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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led a group of Senate and House Democratic colleagues in submitting an amicus brief in a bankruptcy case before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in support of 231,000 military veterans who are seeking restitution from 3M and its subsidiary Aearo Technologies for allegedly manufacturing defective earplugs.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Advances 15 Judicial Nominees with Bipartisan Support
The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced fifteen judicial nominations, the first series of judicial nominations to go to the full Senate in the 118th Congress. All fifteen advanced with bipartisan support.
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Durbin Presses DOJ & FBI for Information on Potential Impact of Former FBI Official Charles McGonigal’s Alleged Misconduct
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray to seek more information about the impact Charles McGonigal’s alleged misconduct, which was recently revealed in unsealed indictments, may have had on highly sensitive counterintelligence and criminal investigations.
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on today’s troubling Department of Justice report on the use of solitary confinement in federal facilities:
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Durbin Joins Prosecutor General Of Ukraine At Georgetown Law To Demand Justice For Ukraine
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered remarks at Georgetown Law Center’s event titled, “Justice for Ukraine: A Conversation with the Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin.” In addition to Ukrainian Prosecutor General Kostin, Durbin was joined by Ambassador Beth Van Schaack, U.S. Department of State Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice.
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Chairman Jim Jordan Requests Big Tech Censorship Documents Identified in Missouri v. Biden
Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) just sent a letter to the Department of Justice demanding copies of documents already produced in Missouri v. Biden, a civil case demonstrating how the federal government colluded with Big Tech to violate Americans' First Amendment rights.
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Chairmen Jim Jordan and Mike Turner Send Letters to Intelligence Officials Who Called Hunter Biden's Laptop Russian Disinformation
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) sent letters to various intelligence officials about the public statement signed in October 2020 that falsely implied the New York Post’s reporting about Hunter Biden was the product of Russian disinformation.
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Judiciary Committee Issues First Subpoenas to Biden Administration on Targeting Parents at School Board Meetings
Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) subpoenaed the Biden Administration for withheld documents relating to the Administration's targeting of parents for exercising their First Amendment rights at school board meetings. Since October 2021,
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Chairman Jim Jordan Opening Statement on Biden Border Crisis: Part One
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) delivers opening statement during today's hearing, "Biden Border Crisis - Part One."
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Chairman Jim Jordan and Rep. Matt Gaetz Launch Investigation into McGonigal Scandal
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) launched an investigation into Charles McGonigal, a former FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Counterintelligence Division.
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Twenty-Three Individuals Charged in $61.5 Million Medicare Fraud Schemes
News Release: Court documents were unsealed this week charging 23 Michigan residents for their alleged involvement in two illegal schemes to defraud Medicare of more than $61.5 million by paying kickbacks and bribes and billing Medicare for unnecessary medical services that were never provided.
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Aryan Brotherhood Associate Pleads Guilty to a Racketeering Conspiracy
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Justin Petty, 41, of Los Angeles, an associate of the Aryan Brotherhood (AB) prison gang, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise and conspiracy to distribute heroin and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
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New defendants charged in $50 million Ponzi scheme involving off-the-road tires
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio- A federal grand jury has indicted two Texas men for their roles in one or more alleged conspiracies involving wire fraud, money laundering and tax fraud.
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More Than $7 Million in Losses Reported by Victims of Romance Scams in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia
News Release: More Than $7 Million in Losses Reported by Victims of Romance Scams in Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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Former Alabama Department of Corrections Lieutenant Charged with Federal Civil Rights Crimes for Using Excessive Force on Inmates and with Obstruction Offenses
News Release: A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging a former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) lieutenant with use of excessive force and two obstruction offenses.
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Robbinsdale Felon Pleads Guilty to Illegal Possession of a Firearm
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Robbinsdale man has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm as a felon, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.
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Four Oklahoma Men Indicted After Officers Seize $1 Million Worth of Cocaine in I-70 Traffic Stop
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Four Oklahoma men were indicted by a federal grand jury today after law enforcement officers seized more than $1 million worth of cocaine from a rental truck that was stopped on Interstate 70 in Lafayette County, Mo.
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International Law Enforcement Agencies Issue Joint Warning about Global Financial Sextortion Crisis
News Release: International Law Enforcement Agencies Issue Joint Warning about Global Financial Sextortion Crisis.
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KC Man Sentenced After Using Fake Gun in Foiled Independence Restaurant Robbery
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City, Mo., man who attempted to rob an Independence, Mo., restaurant with a fake gun, but was thwarted when employees fought back, was sentenced in federal court today for the robbery.
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Stuart Man Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography of 15-year-old
News Release: MIAMI - A 29-year-old man from Martin County, Florida, German Oliver Jose Martin, has pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Shaniek M. Maynard, to production of child pornography.
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