Ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows complies with the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 probe

Then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows looks on in the Oval Office in April 2020. Evan Vucci/AP Former chief of staff Mark Meadows has responded to the DOJ's subpoena as part of its Jan 6 probe. He handed over the same documents to DOJ that he gave to the Jan 6 committee. The committee […]

Devin Nunes got access to a document showing the Justice Department’s justification for the Russia probe

J. Scott Applewhite/AP House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes of California said he received the document that shows the Justice Department’s reasoning for launching its Russia probe. Nunes issued subpoenas and fought for the release of the document. He threatened to hold deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein and FBI director Christopher Wray in contempt […]

Some Facebook employees are reportedly quitting or asking to switch departments over ethical concerns (FB)

Toby Melville/Reuters Facebook engineers are quitting or trying to transfer to Instagram or WhatsApp, according to a recent report from the New York Times. Employee dissatisfaction reportedly stemmed from the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which a data-analytics company used information from an estimated 87 million profiles to influence voters during the 2016 election.  Many […]

Wanted: A Shortage of Qualified Automotive Technicians Has Left Service Departments Scrambling To Find New Talent

– Even the most high-tech automobile is, at its core, a machine. And machines break sooner or later, sending most owners into a dealership or independent garage for service. But lately, and no pun intended, there’s a wrench in the works: a shortage of qualified mechanics. This comes just as the proliferation of electronic controls […]

How Peer Mentorship Can Change Police Departments’ Cultures

Geoffrey Alpert has, since 1975, been researching how police conduct themselves, and one finding borne out in his work is that many police officers see themselves as “warriors” against crime. He’s seen that dynamic on display as he’s studied studied racial profiling and the use of force in some of the nation’s most controversial departments, […]

Justice Dept. reform of police departments likely reduces civil rights lawsuits – study

Reform of a local police department as mandated by the US Department of Justice “may contribute” to reduced civil rights lawsuits filed against that policing agency, a new study says. The Trump administration has vowed to retard such reform interventions. Researchers with the University of Texas at Dallas posits that court-enforced reforms to local police […]

‘Where is the actual crime’: Jason Chaffetz questions the Justice Department’s motives with special counsel appointment

Screenshot via Fox News House Oversight Committee chair Jason Chaffetz questioned the motives behind the Justice Department’s appointment of a special prosecutor to oversee the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation. “I think they’re feeling the political heat,” Chaffetz told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Wednesday evening. “Maybe they’re watching a little too much television and read too […]

A California sheriff is digging in his heels to back the Justice Department’s war on sanctuary cities.

AP/Jae C. Hong A sheriff from California’s Central Valley is digging in his heels against the spread of sanctuary cities and counties across the state. Far from limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood wants to ensure that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have continued access to his jails […]

Police departments vow to move forward on reform despite Sessions’ move to roll it back

Thomson Reuters Cities intent on overhauling their embattled police departments vowed to continue their reform efforts, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a memo Monday ordering a review of the agreements that had previously been reached between the Justice Department and local police forces. The news threw into jeopardy agreements that are currently being negotiated, including […]

Mike Pence was kept in the dark about the Justice Department’s assessment of Michael Flynn

Pete Marovich/Pool via CNP/MediaPunch/IPX Vice President Mike Pence was informed about a Justice Department assessment of former national security adviser Michael Flynn more than two weeks after President Donald Trump was briefed, according to a report from NBC News. The DOJ’s assessment, as reported by The Washington Post on Monday, determined Flynn may be susceptible […]