Department of Justice

noun

the department of the U.S. federal government charged with the responsibility for the enforcement of federal laws. : DOJ

A department of the federal executive branch , headed by the attorney general , which administers the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) , prosecutes violations of federal law, and is responsible for enforcing all civil rights legislation.

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The Marshals Service reports to the Department of Justice, which is part of the sprawling federal executive structure.

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Department of Justice, which announced last month that it had “reason to believe” the county was subjecting permit applicants to unconstitutionally long wait times.

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“This Department of Justice is committed to ending the opioid crisis and holding bad actors accountable for their failure to protect patients from addiction.”

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Department of Justice, told Boasberg that there were no current plans to deport individuals Friday or Saturday by plane presumably to El Salvador, but the Trump administration reserved the right to remove people on Saturday.

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The US Department of Justice, along with 17 US states, sued Google, arguing the tech giant was illegally dominating the technology which determines which adverts should be placed online and where.

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