{"slug": "united-states-department-of-justice", "label": "United States Department of Justice", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1553390", "qid": "Q1553390", "description": "United States federal executive department", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1870, 2020], "span_label": ["1870 CE", "2020 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-york-state", "label": "New York (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "microsoft", "label": "Microsoft", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "international-olympic-committee", "label": "International Olympic Committee", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "richard-nixon", "label": "Richard Nixon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1870, "year_label": "1870 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 22", "text": "June 22 – The U.S. Congress creates the United States Department of Justice.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362496807#June", "title": "1870", "revid": 1362496807, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1933, "year_label": "1933 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – The United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz is acquired by the United States Department of Justice, which plans to incorporate the island into its Federal Bureau of Prisons as a penitentiary.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371108771#October", "title": "1933", "revid": 1371108771, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 15", "text": "December 15 – The United States Department of Justice indicts Alger Hiss, on two counts of perjury.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#December", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1973, "year_label": "1973 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 20", "text": "October 20 – The Saturday Night Massacre: U.S. President Richard Nixon orders Attorney General Elliot Richardson to dismiss Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Richardson refuses and resigns, along with Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus. Solicitor General Robert Bork, third in line at the Department of Justice, then fires Cox. The event prompts calls for Nixon's impeachment.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239256#October", "title": "1973", "revid": 1373239256, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – The United States Department of Justice declares incumbent Austrian president Kurt Waldheim an \"undesirable alien\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#April", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "May 18", "text": "May 18 – The Department of Justice files an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging its Windows operating system unfairly takes market share from Netscape's Navigator.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373236679#May", "title": "1998", "revid": 1373236679, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – A declassified report by Swiss International Olympic Committee official Marc Hodler reveals that bribes had been used to bring the 2002 Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City during bidding process in 1995. The IOC, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, the United States Olympic Committee and the United States Department of Justice immediately launch an investigation into the scandal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373236679#November", "title": "1998", "revid": 1373236679, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – The U.S. Justice Department charges Chinese tech firm Huawei with multiple counts of fraud, raising U.S.–China tensions.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#January", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – The Industrial Bank of Korea agrees to pay US$86 million and will enter a two-year deferred prosecution agreement to settle lawsuits with the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of New York over a 2011 scheme to help transfer US$1 billion to Iran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#April", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › April"}}]}