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Attorney General William Barr defended his office’s response to protests across the country as congressional Democrats accused him of protecting armed white protesters while attacking and arresting unarmed Black Lives Matter protesters.

Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., confronted Attorney General William Barr during a hearing on Tuesday on the conflicting and unequal response by law enforcement to suspects based on their race. “The department is not doing enough to address issues of racism, bias and brutality in law enforcement, when someone who commits mass murder is calmly arrested and served Burger King while...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says the state’s attorney general will take the lead in any prosecutions in the death of George Floyd.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr says peaceful protests in response to the death of George Floyd are being hijacked by “outside elements”

Pennsylvania Democrats are accusing House Republicans of covering up a lawmaker’s COVID-19 diagnosis. Attorney General Josh Shapiro said he will not investigate the allegations however. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk.

The criminal case against a Mexican megachurch leader on charges of child rape and human trafficking was dismissed Tuesday by a California appeals court on procedural grounds.

Involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment charges have once again been dropped against the Amtrak engineer at the controls during a deadly 2015 derailment in Philadelphia.

Five former and current public officials and political candidates in New Jersey are facing charges of taking bribes following a major corruption investigation, the state’s attorney general announced Thursday. The five defendants are charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes from a cooperating witness in the form of campaign contributions, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal said. In return, the...

The ringleader of a thwarted plot to bomb the New York City subway system in 2009 was effectively sentenced to time served on Thursday, according to his attorney.

Investigators are looking into whether two guards tasked with checking on Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center the night of his death may have been sleeping when the accused sex trafficker apparently hanged himself in his cell, two officials familiar with the investigation tell NBC New York.

West Philadelphia lawmaker Movita Johnson-Harrell is charged with theft, tampering with public records and other related offenses. She’s accused of using a nonprofit she founded in 2006 as a “cash account.” NBC10’s Deanna Durante gets reactions from residents in her district.

West Philadelphia lawmaker Movita Johnson-Harrell is charged with theft, tampering with public records and other related offenses. NBC10’s Drew Smith has the details and talks to frustrated voters in Johnson-Harrell’s district.

A publicly elected Philadelphia official will face criminal charges, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday.

State Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell surrendered to police on Wednesday morning. Attorney General Josh Shapiro says the Philly representative will be resigning. She was accused of stealing money from her community and using it for personal use.

Hours after Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax again denied two claims of sexual assault, both women accusing him said they would be willing to testify at a possible impeachment hearing as the Virginia Democrat faces calls to resign and a threat of impeachment.

Democrats’ calls for an investigation into sex assault claims against Virginia’s Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax dissolved into demands for resignation and threats of impeachment after a second woman publicly accused him.

Virginians are split over whether Gov. Ralph Northam should resign over a photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page showing people in blackface and a Ku Klux Klan robe, a new Washington Post-Schar poll shows.

Virginia’s attorney general is the latest of the top elected officials in the state to face a scandal. He said Wednesday that he once wore blackface. News4’s Julie Carey has the latest details from Richmond on Gov. Ralph Northam, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and Attorney General Mark Herring.

Thousands more migrant families may have been separated than the government initially reported, a watchdog group said, possibly due to ongoing problems keeping track of children.

A new lawsuit filed by all females alleges gender discrimination in the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office. NBC10’s Cydney Long explains.