DOJ Announces Release of 3,100 Under FIRST STEP Act

Also debuts new risk assessment tool

Charles Fain Lehman
July 19, 2019 1:50 PM

Roughly 3,100 federal prison inmates will soon be released, the Department of Justice announced Friday, as part of implementation of federal criminal justice reform enacted into law last year.

1990’s Biden Called Barr ‘One of the Best’ AG’s

Biden also praised Barr for 'candid' response on abortion rights

Graham Piro
June 11, 2019 11:30 AM

Former vice-president and current Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden praised Attorney General William Barr in 1995, calling him "one of the best" attorneys general Biden ever worked alongside. But Biden went back on his praise of Barr when he called for the attorney general to be fired in early May.

Barr on Caring About His Reputation: ‘Everyone Dies’

Nic Rowan
May 31, 2019 10:14 AM

Mueller Refuses to Give Further Comment on Probe: ‘The Report Is My Testimony’

Paul Crookston
May 29, 2019 12:15 PM

Barr Trolls Pelosi at the Capitol: ‘Madam Speaker, Did You Bring Your Handcuffs?’

David Rutz
May 15, 2019 2:56 PM

Attorney General William Barr asked Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) if she brought "handcuffs" for him Wednesday at the Capitol, following her accusing him of lying to Congress earlier this month.