https://worldleaders.website/leader-us-agThe public schedule of Todd Blanche, Acting United States Attorney General, from official sources via World Leaders Daily.enSun, 30 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-nigerian-nationals-extradited-nigeria-united-states-face-sextortion-charges-northus-ag-2026-08-28-Two Nigerian Nationals Extradited from NFri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Justice Department announced today that two Nigerian men have been extradited to the United States from Nigeria to face prosecution in two separate cases for the financially-motivated sextortion of minors that resulted in the death of teenagers in both the Northern District of Mississippi and the Middle District of North Carolina.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/walmart-agrees-pay-50-million-illegally-filling-unlawful-opioid-prescriptionsus-ag-2026-08-28-Walmart Agrees to Pay $50 Million for IlFri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Justice Department, together with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), today announced a $50 million settlement with Walmart Inc. (Walmart) to resolve allegations that Walmart pharmacies illegally filled thousands of invalid prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/russian-national-living-florida-convicted-scheme-illegally-export-aircraft-parts-unitedus-ag-2026-08-28-Russian National Living in Florida ConviFri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000A Florida resident and Russian national, Alexander Mamonov, 62, was convicted on all charges yesterday following a jury trial related to a scheme to illegally export aircraft parts from the United States to Russia and the state-owned Russian airline, PJSC Aeroflot.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-extradites-chile-one-its-most-wanted-fugitives-alleged-tren-de-aragua-leaderus-ag-2026-08-28-United States Extradites to Chile One ofFri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Venezuelan national and illegal alien Rafael Enrique Gamez Salas, 40, has been extradited from the United States to Chile, at the request of the Government of Chile, so that he may be prosecuted on seven charges stemming from his alleged role as a leader of “Los Piratas,” the primary Chilean cell of the Venezuelan transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua (TdA).https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/brooklyn-return-preparer-pleads-guilty-preparing-false-tax-returns-clientsus-ag-2026-08-28-Brooklyn Return Preparer Pleads Guilty tFri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000A Brooklyn, New York, woman pleaded guilty today to preparing false tax returns for clients.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nigerian-national-sentenced-laundering-31m-scam-proceedsus-ag-2026-08-28-Nigerian National Sentenced for LaunderiFri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000A Nigerian national was sentenced yesterday to 95 months in prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy involving millions of dollars tied to various fraud schemes — including business email compromise, romance, and unemployment insurance fraud scams — perpetrated against U.S. citizens.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-statement-interest-support-primary-aluminum-smelter-project-inolaus-ag-2026-08-28-Justice Department Files a Statement of Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Yesterday, the Justice Department’s Energy and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) filed a statement of interest in a lawsuit brought by the Oklahoma Attorney General, expressing support for the construction of a primary aluminum smelter in Inola, Oklahoma.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/international-shipping-companies-sentenced-pay-175-million-fine-concealing-discharges-oilyus-ag-2026-08-28-International Shipping Companies SentencFri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000A vessel operating company pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to charges stemming from the discharge of oily waste into the sea. MSC Shipmanagement Limited, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) for conduct that occurred on the motor vessel MSC Samira III between June 2024 and January 2025. The vessel’s owner, Hong Kong Spirit Shipping and Trading Limited, also pleaded guilty to two counts of violating APPS. Both companies were sentenced to pay a combined fine of $1.75 million and serve four years of probation. Second Engineer Mikhail Tsurikov previously pleaded guilty to violating APPS and is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 10.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/alaska-judge-dismisses-challenge-president-trumps-rescission-withdrawals-areas-outerus-ag-2026-08-28-Alaska Judge Dismisses Challenge to PresFri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000The U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska earlier this week dismissed the complaint in a case challenging President Trump’s rescission of Biden-era withdrawals of areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from oil and gas leasing. The court dismissed the case for lack of standing.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/weaponization-working-group-releases-report-2023-fbi-richmond-field-office-memo-targeted-nonus-ag-2026-08-27-Weaponization Working Group Releases RepThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Today, the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group issued a report detailing how, under the previous Administration, the FBI’s Richmond Field Office associated beliefs held by many Catholics with domestic extremism and investigated two priests as a result. The report focuses on the production and circulation of an internal assessment known as the “Richmond Domain Perspective.” This assessment documented the purported rise of domestic extremism among those who hold conservative beliefs associated with a wide variety of Catholics. It also documented the investigation into two priests and the FBI’s surveillance of one of them.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/maryland-man-pleads-guilty-sex-trafficking-offensesus-ag-2026-08-27-Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Sex TraffiThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000A Maryland man pleaded guilty today to two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-mexican-nationals-plead-guilty-alien-smuggling-and-providing-material-support-designatedus-ag-2026-08-27-Two Mexican Nationals Plead Guilty to AlThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Two Mexican nationals pleaded guilty today to multiple charges including alien smuggling and providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, specifically, Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-george-washington-university-medical-school-discriminates-basedus-ag-2026-08-27-Justice Department Finds George WashingtThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced today its finding that the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Services (GW Med) intentionally discriminated based on race in granting and denying admission to its 2024 and 2025 incoming classes. GW Med’s discriminatory conduct violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard ( SFFA ), which banned race discrimination in higher education.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/mexican-fentanyl-manufacturer-pleads-guilty-international-drug-trafficking-offensesus-ag-2026-08-27-Mexican Fentanyl Manufacturer Pleads GuiThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000A Mexican national pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute fentanyl for importation into the United States, and conspiracy to distribute listed chemicals for the unlawful importation of a controlled substance.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/massachusetts-man-sentenced-cockfightingus-ag-2026-08-27-Massachusetts Man Sentenced for CockfighThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in federal court in Rhode Island for his role in a 2022 cockfighting operation in which he brought gaffs from Massachusetts to Rhode Island for animal fighting.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-dominican-based-drug-trafficking-organization-extradited-colombia-united-states-faceus-ag-2026-08-27-Leader Of Dominican-Based Drug TraffickiThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000The leader of a Dominican Republic-based international cocaine trafficking and money laundering organization was extradited from Colombia to the United States yesterday to face drug trafficking charges filed in two separate indictments in the Districts of Puerto Rico and New Jersey as well as money laundering charges in the District of New Jersey. The prosecutions are part of the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) initiative.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-files-complaints-against-arizona-new-mexico-oregon-and-washingtonus-ag-2026-08-27-The Department of Justice Files ComplainThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Today, the Department of Justice filed lawsuits against four states that seek to undermine federal law by placing aliens over citizens in clear defiance of Congress’s commands. The Department filed complaints against Arizona , New Mexico , Oregon , and Washington , challenging state laws that provide in-state tuition and financial assistance for illegal aliens. These laws unconstitutionally discriminate against U.S. citizens who are not afforded the same reduced tuition rates or scholarships, create incentives for illegal immigration, and reward illegal aliens with benefits that U.S. citizens are not eligible for, all in direct conflict with federal law.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-us-government-employee-pleads-guilty-attempting-provide-classified-informationus-ag-2026-08-27-Former U.S. Government Employee Pleads GThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 29, of Alexandria, Virginia, a former IT specialist for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), pleaded guilty yesterday to transmission of national defense information to a foreign government.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/81-members-violent-gang-puerto-rico-charged-drug-trafficking-and-firearms-violations-partus-ag-2026-08-27-81 Members of a Violent Gang in Puerto RThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000Today in Puerto Rico, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced 81 members of a violent drug trafficking organization have been charged federally following a Homeland Security Task Force investigation. The FBI and the Puerto Rico Police Department successfully led the takedown and arrest yesterday of 70 defendants charged who are members of this violent drug trafficking organization that had been active for years throughout the West side of Puerto Rico.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/kkr-agrees-pay-record-250m-penalty-serial-violations-federal-premerger-review-lawus-ag-2026-08-26-KKR Agrees to Pay Record $250M Penalty fWed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Justice Department filed a proposed settlement today requiring KKR & Co. GP LLC to pay a civil penalty of $250,000,000 to resolve allegations that KKR repeatedly flouted the premerger antitrust review process. The United States’ Complaint alleged KKR evaded antitrust scrutiny for at least 16 separate transactions by failing to comply with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act).https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-tribal-police-officer-indicted-using-excessive-force-and-falsifying-reportus-ag-2026-08-26-Former Tribal Police Officer Indicted foWed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000A former tribal police officer with the San Carlos Apache Police Department (SCAPD) was charged in an indictment today with two federal crimes arising out of his use of excessive force against a handcuffed arrestee and his falsification of another officer’s report.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/villages-health-system-llc-agrees-5415m-settlement-resolve-false-claims-act-allegationsus-ag-2026-08-26-The Villages Health System LLC Agrees toWed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Villages Health System LLC (TVH), a healthcare provider group headquartered in The Villages, Florida, has agreed to a $541.5 million settlement to resolve self-disclosed allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false diagnosis codes in order to increase payments that they received from the Medicare Advantage program.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/cartel-commanders-charged-international-cocaine-and-methamphetamine-trafficking-conspiracyus-ag-2026-08-26-Cartel Commanders Charged with InternatiWed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment today charging Ramon Alvarez Ayala, 44, and Rafael Alvarez Ayala, 42, both Mexican nationals, with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine for importation into the United States and possessing a firearm, including a machinegun, in furtherance of the drug trafficking offense.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/dermtech-inc-pay-5m-resolve-allegations-it-submitted-false-claims-medicare-unreliable-skinus-ag-2026-08-26-DermTech Inc. to Pay Up to $5M to ResolvWed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000A skin cancer testing company formerly known as DermTech, Inc. has agreed to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting false claims for unreliable skin cancer tests to the Medicare program. DermTech is now liquidating as DTech Liquidating Inc. after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the District of Delaware in June 2024. As part of the resolution announced today, the United States received an Allowed Class Three General Unsecured Claim of $5,038,011 in the bankruptcy proceeding.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/aryan-brotherhood-associate-convicted-two-murdersus-ag-2026-08-26-Aryan Brotherhood Associate Convicted ofWed, 26 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000An associate of the prison gang Aryan Brotherhood was convicted today of executing two men in Lomita, California on orders given by an Aryan Brotherhood member incarcerated in Kern Valley State Prison, in Kern County, California.