The US Department of Justice had long been expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple. But when the suit arrived Thursday, it came with surprising ferocity. In a press conference, attorney general Merrick Garland noted that Apple controlled more than 70 percent of the country’s smartphone market, saying the company used that outsized power … Read more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) named its first artificial intelligence (AI) officer Thursday amid growing concerns over the impact of the new technology on the criminal justice system. The DOJ named Jonathan Mayer, a Princeton University assistant professor who focuses on national security, consumer privacy and criminal procedures, to the role. He will serve in … Read more
The Justice Department sued the state of Tennessee on Thursday, alleging that the state imposes harsher criminal penalties on people who engage in sex work while living with HIV. The state has violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by criminally prosecuting sex workers living with HIV, “regardless of any actual risk of harm,” the lawsuit … Read more
WASHINGTON ― A central piece of evidence in the impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden may have just evaporated. The Justice Department on Thursday announced that an FBI informant was lying when he said a Ukrainian oligarch told him he’d bribed Biden. Special counsel David Weiss, the U.S. attorney prosecuting the president’s son Hunter Biden … Read more
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Former President Donald Trump made the inflammatory suggestion Tuesday that President Joe Biden is personally directing federal prosecutions against him in order to win the 2024 presidential election. Speaking after a critical appellate court hearing in Washington, Trump told reporters, “I think it’s very unfair when a political opponent is prosecuted by the DOJ, by … Read more
