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Additional classified documents found from Joe Biden's residence and private office, says White House
•The White House had said earlier the Department of Justice was reviewing 'a small number of documents with classified markings' from the previous Obama-Biden administration found at Biden’s think-tank office here
Biden team finds second batch of classified documents at new location: Source
•President Joe Biden’s legal team has discovered additional documents containing classification markings in a second location, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Explained: Did Joe Biden break the law by keeping classified documents at his former office?
Fp Explainers •Ten classified documents were discovered at Joe Biden’s think-tank, the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. Did the US president break federal law by storing presidential records in his office?
Saudi spying case: Who is Ahmad Abouammo, the ex-Twitter employee who’s been sentenced to 42 months in US prison?
Fp Explainers •Ahmad Abouammo, 45, has been convicted of passing along sensitive information, including phone numbers and birth dates of dissidents, to Saudi Arabia. Investigations show that the former Californian native had received a $42,000 watch and $200,000 for his spying activities
Explained: The $250-million COVID-19 pandemic aid scam in America
•The US Department of Justice has charged 48 people in Minnesota for stealing $250 million from a federal program designed to provide meals for needy children during the coronavirus pandemic
Centre appoints six new judges to Madhya Pradesh High Court, additional judge to Gauhati HC
•The President has appointed Robin Phukan, to be an Additional Judge of the Gauhati High Court, for a period of two years with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office, read the notification
William Barr considering stepping down before US president Donald Trump's term ends
•It is not clear whether the attorney-general’s deliberations were influenced by Trump’s refusal to concede his election loss or his fury over Barr’s acknowledgment last week that the justice department uncovered no widespread voting fraud
Rudy Giuliani is said to have discussed a presidential pardon with Donald Trump
•Under previous administrations, presidents have largely granted pardons after they have gone through a formal review process at the Justice Department
US Department of Justice crackdown is reminder that this is Google's world, we just live in it
•On Tuesday, the Department of Justice sued Google for anticompetitive practices, in the most significant antitrust action by the US government against a technology company in decades
Department of Justice asks to take over Donald Trump’s defence in defamation lawsuit by rape accuser
•The move is in keeping with a DoJ that has time and again advanced a broad vision of executive power and has frequently shielded the president