Nov 18th, 2008 · Washington attorney Eric Holder has been chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to be the next attorney general. Holder, a former U.S. attorney who served as the No. 2 official in the Justice Department under President Clinton, would be the nation's first black attorney general.
Nov 11th, 2008 · He has investigated waste, fraud and abuse — and a Justice Department scandal over political partisanship in hiring practices. That kind of investigation can make someone a bull's-eye for political arrows, but it hasn't happened with Fine.
Nov 10th, 2008 · The Justice Department is emerging from what many have called its most tumultuous period in decades. A new attorney general will have to restore the department's credibility and work to counter perceptions that law enforcement decisions have become politicized.
Oct 8th, 2008 · An internal Justice Department investigation has concluded that the controversial U.S. attorney firings of 2006 were of a partisan political nature. One of the seven fired attorneys, Iglesias discusses his book, In Justice, an insider's account of the affair.
Sep 29th, 2008 · Attorney General Michael Mukasey has appointed a prosecutor to pursue possible criminal charges against Republicans who were involved in the firings of U.S. attorneys. The move was recommended by a Justice Department report on the firings.
Sep 29th, 2008 · The Justice Department's watchdog has published its final report on the firings of nine U.S. Attorneys. Those firings led to one of the most tumultuous chapters in the department's history. Eventually, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was forced to resign along with more than a dozen other top officials. Attorney General Michael Mukasey has appointed a prosecutor to pursue possible criminal charges against them.
Sep 29th, 2008 · A long-awaited report from the Justice Department released Monday concludes that political partisan considerations played a part in the firings of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006 but stops short of recommending criminal charges against top officials.
Sep 10th, 2008 · A federal appeals court Tuesday overturned the kidnapping conviction of James Ford Seale in connection with the deaths of two black teenagers in Mississippi in 1964. The Justice Department brought an indictment against Seale based on evidence uncovered by a Mississippi newspaper and a documentary film team. He was convicted in 2007 and sentenced to three life terms.