Paroled Tennessee Murderer Charged with Possessing a Firearm as a Felon

by Zachery Schmidt | Feb 20, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

A Tennessee man with a previous murder conviction faces prison time after a federal grand jury indicted him on another criminal charge. The grand jury indicted James Lafayette Moore, 51, for allegedly possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, the Department of...

Blackburn Demands Investigation into Jack Smith over Surveillance of Republican Lawmakers

by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 17, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is urging U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to refer former Special Counsel Jack Smith to the Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) for an investigation into the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI)...

DOJ Charges Tren de Aragua and Rival Faction Members with Murder, Human Trafficking, Robbery, and Other Crimes

by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 22, 2025 | Justice, National, News

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced indictments against 27 alleged members and associates of Tren de Aragua (TdA). Of the people charged, six are alleged gang members, 19 are allegedly members of a TdA splinter faction named Anti-Tren, and two others are...

Feds File Complaint over Possible $126 Million Illegal Staffing, Laundering Scheme

by Zachery Schmidt | Apr 15, 2025 | Justice, National, News

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed a civil forfeiture complaint against assets relating to a potential $126 million illegal staffing and money laundering operation in Ohio. ICE and other law enforcement agencies executed search warrants in Moraine at...

Brian Kelsey Reflects on Life in Prison, Feeling After Being Pardoned by President Trump

by Kaitlin Housler | Mar 17, 2025 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

Brian Kelsey, the former Tennessee state senator who was pardoned by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, joined Thursday’s edition of The Michael Patrick Leahy Show to reflect on his two-week experience in federal prison and how he felt after being pardoned by the...

DOJ Says It Will Release Jack Smith’s January 6 Report

by Zachery Schmidt | Jan 8, 2025 | Justice, National, News

The Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted a court filing on Wednesday saying it will release Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s January 6 report about President-elect Donald Trump. Smith’s report contains information about Trump’s involvement in January 6 and his...

Ohio Meat-Packing Company Pays Fine for Stealing American Citizens’ Identities and Giving Them to Illegal Immigrants to Work

by Zachery Schmidt | Jan 7, 2025 | Justice, News, Ohio, State News, The Midwest

The Department of Justice fined an Ohio meat-packing company last week almost $4 million after a hiring manager stole the identities of American citizens and gave them to illegal immigrants who were not eligible to work in America. Fresh Mark, Inc., entered into a...

Biden’s DOJ Orders Hawkins County Schools to Hire ‘Anti-Harassment Coordinator’ to Oversee ‘Race Discrimination and Harassment Complaints’

by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 12, 2024 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South

The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered Hawkins County Schools on Monday to implement a number of measures to “end racial discrimination in its schools.” A DOJ-led investigation into Hawkins County Schools that began in March 2023 found that the...

Former Bush 43 Special Counsel: Hatch Act Could Be Used to Prosecute Biden DOJ and DHS Officials for 2024 Election Interference

by Michael Patrick Leahy | May 19, 2024 | Justice, National, News, Politics, port, TN LEAD

Scott J. Bloch, Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) under former President George W. Bush from 2003 to 2008, told The Tennessee Star on Saturday that a a provision of the 1939 Hatch Act, now codified as 18 U.S.C. 595, could be used to prosecute...