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House GOP leader worries DOJ is trying to buy votes with spill settlement

Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Ala., is concerned that the Obama administration is pursuing an oil spill settlement with BP that will direct more money to Florida in an effort to help the president's reelection bid, The Hill reports.

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UPDATED 11:30 AM EDT, October 3, 2012

Drug company fined for promoting non-approved uses

The Justice Department fined pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories, Inc. $500 million for promoting non-FDA approved uses for one of its drugs. The money is in addition to almost $200 million the company is forfeiting in profits from the drug.

The company admitted that it marketed Depakote as a treatment for behavioral disturbances and schizophrenia, uses that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The company also agreed to pay $800 million to the federal and state governments in a civil suit surrounding false claims the company made about the drug.

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UPDATED 3:36 AM EDT, September 21, 2012

Feds say North Carolina sheriff discriminated against Latinos

A two-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice has found that a North Carolina sheriff and his deputies routinely discriminated against Latinos by making unwarranted arrests with the intent of maximizing deportations, The Associated Press reports.

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UPDATED 11:43 AM EDT, September 18, 2012

Arlington, Va. man sentenced in plot to blow up U.S. Capitol

An Arlington, Va. man was convicted on charges he plotted to conduct a suicide bomb attack at the U.S. Capitol Building, according to the Justice Department.

Amine Mohamed El-Khalifi, 29, was sentenced to 30 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release. He pled guilty to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction when he planned to carry out the bombing in February, prosecutors said.

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UPDATED 10:25 AM EDT, September 5, 2012

Rape treatment program overpaid consultants, study says

A program designed to aid recovery after sexual assaults misspent $336,311 said a report by the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General.

The funds were part of $4.7 million given to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape.

Most of the misspent money went to consultants, who were all paid the maximum rate without any determination if that rate was reasonable, the report said.

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UPDATED 21:00 PM EDT, August 30, 2012

Govt won't bring charges over CIA interrogations

The Justice Department announced Thursday it has ended its investigation into CIA interrogations of terrorist detainees without bringing criminal charges, The Associated Press reports.
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UPDATED 23:19 PM EDT, August 27, 2012

Two North Carolina men convicted of plotting terrorism

Two North Carolina men have been convicted of plotting acts of terrorism, according to the Justice and Defense Departments. Daniel Boyd, 42, and Anes Subasic, 36, were found guilty of "conspiracies to murder persons abroad and provide material support to terrorism," said Lisa Monaco, assistant attorney general for national security, in a statement.

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UPDATED 14:34 PM EDT, August 20, 2012

Justice Department to prosecute Oregon supremacist couple for murder

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted an Oregon white-supremacist couple accused of sponsoring a movement to "purify" and "preserve the white race" through murder, The Seattle Times reports.
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UPDATED 19:18 PM EDT, August 16, 2012

Justice Dept to order changes in Verizon deals

The Justice Department announced Thursday it will order changes to protect consumers in deals between Verizon and four of the nation's largest cable companies, The Associated Press reports.

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UPDATED 11:06 AM EDT, August 14, 2012

New Mexico county over-billed some funds, study says

Dona Ana County in New Mexico misspent about $200,000 given by the Department of Justice to help cover court costs for drug-related cases, according to the DOJ's Inspector General.

The money is part of a $10 million effort to help local governments fund drug-related prosecutions.  The report found that Dona Ana County over-billed the government for pre-trial expenses.

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