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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) and Neal Katyal, former acting solicitor general during the Obama administration, took part in an Aspen Institute conversation on the trial of fo…

Minnesota Attorney General (D) Keith Ellison gave a statement after Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years for the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who died while in custody of Minne…

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) talked about race relations and police reform, including the death of George Floyd while in custody of Minneapolis police. Former Minneapolis pol…

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) and the prosecution team in the Derek Chauvin trial spoke to reporters after a jury found the former Minneapolis police officer guilty in the dea…

t the Netroots Nation virtual conference, Democratic attorneys general from several states spoke about what they were doing to address racial inequities in communities. Other topics included…

The National Constitution Center hosted a virtual event with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) on efforts to improve policing. They outline…

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) held a news conference to announce additional criminal charges against the police officers accused in the death of George Floyd. The attorney gen…

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) held a news conference after mass protests and rioting erupted following the death of George Floyd while in police custody. “It is my expectation that justice…

Congressional Black Caucus members spoke to reporters at the Department of Justice about a letter they wrote to Attorney General Loretta Lynch calling for an investigation into the deaths of…

Members of the House Judiciary Committee’s Federal Bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group spoke to reporters following a meeting in Detroit with community leaders and law enforcement o…

Representatives Cedric Richmond (D-LA), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Andre Carson (D-IN), and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke to reporters about the police shootings of Alto…

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Rights held a hearing on criminal justice and policing practices after recent protests around the country in the wake of deaths of unarmed black me…

Witnesses testified on racial profiling and state immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona, relations between law enforcement and African-Americans, as well as anti-terrorism efforts that tar…

Attorney General Mukasey testified at a Department of Justice oversight hearing about a number of issues including national security programs and operations, voting rights enforcement and pr…

Attorney General Ashcroft and others testified about the Department of Justice’s work and formulation of legal policies for the interrogation and detention of enemy combatants held at facili…

FBI Director Robert Mueller testified at an oversight hearing on law enforcement operations and practices at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Among the topics he addressed were warnings …

Witnesses testified about the “Jena Six” case in which six black teenagers were charged with the beating of a white student soon after nooses were hung from a tree on a high school campus. T…

The House Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing on the use of National Security Letters by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In response to a question by Representative Jackso…

Ms. Goodling testified about her knowledge of plans to dismiss several U.S. attorneys at the Justice Department, the role the White House might have played in the decision, and her duties at…

The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on an independent report of the inspector general on the use of national security letters by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Witnesses testi…