“I deeply regret my actions and I apologize to the court,” Fruman said during a hearing Friday in federal court in Manhattan.
Author: Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY
Trump’s tax returns can be released to Congress, Justice Department says
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel said lawmakers have “invoked sufficient reasons” in their request for Trump’s tax returns.
Trump administration officials can testify about president’s actions leading up to Jan. 6, DOJ says
The Justice Department will not be asserting executive privilege as committees probe whether Donald Trump tried to use DOJ to subvert the election.
Biden administration blames China for Microsoft hacking as DOJ indicts Chinese nationals in cyberattacks
Biden administration, along with Britain and EU, catalog a broad range of other cyberthreats from Beijing.
ACLU, NAACP among those pressing Biden to grant clemency to inmates sent home during COVID
A bipartisan group of 20 criminal justice groups sent a letter to Joe Biden requesting clemency for inmates who served at home during the pandemic.
Giuliani suspended from practicing law in New York over ‘false and misleading’ claims working for Trump
The New York Supreme Court said there is “uncontroverted” evidence that Rudy Giuliani “demonstrably false” statements to the courts and public.
AG Merrick Garland vows to protect voting rights, beef up DOJ civil rights division
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the department will scrutinize election laws that seek to curb voter access and discriminate against Black voters.
FBI secretly ran phone encryption program used by organized crime, global sting yields 800 arrests
Over the past 18 months, the FBI provided phones via unsuspecting middlemen to more than 300 gangs operating in more than 100 countries.
Justice Department withdraws FBI subpoena for USA TODAY records ID’ing readers
The subpoena was issued as part of a criminal investigation seeking to identify a child sex offender.
USA TODAY fights FBI subpoena demanding records that would identify readers of Florida shooting story
Gannett, USA TODAY’s parent company, is fighting the FBI’s subpoena, calling it a First Amendment violation.