Scott MacFarlane

The Justice Department is expanding the historic clemency that was extended to U.S. Capitol insurrectionists and defendants by moving to dismiss charges unrelated to the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, if the separate indictments stemmed from Jan. […]

How Bondi is reshaping the Justice Department How Pam Bondi is already reshaping the Justice Department 03:22 Washington — The head of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C, has resigned her post, the latest in

Federal prosecutors in New York have filed a motion to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, bringing to a close a days-long battle that has upended the Justice Department over the decision to abandon the case. 

Washington — With just days remaining in the Biden administration, not all of the president’s appointees are departing quietly. Steven Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, is warning that the incoming administration has the agency

Washington — In the four years since the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, federal investigators have amassed troves of evidence leading to the arrests of more than 1,500 defendants.  Still, one key aspect of an event tied to that

FBI agents say they disrupted a possible plot to threaten or kill employees of a major U.S.-based pro-Israel organization before the first night of Hannukkah, according to court documents reviewed by CBS News.  A Gainesville, Florida, man is accused of

Washington — Some of the defendants accused of being part of the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, are now asking courts for permission to return to Washington, D.C, on Jan. 20 to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. 

Washington — Earlier this month, a woman died in a crash in Rome, Georgia, after her vehicle collided with that of an officer who was responding to a fake bomb threat at the home of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. It was among