Brett Shumate
@AAGShumate
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Inauguration Day was my first day running the Justice Department’s Civil Division and today is my last. Thanks to President Trump, AG Bondi, and AG Blanche for trusting me with the Justice Department’s largest litigation component. And thanks to the countless friends and colleagues at the Justice Department and throughout the federal government who helped me along the way.
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Defense and Aerospace Contractors ILC Dover and ILC Astrospace Agree to Pay $13M to Resolve Cybersecurity Fraud Allegations
“To protect sensitive information from cyber threats, defense and aerospace contractors must comply with the cybersecurity requirements in their federal contracts and subcontracts,” said @AAGShumate. “We will continue our efforts to hold accountable government contractors and subcontractors that fail to meet their cybersecurity commitments.”
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Federal contractors must certify that they will make employment decisions—including decisions on how to compensate their hard-working employees—without regard to race or sex, and putting a thumb on the scale in hiring, promotion, and compensation decisions based on race flies in the face of that requirement. Today’s resolution, just like the other recent settlements, protects the employees of federal contractors from unlawful discrimination and will hold federal contractors accountable for not following the law.
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Lockheed Martin Agrees to Pay $29.5M to Resolve Alleged Employment Discrimination Violations
“Companies, especially those that do business with the federal government, should not make DEI compensation decisions that prioritize an employee's race over the merit of their work,” said @ASGWoodward. “This is the Department’s fourth False Claims Act settlement resolving allegations of racial discrimination against employees. The Department remains steadfast in its commitment to eliminating woke, unconstitutional practices from workplaces of companies that receive federal taxpayer funds.”
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Another week of big wins for @DOJCivil under the leadership of @AGToddBlanche
Court Orders Miami Tax Return Preparer to Permanently Shut Down Tax Preparation Business
Another week of big wins for @DOJCivil under the leadership of @AGToddBlanche
Justice Department’s Civil Division and @HHSGov Announce Anti-Fraud Healthcare Self-Disclosure Pilot Program: The Six-Month Pilot Program Provides a Pathway for Legitimate Healthcare Companies to Resolve Potential False Claims Act Violations
“This pilot program offers a favorable resolution framework to companies that want to take responsibility for past conduct while allowing the Department to concentrate resources on those who deliberately exploit our healthcare system. But for companies unwilling to take accountability, the Civil Division, in partnership with whistleblowers, will root out the fraud.” -@AAGShumate
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Trump Administration Denaturalizes Two People Who Gained U.S. Citizenship by Concealing Criminal Activity
“Securing denaturalization is the final step to strip citizenship from those who conceal crimes or defraud the American people,” said @AAGShumate. “This administration will continue its historic denaturalization campaign to protect the value of U.S. citizenship.”
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Illicit SARMS Dealer Sentenced and His Company Ordered to Cease Operations and Forfeit $1.8M
“By smuggling and selling unapproved SARMs, the defendants circumvented important federal safeguards designed to protect public health,” said @AAGShumate. “Today's sentence demonstrates that those who seek to enrich themselves through the illegal sale of potentially dangerous products will be held accountable.”
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Another week of big wins for @DOJCivil under the leadership of @AGToddBlanche
Somerset Lifesciences Inc. Agrees to Pay $4M to Resolve Allegations of Causing Medicare to Pay Claims for its Mislabeled Generic Drug
“Today’s resolution underscores the Department’s commitment to safeguarding federal healthcare programs,” said @AAGShumate. “When companies cause Medicare to pay for products that are not eligible for coverage, the Department will act decisively to remedy that misconduct.”
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Justice Department Files Complaint Against California Ticket Broker for Using Unlawful Tactics to Purchase Millions of Tickets to Popular Live Events
“The Justice Department is committed to holding accountable individuals and businesses that drive up the cost of event tickets by illegally exceeding ticket purchase limits and reselling those unlawfully obtained tickets with exorbitant markups,” said @AAGShumate. “Working alongside the @FTC, we will continue to enforce the BOTS Act to protect consumers from such conduct.”
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Two more cities—Portland and St. Paul—need to learn that state and local jurisdictions have no power to regulate federal law enforcement options.
Justice Department Files Complaints Against the Cities of St. Paul and Portland Challenging Mask Ban and Identification Requirements for Federal Officers
“Under the Supremacy Clause of our Nation’s Constitution, states and localities cannot regulate the Federal Government and its law enforcement officers,” said @ASGWoodward. “And they certainly cannot enact laws that place the safety of federal law enforcement at risk and undermine federal operations authorized by Congress. This Department of Justice will never tolerate the doxxing or harassment of federal officers, or any law like those in St. Paul and Portland that enables violent behavior against federal law enforcement officers and their families.”
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“Today’s settlement requires CVS to implement additional safeguards to ensure that prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances are dispensed only when medically appropriate,” said @AAGShumate. “The remedial measures in this agreement — including proactive monitoring of opioid prescribing patterns — will provide critical protections for patients and federal healthcare programs. The Department of Justice will continue to take steps to prevent the unlawful dispensing of opioids.”
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CVS Agrees to Pay $315M for Illegally Filling Unlawful Opioid Prescriptions and for Submitting False Claims to the Federal Government
“Not only does this settlement hold bad actors accountable for their fraudulent activities, but Americans are safer because of it,” said @ASGWoodward. “Today’s settlement is a significant milestone in the Justice Department’s efforts to combat the opioid epidemic by cracking down on pharmacies who unlawfully fulfill prescriptions for controlled substances.”
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Denver’s attempt to regulate federal law enforcement operations is unconstitutional.
The D.C. Circuit has upheld @DeptofWar's decision to exclude Anthropic’s Claude from its supply chain based on risks to national security.
Under @AGToddBlanche, @TheJusticeDept will not tolerate European regulatory overreach to try and control American engines of innovation and economic growth.
More landmark resolutions for @TheJusticeDept and @AGToddBlanche: New York Langone University Hospitals and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have both agreed to cease performing sex-rejecting procedures on children and pay monetary penalties.
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A Texas District Court has DENATURALIZED Francisco Javier Montano, who concealed his crimes of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child prior to naturalization.
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