
Friday, Feb. 5, 2010
A Senate subcommittee outlined on Thursday "glaring gaps" in federal money-laundering laws that allow foreign governments to channel millions of dollars in illicit cash into the United States, again raising questions of influence peddling by powerful lawyers and lobbyists.
Following Black Panther case, tells lawmaker Congress is to blame
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010
In a terse letter to a Republican lawmaker who requested an investigation of the dismissal of complaints against the New Black Panther Party, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine said he should be able to do so, but was powerless because Congress had stripped him of that authority.
GOP legislator disappointed by IG's 'reluctance to investigate'
Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010
A senior Republican on the House Appropriations Committee asked the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General on Tuesday to investigate "potential improprieties" in the department's dismissal of a civil complaint brought against the New Black Panther Party after its members disrupted a Philadelphia polling place in the November 2008 elections.
Cites privilege
Friday, Jan. 22, 2010
The Justice Department, citing privilege claims, has refused to release e-mails and other documents sought under an open records request by The Washington Times to explain its decision last year to dismiss a civil complaint accusing the New Black Panther Party of intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling place.
15-14 vote
Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010
The Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday rejected by a 15-14 vote a resolution of inquiry that would have forced the Justice Department to tell Congress why it dismissed a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place in the November 2008 election.
Rights panel's probe stymied
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010
The Justice Department refused Tuesday to turn over most of the information and documents sought by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights explaining why a civil complaint was dismissed against members of the New Black Panther Party who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place in the November 2008 elections.
Va.'s Wolf demands Justice response
Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010
A senior House Republican plans Wednesday to introduce a "resolution of inquiry" calling on the House Judiciary Committee to formally ask Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to explain why the Justice Department dismissed a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party after party members disrupted a Philadelphia polling place in last year's elections.
Report cites threat to judges, prosecutors
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010
Two people, including a court officer, were killed in a gunfight at a Las Vegas federal court building on Monday, the same day the Justice Department in Washington issued a report saying threats to federal judges and prosecutors had more than doubled in the past six years.
Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009
The veteran Justice Department voting rights section chief who recommended going forward on a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party after they disrupted a Pennsylvania polling place in last year's elections has been removed from his post and transferred to the U.S. attorney's office in South Carolina.
Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009
The self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" in America likes Christmas music, and apparently he thinks the 8,000 inmates inside his Phoenix jail should, too.