DOJ to Provide $21M to Combat Rising Rate of Hate Crimes
The Justice Department will award law enforcement agencies with more than $21 million to help investigate and prosecute hate crimes.
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Justice Department Awards $37M to Address Backlog in Rape Kits
The Justice Department plans to use $37 million to help state, local and tribal governments address a backlog of sexual assault evidence that is preventing the capture of violent offenders.
President Obama’s Close Friend Considered a “Hostile Witness” by Justice Department
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of President Obama’s closest friends is not cooperating in a federal investigation, prompting the Justice Department to seek Dr. Eric E. Whitaker as a “hostile witness,” the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Prosecutors filed the motion Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Springfield, where a Chicago businessman, Leon Dingle Jr., is on…
Justice Department Squanders $100 Million on Faulty Grants to Organizations
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department wasted as much as $100 million by issuing grants to duplicate organizations or to programs that didn’t follow through on promises, the Washington Post reports, citing an inspector general report. “There is virtually no visibility on how grant funds are actually used by the recipients,” said Michael Horowitz, the…