According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina, a 42-year-old Columbia man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after he plead guilty to firearm and drug charges.
According to the Department of Justice, four South Carolina residents pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently obtain millions in PPP loans.
Investigators say Taurus Jermaine Dotson was prohibited from carrying firearms due to past robbery and drug trafficking convictions.
The Justice Department is filing an appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes, trains and travel hubs. It came minutes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked the Justice Department to appeal the decision handed down by a federal judge in Florida earlier this week.
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The Justice Department on Thursday sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas, asks a federal judge to declare that the law is invalid, “to enjoin its enforcement, and to protect the rights that Texas has violated.”
The Department of Justice is cracking down on illegal gun trafficking. Tuesday, the DOJ announced it is creating strike forces focused on trafficking in five areas of the country.
The DOJ is ending a policy that banned federal officers from using body cameras. The DOJ will require federal agents to activate cameras whenever encountering the public during pre-planned law enforcement operations.
The DOJ announced it has recovered $2.3 million in ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline to a cyber criminal gang based in Russia. That’s about half of what the company paid. Now, the government is urging companies to remain vigilant and increase their protections against attacks before it’s too late.
Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, a close ally of former President Trump, is under federal investigation. Media outlets reporting the Justice Department is investigating whether Gaetz had a relationship with an 17-year-old girl.
