After a tumultuous tenure clouded by two failed criminal prosecutions against the incoming president, Attorney General Merrick Garland is leaving the Justice Department the same way he came in: trying to defend it against political attacks.

Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of nearly every January 6 defendant and sent the documentation to the Bureau of Prisons on Monday night.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, is set to face questions on Capitol Hill on Wednesday over her loyalty ... Bondi led a challenge brought by more than two dozen states to President Barack Obama’s ...

The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges against any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump pardoned about 1,500 defendants charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack on Monday.

Donald Trump is roaring up to speed seven days from returning to the Oval Office, while Joe Biden seeks last-ditch hostage deals as his administration says goodbye in his last week in office.

The Trump administration plans to prosecute state and local officials who resist federal immigration laws, according to a leaked Justice Department memo.

Donald Trump has nominated Florida Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, while he has chosen lawyer Pam Bondi for attorney general.

There have been six confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill - while across town at ... retribution if he became FBI director. The Department of Justice will never have an “enemies list”, she ...

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties if they fail to comply.

Rhodes who was convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases brought by the Justice Department met with at least one lawmaker during his visit and chatted with others, defending his actions that day and taking no responsibility in violent siege that halted the certification of 2020 election.