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Kenneth Polite, head of the Criminal Division since July, wants to take the most dangerous people off the streets and spend more on preventing violence.

The deputy attorney general told Congress last year that prosecutors would review new evidence about FBI failures in the investigation of Larry Nassar.

Tuesday's pardons and commutations are part of a broader White House effort to make the criminal justice system more fair – a goal Biden made part of his 2020 presidential campaign.

Thirteen girls and women plan to sue the FBI for its failure to act on reports of abuse by the former gymnastics doctor.

A federal grand jury has indicted Peter Navarro on two counts of contempt of Congress. He failed to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee. Two other Trump aides won't face the same charges.

A federal jury found the Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one other defendant guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A judge has sentenced the former Trump political adviser to four months incarceration and a $6,500 fine for criminal contempt of Congress.

The Justice Department is leading an effort to monitor changes in state law after the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

Leaders in the civil rights community are pushing the department and other cabinet agencies to take more aggressive action.

The 69-year-old cabinet member asked to be tested after learning he may have been exposed to the virus and he is not experiencing symptoms.