MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Lawyers for the Southern Poverty Law Center will appear in court Thursday for the first time since the civil rights group was charged with defrauding donors by failing to disclose that money would be paid to informants inside extremist groups. The grand jury indictment filed April 21 by the U.S. Justice Department … Read more
Five more states are joining a federal antitrust lawsuit aimed at stopping the blockbuster merger between Nexstar and Tegna, a corporate tie-up that would create the largest operator of local television stations in the nation. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, … Read more
The head of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division on Wednesday directed all U.S. attorneys’ offices to assign a local prosecutor to serve “in place” in support of a Washington-based office created earlier this year, according to a memo obtained by CBS News. In the memo, Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald said detailing a … Read more
OKLAHOMA CITY — Lawyers for the family of an Oklahoma junior college basketball player who died after suffering a head injury during a game said Thursday the student had been struck by another player’s elbow and accused the team of not providing proper medical care before putting him back on the court. Ethan Dietz, 20, … Read more
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TRENTON, N.J. — Vexed by the Justice Department’s chaotic oversight of federal prosecutions in New Jersey, a judge on Monday threw a government attorney out of a hearing and ordered the three officials in charge of the state’s U.S. Attorney’s office to answer his questions under oath. U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi lit into … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Defense attorneys for the man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles will hold a news conference Thursday to call for his release from jail in light of new evidence they say shows he is not responsible for the blaze. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, was charged in October with starting … Read more
Federal prosecutors in U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office are dropping a criminal probe into whether former President Joe Biden and his aides unlawfully used an autopen to issue pardons, a person briefed on the matter told CBS News. Two sources confirmed the existence of the probe, with one telling CBS News that the matter has … Read more