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Justice Department reportedly won’t charge Rep. Matt Gaetz

WASHINGTON — The office of Rep. Matt Gaetz confirmed media reports Wednesday that the Justice Department had said it concluded a criminal investigation and does not plan to charge the Florida Republican with a crime.

Tribune News Service

Dozens of inmates have died in a Houston jail since 2021. Now the FBI is investigating

Dozens of inmates have died while in custody at the Harris County Jail, according to attorneys representing victims' families. The FBI has opened civil rights investigations into two of the deaths.

WEKU

Rep. Gaetz says no charges for him in sex trafficking case

Rep. Matt Gaetz says the Justice Department has ended a sex trafficking case with no charges against him

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Justice Department won’t charge Matt Gaetz for sex trafficking

The Florida congressman has been under investigation for several years

The Independent UK

U.S. backs Moderna, says government should face COVID-19 vaccine lawsuit

The U.S. government should face a patent lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccines, not vaccine maker Moderna Inc, the Department of Justice told a Delaware federal court on Tuesday.

Reuters

Justice Department reportedly won't charge Rep. Matt Gaetz - Roll Call

The office of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., confirmed media reports Wednesday that the Justice Department does not plan to charge him.

Roll Call

Former Vice President Mike Pence to fight special counsel subpoena on 2020 election

The special counsel looking into efforts by President Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election says Mike Pence’s cooperation is essential.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Three Trump lawyers have appeared before grand jury in documents inquiry

Attorneys were involved in compiling subpoenaed documents and have searched Mar-a-Lago

The Guardian - US

Former US Vice President Pence to resist special counsel subpoena

Mike Pence has been called to testify in investigations looking into ex-President Donald Trump and the 2020 election.

Al Jazeera

One of the deadliest federal prison units is closing

The Bureau of Prisons is shutting down a unit at its newest penitentiary in Illinois, following an investigation by NPR and The Marshall Project that exposed it was rife with violence and abuse.

WEKU

In Trump probe, US seeks to pierce attorney-client privilege

Justice Department prosecutors investigating the mishandling of classified documents at Donald Trump’s Florida estate are seeking to pierce the attorney-client privilege

The Independent UK

US arrests four suspects linked to assassination of Haiti’s Moise

Officials say, while ex-President Jovenel Moise was killed in Port-au-Prince, plot against him was mostly planned in US.

Al Jazeera

Pence to fight special counsel subpoena on 2020 election

Former Vice President Mike Pence is planning to fight a subpoena by the special counsel overseeing investigations into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election

The Independent UK

DOJ giving states $231M for gun violence prevention programs

The Justice Department is sending out more than $200 million to help states and the District of Columbia administer “red-flag laws” and other crisis-intervention programs

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Los Angeles Times

Senators fault Department of Justice for 'appalling' conditions in jails

LOS ANGELES — The federal government started investigating Los Angeles jails in 1996 — back when Bill Clinton was president, the Spice Girls were all the rage, and Tupac Shakur's killing dominated the news.

Reason

Can the Feds Prosecute Douglass Mackey for His Twitter Trolling?

Because of a series of misleading memes, a troll has been charged with conspiracy "to injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate one or more persons in the free exercise and enjoyment of a right and privilege secured to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States."

Reason

Federal Prosecution for Threats Against "Crisis Pregnancy Center"

The case is U.S. v. Freestone; here's the Justice Department's press release, from late January: The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Florida, alleges that Caleb Freestone, 27, and Amber Smith-Stewart, 23, engaged in a conspiracy to prevent employees of reproductive health services facilities…

The Independent UK

Trump was subpoenaed for folder with classification markings before turning it over, report says

Latest batch of turned-over documents follows FBI searches at Biden, Pence residences

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Salon

Meet Scott Perry: MAGA's quiet leader

He doesn't breathe fire or hog the limelight like other Trump loyalists — but that's Scott Perry's secret weapon

Tribune News Service

Trump team handed over more classified Mar-a-Lago documents

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team turned over several pages of documents with classified markings and a laptop containing electronic scans of those materials to federal investigators in recent months, a person familiar with the situation said.

The Guardian - US

Trump was issued subpoena for folder marked ‘Classified Evening Briefing’ discovered at Mar-a-Lago

Exclusive: Subpoena was issued last month after the folder was observed in Trump’s private quarters at the property

The Independent UK

Trump legal team hands over more classified material found at Mar-a-Lago

A folder marked ‘classified evening briefing’, a document and a laptop were voluntarily handed to the Department of Justice

The Independent UK

Pence subpoena could set up fight over executive privilege

The subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence is a milestone moment in a Justice Department special counsel investigation

Tribune News Service

Trump lawyer in Mar-a-Lago search appeared before grand jury

WASHINGTON — Evan Corcoran, one of Donald Trump’s lawyers, appeared before a federal grand jury last month as part of the special counsel investigation into whether classified information and other government records were mishandled at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Independent UK

AP source: Trump team turns over items marked as classified

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump have in recent months turned over to federal investigators additional documents with classified markings as well as a laptop belonging to a Trump aide

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