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Trump Is Using the Justice Department As His Tool for Petty Personal Power

Donald Trump has long used lawyers as mere tools who are around solely to fix his personal problems. So it makes…

Esther Wang

10/14/20 12:14PM

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Justice Department Defends Melania (By Suing Her Former Friend)

On Tuesday, the Justice Department sued Melania Trump’s former senior advisor Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, claiming…

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Justice Department Officials Knew 'Zero Tolerance' Border Policy Would Lead To Family Separation

The New York Times has obtained a draft investigation report on the Trump administration’s former “zero tolerance”…

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DOJ Email Asks U.S. Attorneys to Refer to Undocumented Immigrants As 'Illegal Aliens'

The long and contentious debate over the correct way to refer to those who enter the U.S. without “papers” or proper…

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Supreme Court Tells Trump Administration It Can't Jump the Line to End DACA

The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would not hear the Trump administration’s appeal of a lower court…

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The DOJ Tried to Block Abortion for Immigrant Teen Who Was Raped

Lawyers for the Department of Justice attempted to block an abortion for an immigrant teenager who said she was…

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Jeff Sessions Reverses Policy that Protects Transgender Employees from Workplace Discrimination

Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a man who is somehow still employed by the Trump administration, has written a memo…

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Maybe Comey Should Be Prosecuted, IDK!

At least we had a good morning.

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Protester Arrested After Laughing At Jeff Sessions's Confirmation Hearing Faces Up to a Year in Prison

Desiree Fairooz, a Code Pink activist who was arrested after laughing during Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing,…

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Report: Justice Department Will Not Charge Baton Rouge Officers in Alton Sterling Shooting

According to a report from the Washington Post, the Department of Justice will not bring charges against the Baton…

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Schumer and Pelosi Call for Sessions' Resignation, Republicans Call for Recusal

Following Wednesday’s Washington Post report that Attorney General Jeff Sessions misled Congress by failing to…

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Jeff Sessions Once Asked Sally Yates If She Would Say No to an 'Unlawful' Request From the President

Donald Trump has fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates for instructing the Department of Justice not to…

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Trump Fires Attorney General Sally Yates for Refusal to Support Muslim Ban

On Monday evening, President Donald Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates—the Justice Department’s top…

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Department of Justice Released a Damning Report on the Chicago Police Department

In a press conference Friday morning, the Department of Justice—led by Attorney General Loretta Lynch—revealed the fi…

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Justice Department's Internal Watchdog Will Investigate How FBI Handled Hillary Clinton's Emails

The Inspector General’s office at the Department of Justice said Thursday that they’re launching a review into how…

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DOJ Report: Baltimore Police Department Showed Little Regard For Sexual Assault Victims

On August 9, the Justice Department released a damning 164-page report detailing the numerous and widespread…

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The Department of Justice Is Suing the City of Ferguson

The Department of Justice is suing the city of Ferguson, Missouri. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced the…

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Hi, Haters: The U.S. Department of Justice Blocks Jezebel

Today in hilarious meta-news, Jezebel has learned that our website is evidently too hot to be viewed by select U.S.…

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No One Is Studying the Link Between Poverty and Sexual Assault

A recent study based on Department of Justice statistics showed that young women who aren't in college are at…

Anna Merlan

12/22/14 7:00PM

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