The deadline to ratify the amendment is long past, five of the states that originally ratified it have since rescinded their approval, and the incoming administration may not support it. The Department of Justice ... six from Florida, sent a letter to ...

U.S. Senator Ashley Moody (R-FL) delivered a passionate endorsement of Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi during a U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary business meeting, where Bondi’s nomination was advanced to the full Senate for confirmation.

President Donald Trump pardoned all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol and commuted the sentences for 14.

Trump has vowed to end the "weaponisation" of the Justice Department and has set about nominating and appointing allies to top posts in the department. Smith himself resigned from the Justice Department shortly before Trump took office, and both federal cases have effectively ended.

institutional experience that is invaluable to the Justice Department’s mission, including that of protecting the national security of the United States,” said David Laufman, a former senior ...

Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.

Neither case came to trial and Smith -- in line with a long-standing Justice Department policy of not ... charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to obstruct an ...

The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday that Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves, 26, of Sebring pleaded guilty in to conspiring to smuggle migrants into the United States.

While President Trump granted clemency last week to more than 1,500 people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, at least two Florida men who were among those defendants have yet to celebrate.

The Department of Justice said in a release Phillip Mak was a self-employed businessman who from 2008 through 2020, earned approximately $10.3 million in income.

Kash Patel has been nominated by President Trump to lead the FBI, pending Senate confirmation. Patel, who has a controversial history with the FBI and CIA, has served in various roles including as Chief of Staff to the Acting Secretary of Defense.