Sentences with phrase «directed justice department»

As the grieving Florida students demanded action on guns, President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Justice Department to move to ban devices like the rapid - fire bump stocks used in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

Trump directed the Justice Department to draft a ban on devices known as «bump stocks,» molded pieces of plastic or metal that can attach to a legal semiautomatic gun and allow it to fire up to 100 rounds in seven seconds, similar to an illegal machine gun.

As a grieving Florida community demanded action on guns, President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Justice Department to move to ban devices like the rapid - fire bump stocks used in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

WASHINGTON - As a grieving Florida community demanded action on guns, President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Justice Department to move to ban devices like the rapid - fire bump stocks used in last year's Las Vegas massacre.

New Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding an Obama - era memo that directed the Justice Department to reduce the use of private prisons, NPR's Carrie Johnson reports

He also pointed to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions» recent announcement that the U.S. Department of Justice would revoke the Cole memo, which previously directed the Justice Department to permit states to execute their own marijuana laws with restricted federal involvement.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said that Trump has not directed the Justice Department to investigate «particular people,» after the president said at a rally Thursday that prosecutors should look at Hillary Clinton's «33,000 deleted emails.»

The letter said Trump has directed the Justice Department staff to work with the committee if Democrats want to make changes to their memo to «mitigate the risks identified by the department.»

The announcement came a day after Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she announced she had directed Justice Department attorneys not to defend the president's temporary travel ban on seven majority - Muslim countries in court.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had directed the Justice Department to propose a ban on devices that modify guns, such as so - called bump stocks, which increase the rate of fire of semiautomatic firearms.

Trump's memo on Tuesday directed the Justice Department under Attorney General Jeff Sessions to «dedicate all available resources to complete the review» and propose a rule banning the devices.

criticized Trump at his own Super Tuesday rally for supporting the organization and said he would direct the Justice Department to investigate Planned Parenthood.

Not exact matches

In the first such criminal case targeting Russia, the Department of Justice is charging a pair of Russian spies with directing the 2014 attack on Yahoo.

The Justice Department said its new order «simply directs all US Attorneys to use previously established prosecutorial principles that provide them all the necessary tools to disrupt criminal organizations, tackle the growing drug crisis, and thwart violent crime across our country.»

Stephenson's comments came a day after the finger - pointing over whether the Justice Department demanded as a condition of approving AT&T's $ 85 billion acquisition of Time Warner that CNN parent Turner Broadcasting or Direct TV be sold off.

Additional information will be provided at around 6:00 pm EST on Friday, April 6, by the U.S. Department of Justice, and all media inquiries should be directed to the u.S. Department of Justice's Office of Public Affairs at 202-514-2007 and [email protected].

The Justice Department and our state partners brought this case because substantial evidence showed that direct competition between Aetna and Humana led the companies to offer more generous benefits at lower prices.»

On Tuesday, Trump claimed that he sent a memo to the Justice Department «directing the attorney general to propose regulations that ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns.»

The President continues to seethe over the Justice Department's handling of nearly everything Russia - related, sources said, but much of that anger has been directed toward Rosenstein, who oversees Mueller and the Russia investigation.

Conheeney thanked employees for their hard work and urged them to stay focused, and the attorney directed them to the Department of Justice's website for more information on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, known as RICO, the people said.

But legal experts have already begun to weigh in on the coming legal battle, and there seems to be a consensus that it might be tougher for the Justice Department to lobby against this vertical integration, because blocked mergers in the past have typically been among direct competitors.

A spokeswoman declined to answer a series of direct questions from CNBC about his case, instead providing a statement from Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department's Tax Division: «Bradley Birkenfeld was afforded due process of law and sentenced by a federal district court after full consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances, including his admission that he advised wealthy UBS clients on how to conceal their assets from the U.S. government,» she said.

And the students» campaign may already be showing signs of having an effect: President Trump has directed the Department of Justice to ban bump stocks (which allow shooters to pull triggers more frequently and fire in rapid succession) and tweeted his support for strengthening background checks.

The Justice Department is making efforts to notify COINTELPRO victims, and under the Freedom of Information Act citizens may succeed in finding out about intelligence activity directed against them (a local ACLU office can help).

And if Eisenstadt, Roe, Casey, and Lawrence were the direct descendants of Griswold, it is not difficult to see how Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the 2003 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision mandating so - called «gay marriage,» was a collateral descendant of Justice Douglas» discovery of a constitutional «right to privacy.»

However, this decision has been said not to have any direct issues with the U.S. Department of Justice.

Accordingly, you are directed to receive Mr. Padilla from the Department of Justice and to detain him as an enemy combatant.

2 p.m., the Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services will assemble to make decisions on bills directing the Department of Correction to provide a list of all inmates waitlisted for placement or transfer to alternative housing, to expand its report on «enhanced supervision housing,» to publish «their rules and regulations regarding the use of force by staff on inmates,» to post quarterly reports detailing the visitation of incarcerated individuals, the department's grievance system, and the demographic of incarcerated individuals in city jails, and to create «an inmate bill of righDepartment of Correction to provide a list of all inmates waitlisted for placement or transfer to alternative housing, to expand its report on «enhanced supervision housing,» to publish «their rules and regulations regarding the use of force by staff on inmates,» to post quarterly reports detailing the visitation of incarcerated individuals, the department's grievance system, and the demographic of incarcerated individuals in city jails, and to create «an inmate bill of righdepartment's grievance system, and the demographic of incarcerated individuals in city jails, and to create «an inmate bill of rights.»

Trump directed his White House counsel to tell Attorney General Jeff Sessions to not recuse himself from the Justice Department's investigation into potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on justice reform and in direct conflict with the city's powerful correction officers» union, the court system and the police department.

Trump said he wishes he could get involved with the Justice Department and direct it toward Clinton, but can't because he's president.

Following the deadly school shooting in Florida on Feb. 14, President Trump is directing the Department of Justice to develop regulations to ban bump stocks.

But he has directed the state Department of Health to conduct a study on the health, economic and criminal justice impacts legalized marijuana could have across New York, especially now that neighboring Vermont and Massachusetts have legalized it.

In response, in 2013 the Department of Justice established the National Commission on Forensic Science (NCFS), which was directed to explore these issues and make recommendations for addressing them.

The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI believe they don't need a search warrant to review Americans» e-mails, Facebook chats, Twitter direct messages, and other private files, internal documents reveal

There's a direct line from truancy to juvenile crime, gang membership, and drug use, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

The bill would direct $ 50 million in Department of Justice grants for training and technology to help school personnel, local law enforcement, and students identify and intervene to stop dangerous or violent activities.

In April, responding to the complaint, the U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter directing the DPI to collect more information about alleged incidences of discrimination.

Another proposed reason is as a direct result of the Department of Justice's decision in favor of Amazon's pricing practices.

Comments should be directed to John R. Read, Chief, Litigation III Section, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: [phone]).

A year - long congressional House of Representatives investigation has revealed that the Department of Justice has been pushing, and even requiring, pseudo-defendants to donate money to lobbying non-victim third parties out of a «settlement fund» at double the dollar - for - dollar settlement credit of direct relief extended to consumers.

On the same day the OPC decision was released, the FTC announced that it was settling charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the FTC against VTech USA for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting personal information from children without providing direct notice to parents (including prominently displaying links to online notices of information practices with regard to children on the home page or screen of its website or online services and at each area of the website or online service where personal information is collected) or obtaining verifiable consent concerning its information collection practices.

As Deputy Attorney General, Andy oversaw the day - to - day operations of the nearly 700 employees at the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ); directed litigation strategy; negotiated, reviewed, and approved settlements; drafted and reviewed attorney general opinions; managed the agency's budget; oversaw civil and criminal investigations handled by DOJ; and managed DOJ's legislative agenda.

Funding for both grant categories is supported by a portion (directed toward Illinois) of the proceeds of a national settlement between a major bank and the US Department of Justice in 2014.

According to the DOJ press release Attorney General Jeff Sessions said: «President Trump is absolutely committed to ensuring the safety and security of every American and he has directed us to propose a regulation addressing bump stocks... To that end, the Department of Justice has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a notice of a proposed regulation to clarify that the National Firearms and Gun Control Act defines «machinegun'to include bump stock type devices.»

The Clerk is directed to post a copy of this order on the Court's website at www.courtswv.gov, and to provide a copy to: The West Virginia State Bar to be distributed via the «Bar Blast»; the West Virginia Association for Justice; The Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia; The West Virginia Employment Lawyers Association; West Virginia Public Defender Services; The West Virginia Prosecuting Attorney's Institute; the Office of the Attorney General; and the legal division of the of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

The Justice Department on Monday directed questions to Environment and Climate Change Canada.

According to a Department of Justice report, it allows Tesla to be more competitive on price, saving consumers up to 8.6 % if they were able to buy direct.

«NAR's policies that are under attack by the Justice Department preserve the integrity of multiple listing services, including the vital benefits that MLSs bring to home sellers and buyers and the rights of listing brokers and their customers to direct the marketing of their own properties,» NAR said.