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The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is bringing its “Heroes of the Freedomsurrection” display to Los Angeles this week, the mock commemoration of the January 6th siege on the Capitol that features monuments to figures including Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley.

true-crime anthology docuseries, turns its attention to the scandal surrounding Martin Shkreli, a former hedge fund manager convicted of securities fraud in 2017. In ET’s exclusive preview of, the doc breaks down how the iconic rap group got caught up in the attention surrounding the “most hated man in America.” “It got in the hands of Shkreli and that’s when everything just kicked off,” Ghostface Killah says in the clip, referring to the group’s secret seventh studio album,, which was auctioned off to the highest bidder in 2015. It was soon revealed that the winner was Shkreli, who was still CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals.

In an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” George Stephanopoulos asked Klain point blank whether President Biden is “confident” that his son “didn’t break the law,” to which Klain gave an unequivocal yes. “Of course, the president’s confident this his son didn’t break the law,” Klain said. “But most importantly, as I said, that’s a matter that’s going to be decided by the Justice Department, by the legal process, and something no one at the White House has any involvement in.

Naomi Seligman, the former communications director to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, has filed a complaint with prosecutors claiming that Garcetti committed perjury when he denied under oath that he did not know about allegations of misconduct by a top aide and adviser.

Michael K. Williams, federal authorities announced on Wednesday.According to the U.S.

It’s a bit unusual when any FCC nomination becomes controversial — and even a bit strange when Tucker Carlson seizes on it.

The former general counsel of the MPAA, Steven Fabrizio, was sentenced to 12 months in prison on Friday after pleading guilty last year to blackmail and third-degree sexual abuse.

Tiger King 2” proves him to be “innocent,” that former President Donald Trump was “a fool” to not pardon him, and that President Biden ought to grant him clemency.The 58-year-old former Oklahoma zookeeper, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was convicted in 2019 of paying a hit man $3,000 to kill animal rights activist Carole Baskin.

Steve Bannon faces a potential criminal charge of criminal contempt of Congress after the House of Representatives voted to refer the matter to the Justice Department.

Jordan Moreau Tom Barrack, who was the former chair of President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee in 2017, was arrested Tuesday on charges of acting and conspiring to act as an agent of the United Arab Emirates to unlawfully influence foreign policy positions of the presidential campaign and administration, according to the Justice Department.Barrack, Matthew Grimes of Colorado and Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi of the UAE were part of a seven-count indictment unsealed in a New York

Joe Biden has nominated attorney Jonathan Kanter, a prominent critic of Google and big tech, as the next antitrust chief in the Justice Department.

according to the Associated Press, outlined the exceptions to the new policy.

Netflix true-crime series “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness.” Zookeeper Jeff Lowe moved the cats to a Thackerville property after the August shutdown of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park.The U.S.

Joe Exotic is still making headlines from behind prison walls and is calling for President Joe Biden to undo what he says is a "kidnapping" by the Department of Justice "for political agenda." The "Tiger King" star’s diatribe came on Thursday when Exotic – real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage – spoke via prison phone in audio obtained by Fox News to accept an honor for "Tiger King" which won the Social Media Superstar Award in the Entertainment Category – beating Disney’s "The Mandalorian,"

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe FBI arrested a Texas man who allegedly plotted to blow up an Amazon data center in an attempt to “kill… about 70% of the internet” and bring down “the oligarchy” in power in the U.S.Seth Aaron Pendley, of Wichita Falls, Texas, was apprehended Thursday after allegedly attempting to obtain an explosive device from an undercover FBI agent in Fort Worth — with the intent to destroy an Amazon Web Services facility in Virginia, according to the Justice Department.

Roughly five years after he was nominated by former President Barack Obama to fill the Supreme Court seat once held by Antonin Scalia, Merrick Garland finally got a Senate confirmation hearing and came out with a new job!  On Mar. 10, the U.S.

It seems Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman‘s beauty queen wife Emma Coronel Aispuro learned a thing or two from the imprisoned former Sinaloa drug cartel leader. She was arrested on Feb. 22, 2021 at Dulles Airport in Virginia for conspiracy to unlawfully import and distribute illegal drugs into the U.S., including cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and marijuana, according to a press release by the U.S. Justice Department.

One of Lena Dunham's latest tweets has left her fans scratching their heads. Dunham, 34, took to Twitter on Thursday to share one of her fantasies, and it involves striking up a romance with President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden.

The Idaho man photographed last week climbing down from the Senate balcony during the Capitol Hill riot is once again apologizing for his actions following his release from jail ahead of trial.  Josiah Colt, a 34-year-old from Boise, was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to the Justice Department.

A top official from the Justice Department said that they are pursuing “significant felony cases tied to sedition and conspiracy” in the attack last week on the U.S. Capitol.

The Arkansas man seen sitting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office with his foot on her desk amid a violent riot inside the U.S. Capitol was arrested Friday, authorities said.  Richard Barnett, 60, of Gravette, was taken into federal custody and was expected to appear in court.

A California woman pleaded guilty to making bomb threats against a historic Catholic high school in Washington D.C. two years ago after school officials announced same-sex marriage announcements would be included in its alumni letter, the Justice Department said Monday.

Black Lives Matter seemed to knock President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday after it was revealed that he didn't include them in a meeting where multiple civil rights groups laid out their recommendations for his Justice Department. "Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and Rep.

Two Texas men have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in the attempted sale of 50 million non-existent N95 facemasks to a foreign government.

A South Carolina man pleaded guilty Tuesday to sharing bomb-making information with another man in support of the Islamic State terror group.  Kristopher Sean Matthews, 34, who goes by Ali Jibreel, entered his plea in San Antonio, Texas, to a charge of conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. He admitted to federal prosecutors that he conspired with 22-year-old Jaylyn Christopher Molina, of Cost, Texas, the Justice Department said.

A Hollywood man who operated a drone that crashed into a police helicopter, forcing an emergency landing, is facing a federal charge. Andrew Rene Hernandez, 22, was arrested by FBI agents Thursday and charged with one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, the Justice Department said.

Authorities arrested a convicted sex offender from New York City Tuesday morning, suspecting him of threatening to throw pipe bombs into crowds of protesters, “blow up” the FBI and kill people with differing political views, according to the Justice Department. Brian Maiorana, a 54-year-old Staten Island resident, is accused of posting about the “extermination” of Democrats “as well as their family members,” and about blowing up an FBI building, according to the criminal complaint.

James Comey and others serving in the Trump administration.For Hunter, the project’s main draw was playing Yates, “who has enormous integrity, and brought an incredible positive, ethical energy and intellect to the Justice Department," she said. The two-part drama debuts 9 p.m.

John Bolton'smemoirofficially comes out Tuesday after surviving a security review and alegal challengefrom the Justice Department. But over the weekend, it was available in ways even his publisher is hoping to prevent.

NEW YORK -- John Bolton's memoir officially comes out Tuesday after surviving a security review and a legal challenge from the Justice Department. But over the weekend, it was available in ways even his publisher is hoping to prevent.

By Tom Tapp

British rock legend Roger Waters took aim at the U.S.

British rock legend Roger Waters took aim at the U.S.