A rapid, high‑profile exodus of experienced DOJ attorneys has drained legal expertise, shifted enforcement priorities, strained remaining staff, and prompted growing concern from judges, former officials and legal observers about the department’s capacity and credibility.

The Epstein Files are once again making national headlines after the Department of Justice recently released over 3 million documents related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender and human trafficker who is believed to have connections with several notable figures, including President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew). But the new batch of documents is also shedding more light on some of the disgraced financier’s movements around the country, which includes multiple stops in Jacksonville in late 2004 and 2006.

An employee with the Palatka Housing Authority pleaded guilty to funneling over $150,000 intended for the organization into a separate company that he controlled, the Department of Justice said Friday.

The Department of Justice announced Thursday that a Jacksonville minister has pleaded guilty to obstructing the IRS’s efforts to collect his tax debts that were worth more than $600,000.

The Department of Justice on Friday accused two Georgia parents, including an enlisted soldier who was living at the Fort Stewart Military Reservation, of starving their daughter to death.

A St. Augustine man was indicted Wednesday for his role in a fraud scheme that cost one of his victims over $2 million and involved fake email accounts, fake text messages, and fake hirings of attorneys, the Department of Justice said.

The Department of Justice recently announced that two men from Florida are under investigation for allegedly stealing over $100 million from a nonprofit that served people with special needs and disabilities to live a lifestyle including lavish homes, traveling by private jet, and even funding a brewery.

The Department of Justice placed one of its top immigration lawyers on leave after that lawyer questioned, in court, the Trump administration’s handling of the deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador.

President Donald Trump says at a private religious group's Washington prayer breakfast he's forming a commission on religious liberty.

Last week word came out the Securities & Exchange Commission fined McMahon for improper hush money payments. We analyze McMahon's remaining civil suit, DOJ investigation and whether Donald Trump as President can stop the Federal investigation.

Four months after Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters unveiled his vision for the future of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to address hiring throughout the department and other issues, the Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday that it was awarded a $5 million grant from the Department of Justice.

The News4JAX I-TEAM has reported on twelve in-custody deaths at the jail so far this year, including three that were just in the past month and a half. State Representatives Angie Nixon and Tracie Davis are now asking the Department of Justice for a federal investigation. The DOJ responded to their request, acknowledging the letter and referring it for review.

There’s a consumer alert for anyone who still needs to file their taxes.

What was Welcome To VideoAccording to the indictment released Wednesday by the DOJ, Welcome to Video began operating around June 2015. According to the DOJ, Welcome To Video was "among the first of its kind to monetize child exploitation videos using bitcoin." There are ways for bitcoin users to stay under the radar. Over the past year, tools that can analyze bitcoin transactions have developed to a high level, said McCormack, from the Hong Kong law firm. Because the public ledger which records bitcoin transactions is immutable, there's no way to remove evidence of past dealings.

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