, has agreed to plead guilty to retaining and transmitting classified National Defense Information on a social media platform beginning in or around 2022 and continuing until his arrest in April 2023.
Related:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/air-national-guardsman-agrees-plead-guilty-unlawfully-disclosing-classified-national-defense
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- This Week at Justice - March 1, 2024
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- #ThisWeekatJustice
• Justice Department Implemented Groundbreaking Executive Order Addressing National Security Risks and Data Security
• Family Dollar Stores LLC Pleaded Guilty to Holding Consumer Products under Insanitary Conditions, Agrees to Pay $41.675 Million in Connection with Rodent-Infested Warehouse
• Justice Department Finds Conditions at Three Mississippi Prisons Violate the Constitution
• Man Pleaded Guilty to Making Threat to Michigan Election Worker
• Four Individuals Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging and Price Fixing in Ongoing Investigation of Oklahoma Transportation Construction Contractors
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- This Week at Justice - February 23, 2024
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- 2 months ago
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- #ThisWeekatJustice
• Task Force KleptoCapture Announced Array of New Charges, Arrests, and Forfeiture Proceedings in Advance of Second Anniversary of Illegal Invasion of Ukraine
• U.S. and U.K. Disrupted LockBit Ransomware Variant
• United States Charged Four Mariners from Arabian Sea Vessel Transporting Suspected Iranian-Made Advanced Conventional Weapons
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Designated Jonathan Mayer to Serve as the Justice Department’s First Chief Science and Technology Advisor and Chief AI Officer
• Statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on the Extradition of Polad Omarov from Czechia to the United States
• Justice Department Transferred Approximately $500,000 in Forfeited Russian Funds to Estonia for Benefit of Ukraine
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- Task Force KleptoCapture Announces Array of New Charges, Arrests, and Forfeiture Proceedings
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- From the outset of Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the Department of Justice has prioritized enforcing the sweeping sanctions, export restrictions, and economic countermeasures that the United States has imposed alongside our global partners. Today, the Department continues that work through significant enforcement actions in five separate federal cases against sanctioned oligarchs and facilitator networks supporting the Russian regime.
Related: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/task-force-kleptocapture-announces-array-new-charges-arrests-and-forfeiture-proceedings
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- Justice Department Participates in 2nd Charlotte E. Ray Lecture & White Collar Crime Conference
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Howard University School of Law hosted the Second Annual Charlotte E. Ray Lecture and White Collar Crime Conference in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2024. Former Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch delivered the keynote lecture. Other participants included Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Nicole Argentieri; former Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Kenneth A. Polite; U.S. Attorneys Vanessa Roberts Avery, Breon Peace, Damian Williams, Matthew Graves, and Izzy Ramsey; Criminal Division leaders Lorinda Laryea, Kevin Mosley, and others; Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia Angela Adams; and other current and former DOJ officials.
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- U.S. and U.K. Disrupt LockBit Ransomware Variant
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- The Department of Justice joined the United Kingdom and international law enforcement partners in London today to announce the disruption of the LockBit ransomware group, one of the most active ransomware groups in the world that has targeted over 2,000 victims, received more than $120 million in ransom payments, and made ransom demands totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.
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- Uniting Against Hate: Connecting Community Voices and Strengthening Law Enforcement Partnerships
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division hosted a virtual forum to discuss efforts to combat hate crimes and incidents and highlight the successful launch of the nationwide United Against Hate Community Engagement Program. The forum included reflections from leaders of civil rights organizations on increased threats against Jewish, Muslim, and Arab communities across the country. The event coincided with the 25th anniversary of the tragic murders of James Byrd Jr. and Matthew Shepard and commemorated the 14th anniversary of the Shepard/Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
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- This Week at Justice - February 16, 2024
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- #ThisWeekatJustice
• Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivered Remarks at the University of Oxford on the Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence
• Justice Department Conducted Court-Authorized Disruption of Botnet Controlled by Russian Federation’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU)
• Justice Department Released Update to Equity Action Plan
• Canadian National Pleaded Guilty to Conspiracy to Launder Money from Scheme to Send UAV and Missile Components to Russia in Violation of U.S. Sanctions
• Former Iranian-Owned Boeing Aircraft Successfully Returned to the United States
• Justice Department Found Nebraska School District Discriminates Against Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
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- Deputy AG Lisa O. Monaco Delivers Remarks at the University of Oxford on the Promise and Peril of AI
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco delivered remarks at the University of Oxford on the Promise and Peril of AI and announced Justice AI, which will convene individuals from across civil society, academia, science, & industry to draw on varied perspectives to understand & accelerate AI’s potential for good while guarding against its risks.
Related:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-o-monaco-delivers-remarks-university-oxford-promise-and
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- Justice Department Releases Update to Equity Action Plan
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- The Justice Department announced today the release of its 2023 Equity Action Plan (Plan), which is part of the Department’s broader efforts to implement President Biden’s Executive Order on Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.
Read the release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-releases-update-equity-action-plan
Read the Plan at www.justice.gov/equity
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- DOJ Finds Nebraska School District Discriminates Against Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- The Justice Department announced today that Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) in Lincoln, Nebraska, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying some deaf and hard of hearing students an equal opportunity to attend their neighborhood schools.
Read the release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-nebraska-school-district-discriminates-against-deaf-and-hard
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- Executive Summary of the 2023 Justice Department Equity Action Plan
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- The Justice Department’s 2023 Equity Action Plan (Plan) is part of the Department’s broader efforts to implement President Biden’s Executive Order on Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.
Read the release: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-releases-update-equity-action-plan
Read the Plan at www.justice.gov/equity
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- Employer Training: Avoiding Unlawful Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- This employer training explains prohibited discrimination under the Immigration and Nationality Act’s anti-discrimination provision. This law prohibits employers from discriminating against workers who have permission to work in the United States based on their citizenship, immigration status or national origin. This law is found at 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. Call the Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section at 1-800-255-8155 with questions about this training.
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- Training on Worker Rights: If You Have the Right to Work, Don’t Let Anyone Take It Away
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- This worker training explains protections against prohibited discrimination under the Immigration and Nationality Act’s anti-discrimination provision. This law protects workers who have permission to work in the United States from certain types of employment discrimination based on their citizenship, immigration status, or national origin. This law also prohibits retaliation and intimidation.
This law is found at 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. Call the Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section at 1-800-255-7688 to learn how we protect workers from unlawful immigration-related employment discrimination. Those with hearing disabilities can reach the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section at 1-800-237-2515.
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- This Week at Justice - February 9, 2024
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
- Description
- #ThisWeekatJustice
• Senior Justice Department Officials Commemorated Disruptive Technology Strike Force’s Launch One Year Ago
• Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Participated in the Latest Meeting of the Trilateral Fentanyl Committee with Mexican and Canadian Partners
• Justice Department and State of North Carolina Secured $13.5 Million Agreement with First National Bank of Pennsylvania to Resolve Redlining Claims in North Carolina
• Justice Department Announced Plan to Administer Grant Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2024 to Strengthen Community Safety
• Acting Associate Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer Delivered Remarks at the National Elder Justice Law Enforcement Summit
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- Senior DOJ Officials Commemorate Disruptive Technology Strike Force’s Launch One Year Ago
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Several senior officials from the Justice Department’s National Security Division lead a conference on the work of the Department’s Disruptive Technology Strike Force.
Related: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-monaco-delivers-virtual-remarks-disruptive-technology-strike
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- PADAG Marshall Miller Delivers Remarks at the Opioid Coordinators & Prosecutors Conference
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller delivered remarks at the Opioid Coordinators and Prosecutors Conference hosted by the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) and the Office of Legal Education (OLE). The virtual conference focused on U.S. Attorneys’ Offices work with federal, state, local, and Tribal partners on opioid prosecutions nationwide. Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Miller’s remarks focused on the importance of combating opioid trafficking to disrupt the global opioid supply chain, prosecute the violent cartels that flood synthetic opioids into our communities, and protect the American people from these dangerous drugs.