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Malicious prosecution is a common law intentional tort.Like the tort of abuse of process, its elements include (1) intentionally (and maliciously) instituting and pursuing (or causing to be instituted or pursued) a legal action (civil or criminal) that is (2) brought without probable cause and (3) dismissed in favor of the victim of the malicious prosecution.
The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has opened a review into whether special counsel Jack Smith’s team skirted any guidelines in carrying out their ...
1 Source: Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Offices. 2 Informed of dismissal January 2006. 3 Informed of dismissal June 2006. 4 Date resignation requested by the Department of Justice is unknown. 5 Subsequently submitted resignation on May 30, 2007, effective June 1, 2007. 6 Subsequently returned to positions at the Department of Justice in ...
Several statutes, mostly codified in Title 18 of the United States Code, provide for federal prosecution of public corruption in the United States.Federal prosecutions of public corruption under the Hobbs Act (enacted 1934), the mail and wire fraud statutes (enacted 1872), including the honest services fraud provision, the Travel Act (enacted 1961), and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt ...
The Department of Justice has indicted former President Trump on dozens of counts of mishandling classified documents. The indictment has renewed protests from GOP lawmakers and allies of the ...
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday denounced "dangerous" and "outrageous" attacks on Justice Department prosecutors and personnel and sought to reassure them that he has ...
The OPR promulgates independent standards of ethical and criminal conduct for DOJ attorneys, while the DOJ's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has jurisdiction of non-attorney DOJ employees. The OPR receives reports of allegations of misconduct made against DOJ attorneys from many sources.
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta's office cleared LAPD Officer Toni McBride of wrongdoing in the fatal 2020 shooting of Daniel Hernandez.