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Attorney General Merrick Garland attends a news conference at the Department of Justice, Monday, June 13, 2022 in Washington.

The attorney general and federal prosecutors are watching all of the Jan. 6 hearings

Pressure has been growing from Democrats and activists to charge more people, including those in high positions of power

Advocates for some survivors of abuse in prison are asking for their freedom and preparing petitions under a program known as compassionate release.

Advocates seek compassionate release for women sexually abused while incarcerated

The women were sexually abused while incarcerated in federal prison in Dublin, California. The issue is part of a hearing Friday before the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

From left: Former U.S. Olympic gymnasts Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney and three-time national champion Jessica Howard participate in a news conference following a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Sept. 15, 2021.

FBI opens settlement talks with gymnasts who survived abuse by Larry Nassar

Justice Department officials met with key senators to explain why they won't prosecute two former FBI agents who botched the sexual assault investigation.

The FBI photographed documents marked "Top Secret" on the floor of former President Trump's office in Mar-a-Lago, Fla. The redacted image was included in a Justice Department filing.

Dept. of Justice appeals special master review of classified documents seized by FBI

The Justice Department is appealing part of a judge's order that would give a special master authority to review documents the FBI collected at Mar-a-Lago last month.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine, pictured in 2019, is hoping to change how the justice system handles cases involving 16- and 17-year-olds who are charged as adults.

Teens Can Get Swept Into Adult Prisons. D.C.'s Attorney General Wants To Change That

Karl Racine's proposal could overhaul the way juveniles are charged as adults and offer greater opportunities for rehabilitation.

In this Aug. 26, 2020, file photo, the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind.

Senior citizens serving federal sentences have fallen through the cracks

The U.S. Parole Commission has been undercounting prisoners under its jurisdiction, the latest in a string of troubles to plague the federal agency.

The federal courthouse in Brooklyn is seen on Feb. 4, 2019.

The U.S. is limiting compassionate release in plea deals. Many say that's cruel

The Justice Department has been limiting the ability of people in prison to apply for compassionate release. Advocates say that flouts Congress and is cruel.

The U.S. government says in its affidavit that this photo shows Guy Reffitt outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, wearing a helmet with a camera that captured him discussing the day's insurrection.

A son explains why he turned in his father over the Jan. 6 attack

Jackson Reffitt notified the FBI about his concerns and recorded his father making statements about the Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021.

Chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., talks with the media after a hearing of the committee, Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill.

The Justice Department wants to see the Jan. 6 committee's transcripts

It says the lack of sharing is complicating its criminal probe.

Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio wears a hat that says The War Boys during a rally in Portland, Ore., Sept. 26, 2020.

Proud Boys leader Tarrio, four others, charged with seditious conspiracy

The U.S. rarely charges suspects with seditious conspiracy, a very serious crime defined as two or more people conspiring to overthrow or destroy the government

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