DOJ Newswire Report News
Durbin Leads Letter to President Biden Urging the Administration to Create a Parole Program to Allow Noncitizens Work Authorization, Address Workforce Shortages
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
The bill creates targeted exceptions to Section 230, imposing basic accountability on tech companies for child sexual abuse material on their platforms
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances the EARN IT Act, Three Nominees to the Full Senate
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
The bill creates targeted exceptions to Section 230, imposing basic accountability on tech companies for child sexual abuse material on their platforms
Durbin Statement on ProPublica Report & Supreme Court Ethics Reform
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement regarding a ProPublica report that alleges that Justice Clarence Thomas accepted and failed to disclose private school tuition payments for his grandnephew made by prominent Republican donor Harlan Crow:
Durbin: It’s Time to Establish Enforceable Rules of the Road for All Justices
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor on the need for Supreme Court ethics reform, including a clear, enforceable code of conduct for Supreme Court justices, following yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the topic.
Durbin Reflects on Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Devastating Fallout Since the Supreme Court Overruled Roe V. Wade
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor on the state of reproductive rights in America and steps he’s taking to shine a light on the serious threats to abortion rights nationwide, including holding last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the issue.
Durbin Statement on Governor Abbott’s Continued Political Stunts & Exploitation of Migrant Families, Calls for More Funding for Chicago
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) sent a letter to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot stating that he will continue his inhumane practice of busing migrants from Texas to Chicago:
Durbin Questions Witnesses During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Supreme Court Ethics Reform
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled, “Supreme Court Ethics Reform.”
Durbin Delivers Opening Statement During Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Supreme Court Ethics Reform
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Durbin: “The highest court in the land should not have the lowest ethical standards. That reality is driving a crisis in public confidence in the Supreme Court. The status quo must change.”
Senate Confirms Anthony Johnstone to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Under the leadership of Chair Durbin, the Senate has confirmed 120 judges to lifetime appointments on the federal bench during the Biden administration
Durbin, Klobuchar Reintroduce Comprehensive Legislation to Address Threats Targeting Election Workers
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Legislation continues Durbin’s longstanding efforts to protect the safety of election workers
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Judge Amanda Brailsford for Confirmation by Full Senate
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
On April 27, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Judge Amanda Brailsford to the District of Idaho by voice vote for consideration by the full Senate.
Ahead of Senate Vote, Durbin Calls on His Colleagues to Support the Equal Rights Amendment
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Durbin: “If we want to live up to the promise of America, we need to protect the rights of every American. Let’s start with the ERA.”
Durbin Statement on Failed Senate Vote on the Equal Rights Amendment
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted against S.J.Res.4, a bipartisan, joint resolution removing the deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would enshrine gender equality into the Constitution:
Snohomish Man Pleads Guilty to Drug, Gun, and Murder-for-Hire Related Charges
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Dealt Drugs Even as He Awaited Sentencing for an Earlier Drug Conviction
New Britain Man Involved in Drug Ring Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWIN REYES, 40, of New Britain, was sentenced on May 1 by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 72 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and fentanyl.
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking Offense
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that PEDRO DIAZ, 45, of Red Lion, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on May 1 by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 60 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl.
California Man Arrested for Trafficking 91 Kilograms of Cocaine Worth $1.8 Million
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 7, 2023
Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois announced that a California man was arrested on a charge of possession with intent to distribute 91 kilograms of cocaine.
Hudson Man Indicted For Defrauding U.S. Taxpayers
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
A Hudson man was indicted in connection with his attempt to fraudulently obtain over $1 million in CARES Act funds from the United States government, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
Four Charged with Failure to Register as Sex Offenders
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
In April 2023, federal grand juries in Jackson and Memphis returned indictments against four convicted sex offenders for failure to register or maintain their registration when they moved to Tennessee, in violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). United States Attorney Kevin Ritz announced the indictments today.
Camden County Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining 30 Loans Meant to Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic
By DOJ Newswire Report | May 6, 2023
A Camden County, New Jersey, woman was sentenced on May 1, 2023, to 60 months in prison, five years of supervised release and ordered to pay $3.18 million in restitution and forfeit $1.03 million for conspiring to fraudulently obtain 30 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) totaling more than $3 million, and to laundering the proceeds.