Scott MacFarlane is CBS News' Justice correspondent. He has covered Washington for two decades, earning 20 Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards. His reporting has resulted directly in the passage of five ...

Washington — A bipartisan group of former federal ethics officials is asking for an internal Justice Department investigation into the legal opinion justifying U.S. military strikes on suspected ...

The Justice Department is sending a team of prosecutors to Minnesota to help investigate allegations of widespread fraud ...

The Justice Department will seek to dismiss a lawsuit that former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey brought against it, arguing she didn't properly follow administrative complaint procedures before ...

Washington — A federal judge on Tuesday granted the Justice Department's request to unseal a "voluminous" set of grand jury transcripts and evidence from a sex trafficking case in New York against ...

One letter said, "It became clear that it was time for me to go." Another read, "I cannot continue to serve in such a hostile and toxic work environment." Amid a growing wave of firings, resignations ...

Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice. He was previously a campaign digital reporter covering President Trump's 2024 campaign and also served as an associate producer for "Face ...

Jake Rosen is a reporter covering the Department of Justice. He was previously a campaign digital reporter covering President Trump's 2024 campaign and also served as an associate producer for "Face ...

Washington — The Justice Department said Wednesday that it was informed by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and the FBI that "they have uncovered over a million more documents ...

Washington — The Justice Department is facing continued backlash over its partial releases of files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, with lawmakers and survivors denouncing the limited ...