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Cyber security
Sep 12, 2023

Justice Department’s National Security Division Announces Key Corporate Enforcement Appointments

Two attorneys have been tapped to head the Justice Department’s National Security Division's corporate enforcement program.

Crypto scam
Sep 8, 2023

FBI investigating million barrels of oil seized from Iranian terrorist organization

The Federal government has seized nearly 1 million barrels of crude oil from a known terrorist organization that was allegedly being smuggled from Iran to China in violation of U.S. sanctions, according to court documents obtained by the Wisconsin Law Journal. The FBI Minneapolis Field office is investigating, according to justice department officials who said […]

Aug 1, 2023

75th Anniversary of the Racial Integration of the Armed Forces

Last week marks the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9981, which was issued by President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948, and which directed the desegregation of the United States Armed Forces.

Crypto scam
May 18, 2023

Justice Department leadership meets with civil rights groups

By Steve Schuster [email protected] Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O.  Monaco, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Civil Rights Division met with civil rights organizations Wednesday at the Justice Department. “Department leadership heard from attending organizations on an array of topics [...]

Mar 20, 2023

State investigators probing death, injury in Hortonville

Investigators with the state Department of Justice are investigating a mysterious death in northeastern Wisconsin.

Jan 25, 2023

Justice Dept. sues Google over digital advertising dominance

The Justice Department and eight states filed an antitrust suit against Google on Tuesday, seeking to shatter its alleged monopoly on the entire ecosystem of online advertising as a hurtful burden to advertisers, consumers and even the U.S. government.

Josh Kaul
Jan 16, 2023

Kaul asks Legislature for $2.2M to keep school safety office

Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul is asking Gov. Tony Evers and he Republican-controlled Legislature for $2.2 million in the next state budget to keep the state Justice Department's Office of School Safety going.

Nov 21, 2022

Justice Department sues corn mill over multiple violations

Attorney General Josh Kaul filed a lawsuit Monday against a milling company for multiple violations at a plant that was the scene of a fatal explosion five years ago.

Aug 31, 2022

Obstruction emerges as key focus in Trump documents probe

The Justice Department says classified documents were "likely concealed and removed" from a storage room at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the discovery of the government records.

Aug 30, 2022

US to respond to request for special master for Trump docs

The Justice Department is set to respond Tuesday to the Trump legal team's request for a special master to review the documents seized during an FBI search of Mar-a-Lago this month.

Aug 29, 2022

US: Review of possibly privileged Trump papers already over

The Justice Department has completed its review of potentially privileged documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate this month and has identified "a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information," according to a court filing on Monday.

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