Department of Justice

​​Symbolic but Significant: Why the Decision to Investigate Abu Akleh’s Murder is Unprecedented

Though the US investigation of Abu Akleh’s murder is unlikely to result in any kind of justice, it is a very important moment in US-Israeli and US-Palestinian relationships.
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US Police Kill Twice As Many People Every Year As We’ve Been Told

The Most Censored News with Lee Camp hosted by comedian/ writer/ raconteur/ provocateur/ saboteur Lee Camp is a twice-weekly look at the most censored stories within corporate media hosted by the new video platform Behind the Headlines – a MintPress video project that is 100% viewer supported.  Camp both brings to light stories that are […]

Roger Waters calls for freeing Julian Assange at DOJ rally

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal joined Waters and other speakers in front of the Department of Justice in Washington DC to demand the US drop its charges against the Wikileaks founder. Video and photos by Ford Fischer of News2Share and Consortium News. Max Blumenthal followed Waters by excoriating the mainstream press for betraying Assange and thereby abandoning the cause of press freedom. Blumenthal also highlighted recent FBI misdeeds past and present, framing them as part of the national security state’s undemocratic […]

Leaked Reports from FBI Informant Absolves Proud Boys of Serious January 6 Crimes and Shows DOJ Lied

Leaked documents and text messages show that a group of Proud Boys who went to Washington DC on January 6 to protect Trump supporters from Antifa are innocent of the serious charges levied against them by the DOJ that is making an example of them by prosecuting them for crimes they did not commit.

Defunding police results are totally predictable. So why do it? [Video]

The screed of “Defund the Police” has yielded scenes like this: That this sort of activity has actually been implemented anywhere at all is stunning. The results of it have been uniformly bad everywhere it is implemented. According to this piece from The Wall Street Journal: In the last three months of 2020, homicides rose 32.2% […]

DOJ Says No Charges For Capitol Police Officer Filmed Executing Unarmed Air Force Vet Ashli Babbitt

The Department of Justice is prosecuting hundreds of Trump supporters for as little as walking through the Capitol building, but refuses to press charges against, or even identify, the Capitol police officer who shot and killed unarmed 14-year Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol building on Jan 6.

DOJ: Two Men Charged With Assault After Using a ‘Dangerous Weapon’ Against Officer Sicknick

Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick was reported to have been bludgeoned to death by Trump supporters with a fire extinguisher, but it was a total fabrication. The false story was the cornerstone of the impeachment charges against Donald Trump and is the excuse for new domestic-terror laws proposed by Democrats.

Exclusive: Spanish judge seeks Sheldon Adelson security chief in Assange spying case

A Spanish judge’s request to probe a Las Vegas Sands staffer’s apparent role in a criminal spying operation against Julian Assange indicates the investigation is homing in on US intelligence. Tellingly, the Department of Justice is stonewalling the application. By Max Blumenthal The Spanish judge presiding over the trial of a security firm owner apparently hired to spy on jailed Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange has sent a request to the US Department of Justice for an interview with Zohar Lahav, […]