Carrie Johnson

The department's former public integrity chief, most recently a war crimes prosecutor, will oversee the case of the security documents found at the former president's estate and key aspects of Jan. 6.

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes testified in his own defense Monday, denying he had a role in planning the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack. He and four others are charged with seditious conspiracy.

He testified that the attack was "nowhere in the mission scope at all" of his group, He and four other members are charged with seditious conspiracy.

One of the Oath Keepers on trial on a charge of seditious conspiracy is Jessica Watkins, a former Army soldier who entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack.

The Justice Department report urges an overhaul in the way the Bureau of Prisons works to prevent and investigate sexual abuse by prison employees against women in their custody.

The women were sexually abused while incarcerated in federal prison in Dublin, California. The issue is part of a hearing Friday before the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison Friday.

A judge has sentenced former Trump political adviser Steve Bannon to 4 months incarceration and a $6,500 fine for flouting demands from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

A judge has sentenced the former Trump political adviser to four months incarceration and a $6,500 fine for criminal contempt of Congress.

Every trial has its own peculiar rhythms. The first seditious conspiracy case to stem from the Capitol riot is no exception.

Using text messages, video and recorded calls, the DOJ is arguing that the defendants set out to overturn the 2020 election results by storming the Capitol and interrupting the electoral vote count.

The Justice Department has filed the first civil lawsuit alleging violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act since 1991, against Steve Wynn, who is fighting the case.

Jury selection is underway in the trial of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four others charged with seditious conspiracy for their role in the Jan. 6 Capitol siege.

The Justice Department is leading an effort to monitor changes in state law after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

Former President Donald Trump suffered a pair of significant legal hits. A federal appeals court let prosecutors review classified material from Mar-a-Lago and New York's attorney general sued him.

Federal authorities have uncovered massive fraud in programs designed to feed poor children. The defendants allegedly stole more than $250 million intended to feed needy kids in Minnesota.

More than 100 people, once sentenced to life in prison as juveniles, gathered in the nation's capital recently to celebrate and continue their legal and legislative fight.

More than 100 people once sentenced to life in prison as juveniles gathered in Washington, D.C., recently to celebrate and continue their legal and legislative fight.

The Justice Department has filed an appeal and asked a federal judge to halt the order for a special master to review classified documents that it seized at ex-President Trump's Mar-a-largo estate.

The Justice Department is appealing part of a judge's order that would give a special master authority to review documents the FBI collected at Mar-a-Lago last month.