AG Jennings Wins Court Order Protecting Libraries, Museums, Minority-Owned Businesses, and Workers
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Attorney General Jennings today won a court order stopping the Trump administration from dismantling three federal agencies that provide services and funding supporting public libraries and museums, workers, and minority-owned businesses nationwide. In April, AG Jennings joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the Trump administration to stop the implementation of an Executive […]
Delaware joins 8 states seeking answers from federal consumer bureau over restitution delays
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings and leaders from eight other states are today urging the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to issue long-delayed restitution to victims of a predatory tech sales program. In a letter sent today to the CFPB’s acting director, the multistate coalition details how a court order against Prehired LLC for illegal, […]
DOJ announces indictment in 2024 violent gun case
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2025
A 24-year-old Delaware man has been indicted for his involvement in the 2024 death of Edward Fordjour. Xavier Curry, of New Castle, was indicted by a New Castle County grand jury on April 14, 2025, on charges of Murder First Degree, Possession of a Firearm during the Commission of a Felony, Riot, Conspiracy, Carrying a Concealed […]
AG Jennings pens open letter to legal community regarding law firm capitulations to Trump’s unconstitutional threats
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, May 1, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings is leading a coalition of state attorneys general in an open letter to the legal community supporting law firms that have fought back against President Trump’s unconstitutional attempts to target law firms for advocacy the Trump Administration disfavors, and expressing the coalition’s profound disappointment that several of the country’s largest law firms have […]
DOJ secures guilty plea, sentencing for hate crime
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, April 28, 2025
A 53-year-old Delaware woman has pled guilty and been sentenced for her involvement in a series of racially motivated altercations earlier this year. On April 21, Deborah Hughes, of Newark, Delaware, pled guilty to a charge of Misdemeanor Hate Crime following her arrest in January by New Castle County Police. Following her plea, Hughes was […]
