On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department’s top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance orders that they believed to be illegal. Read full article >>
A former Reagan-era Justice Department prosecutor who runs a right-leaning political-advocacy group is suing the federal government over its controversial electronic-surveillance programs. Activist attorney Larry Klayman filed two class-action lawsuits this week in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, seeking a combined $23 billion in damages. Read full article >>
A top House Republican is accusing the Obama administration of “hypocrisy” after a draft watchdog report claimed former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta disclosed sensitive information on the Usama bin Laden raid to a Hollywood filmmaker — even as the Justice Department aggressively pursued other security leaks.
“The Obama Justice Department has decreased the prosecution of violent gun crimes by 30 percent.” –Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), in an interview with Capital New York, published May 30, 2013 Read full article >>
Republicans on Sunday kept up a drumbeat of criticism directed at Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who has come under fresh scrutiny following the Justice Department’s handling of leak investigations. Read full article >>
Attorney General Eric Holder was the focus of discussion across the Sunday show landscape, with Republicans leveling criticism and Democrats defending the head of the Justice Department. “The attorney general has to ask himself the question, ‘Is he really able to effectively serve the president of the United States and the American people under the [...]
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Sunday his panel is investigating remarks Attorney General Eric Holder made under oath regarding the Justice Department accessing a Fox News reporter’s phone logs and emails.
The Republican criticism of Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department — first, over the failed Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation and now, the subpoena of reporters’ phone and email records — is growing to include outcry from liberal media outlets and Democrats.
It may say more about Washington than White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler that she’s known in the West Wing for her fabulous shoes. Ruemmler first attracted attention for her glam heels as a Justice Department prosecutor trying Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling in 2006, when she sported what The Wall Street Journal described [...]
President Obama is “really losing the moral authority to lead this nation” because of three scandals that have erupted in recent weeks, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky) said Sunday. Paul said the president is damaged by the assertion that the IRS targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, as well as revelations that the Justice Department has [...]