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Rachel Maddow Explains The Vital Importance Of Trump’s Hush Money Trial
Rachel Maddow dove into Trump’s corruption of the DOJ, and how that delayed the New York hush money charges.
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James Comer Loses It After DOJ Rejects His Biden Fishing Expedition
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) lost it after DOJ rejected his request for the Biden/Hur interview audio.
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Republicans Are Using Impeachment Inquiry to Launder Foreign Disinformation
Rep. Jerry Nadler asked AG Garland to investigate former U.S. Attorney Scott Brady as he appears “to have been part of a deliberate attempt to launder foreign disinformation through the DOJ.”
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DOJ Subpoenas The House For Records Related To House Democrat (Updated)
The House clerk announced on Monday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has subpoenaed the House for records, and that subpoena reportedly was for a House Democrat who is being investigated for misusing personal security funds.
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House GOP Impeachment Leader Looks Like A Fool After Reporter Debunks Biden Crime ‘Evidence’
Jason Smith (R-MO) looked like a fool after presenting two key pieces of “evidence” of politicization of the DOJ that were dated August 7th 2020 and June 6 2017, both of which are times that Joe Biden was not the president or even the vice president.
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DOJ Stands Up To The NRA With Proposed New Gun Show Loophole Rule
The Biden Department of Justice has proposed a rule to clarify that there are actually no loopholes to the requirements for license and background checks in firearms dealing. There was never a loophole.
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AOC And Top House Democrats Urge DOJ To Investigate Clarence Thomas
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jerry Nadler, Jamie Raskin, Hank Johnson, and Ted Lieu wrote to the Department of Justice urging Attorney General Garland to open an investigation into Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Trump Team Plotted to Weaponize the Insurrection Act Against the American People
The United States came very close to having the military used against the people following the attempted election coup, thanks to Donald Trump and his co-conspirators.
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A Deranged Sounding Kari Lake Claims Trump Is Outsmarting The DOJ
Kari Lake called Trump a giant who is playing chess while the DOJ is playing checkers.
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Jack Smith Has Multiple People Close To Trump Cooperating With The DOJ
 Frank Figliuzzi pointed out that Special Counsel Jack Smith clearly has multiple people employees or others close to Trump cooperating with the DOJ.
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GOP Nightmare Comes True As Judge Aileen Cannon Delivers Trial Date Loss For Trump
The worst case scenario for the Republican Party was a classified documents trial date that was after the presidential primary, but before the general election, which is what Judge Aileen Cannon did.
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DOJ Dumps Trump In E. Jean Carroll Federal Defamation Suit
The Department of Justice has officially filed with the court not to represent Donald Trump in E. Jean Carroll’s federal defamation lawsuit.
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DOJ Had Trump Busted By August 2022 For Hiding Classified Docs
In a new court filing, the Department of Justice says that they knew by August 2022 that Trump was hiding and moving classified documents.
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Expert: Hunter Biden’s Deal Was a Little Harsher Than Normal
Hunter Biden didn’t pay his taxes for two years and he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges, but Roger Stone didn’t pay for many more years than Hunter and yet he was never criminally charged.
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DOJ Suspected Within Weeks That Trump Was Moving Classified Docs From Mar-a-Lago To Bedminster
Federal prosecutors grew alarmed and suspected almost immediately that Donald Trump was moving classified documents from Mar-a-Lago to Bedminster.
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Hunter Biden’s DOJ Deal Breaks Trump
Donald Trump exploded with so much rage over Hunter Biden’s DOJ deal that he was typing gibberish by the end.
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Rachel Maddow Embarrassed The DOJ Into Investigating Trump
The Department of Justice twice declined to investigate Donald Trump and his advisers for plotting a coup against the United States. It wasn’t until Rachel Maddow embarrassed them that DOJ leadership moved to investigate the fake elector plot.
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Prosecutors Suspect Trump May Have Flooded Mar-a-Lago Room To Destroy Evidence
Prosecutors are suspicious about a swimming pool flood a Mar-a-Lago that destroyed video logs and other evidence related to the classified documents case.
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Former Mueller Prosecutor Predicts DOJ Will Charge Trump This Week
Former Mueller prosecutor Andrew Weissmann predicted that the DOJ would criminally charge Trump this week in the classified documents case.
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Merrick Garland Rejects Trump Request And Doesn’t Meet With His Lawyers
Trump requested that Attorney General Merrick Garland meet with his lawyers, but Garland did no such thing.
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DOJ Signals They May Dump Trump In E. Jean Carroll Suit
In a new letter, the DOJ argues that E. Jean Carroll’s amended defamation complaint renders their position moot on the need to represent Trump.
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Prosecutors Have Evidence that Trump Showed Classified Docs to Others
Espionage Act charges have been mentioned by a legal expert as prosecutors have gathered evidence that Trump sometimes showed classified documents to others and kept them in a place they were visible to others in his office.
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Rep. George Santos Is Going Down As DOJ Files Federal Criminal Charges
The Department of Justice has filed federal criminal charges against Rep. George Santos (R-NY) possibly in relation to false statements on his campaign finance filings.
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Senate Democrats Request DOJ Investigation Into Tennessee Republicans
A group of Democratic senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Raphael Warnock have requested a DOJ investigation into the expulsion of two black Tennessee state representatives by state House Republicans.
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DOJ Suggests Trump Incited 1/6 Violence And Can Be Sued
The Civil Division of the Department of Justice offered an opinion to a federal appeals court that Trump incited the 1/6 violence and can be sued by Capitol Police and members of Congress.
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DOJ Let’s Jim Jordan Know He Isn’t Getting Their Evidence Against Trump
In a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) the DOJ made it clear that he is not getting their criminal evidence against Trump.
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Adam Kinzinger Thinks DOJ Will Charge Trump With 1/6 Crimes
Rep. Adam Kinzinger said that he thinks the DOJ should charge Trump with crimes and explained why the former president should be convicted.
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DOJ Sets The Stage For Indictment By Asking Judge To Force Trump To Swear He Has No More Classified Docs
The DOJ is appearing before a federal judge on Friday to try to get Trump ordered to swear that he has no more classified docs at his properties.
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DOJ Criminal Prosecutors Want To Talk To Mike Pence About 1/6
Prosecutors investigating the 1/6 attack want to speak to Mike Pence as a witness in their investigation of Trump’s attempted coup.
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Trump Repeatedly Told Staff he Wanted the DOJ and IRS to Investigate His Critics
Trump repeatedly told his White House Chief of Staff John Kelly that he wanted a number of his perceived political enemies to be investigated by the IRS.
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DOJ Launches What Looks Like The Biggest Election Protection Effort In US History
The Justice Department is monitoring the midterm election in 24 states in what looks to be the biggest election protection effort in US history.
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DOJ Is Now Investigating Roger Stone And Proud Boys For 2018 Florida Senate Protests
The first stop the steal protests didn’t occur in 2020, but after the 2018 Senate race in Florida, and now the Justice Department is investigating Roger Stone and the Proud Boys for their actions after that election.
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Trump Crushed As Judge Throws Out Executive Privilege Claim And Forces Pence Aide To Testify Before DOJ Criminal Grand Jury
A federal judge tossed Trump’s claim of executive privilege and forced a top Mike Pence aide to testify before the 1/6 criminal grand jury.
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Former Prosecutor Says Trump Gave Damning Evidence Against Himself That Makes It Easier To Prosecute Him
Former prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said that Donald Trump gave damning evidence against himself over the weekend that makes it easier for DOJ to prosecute him.
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The 11th Circuit Moves Staggeringly Fast On DOJ Motion To Lift Classified Docs Injunction
The court appears concerned. It ordered Trump’s attorneys to respond to DOJ’s Friday night filing by noon on Tuesday.
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Trump Appointed Judge Grants Special Master And Orders Halt To Doc Use In DOJ Criminal Investigation
Trump federal judge Aileen Cannon granted Trump’s request for a special master and order the DOJ to halt its use of seized classified materials in the criminal investigation.
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Trump White House Lawyers To Testify Before 1/6 Criminal Grand Jury
The top two former Trump White House lawyers are expected to testify before the DOJ’s 1/6 grand jury on Friday.
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Trump Looks Guilty As DOJ Unveils Damning Evidence Of Classified Docs In His Desk
In a filing arguing against a special master, the Department of Justice argued that Trump moved, hid, and concealed top secret and classified documents.
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Trump Is Having A Total Meltdown As DOJ Closes In
Donald Trump is on his failing social media platform demanding reinstatement as president, attacking the FBI, posting anti-Biden memes and conspiracy theories.
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FBI And DOJ Are Investigating Criminal Activity At Trump’s House
The affidavit revealed that as MSNBC’s Ari Melber put it, the FBI and DOJ are investigating potential criminal activity at Trump’s house.
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Trump Is Growing Concerned About Being Indicted By DOJ
Trump is growing privately concerned that the Justice Department is going to indict him for stealing classified documents.
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Trump Is Cruising For A Conviction As He Demands “His” Top Secret Documents Back
Donald Trump is demanding all of the top secret documents that he stole back because he believes that they belong to him.
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There Are Several Witnesses Against Trump As DOJ Says Investigation Is Building
The DOJ said in court that they have several witnesses against Trump and that the former president willfully withheld classified information.
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Trump Is Under Ongoing Criminal Investigation Over Classified Docs
Donald Trump is under ongoing criminal investigation, and the DOJ wants to keep the evidence under wraps because it would jeopardize national security.
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Video Busts Trump Moving Boxes Of Classified Docs After DOJ Contact
The DOJ grew concerned after subpoenaed surveillance video revealed Trump having boxes of classified material moved after being contracted by the Justice Department.
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The DOJ Section Investigating Trump Document Theft Handles Espionage And Sabotage
The section of the DOJ that is investigating Trump’s theft of classified documents handles national security issues, espionage, and sabotage.
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It Gets Real As Trump Lawyers Try Criminal Executive Privilege Claim That DOJ Isn’t Buying
Trump’s criminal defense lawyers are talking to the DOJ and setting up an executive privilege confrontation that the Justice Department is ready for.
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DOJ Said To Be Getting Closer To Trump As Cabinet Officials Flip On Former President
The DOJ is reportedly getting closer to Trump, as numerous cabinet officials are cooperating with the criminal probe into 1/6.
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The DOJ Has Been Criminally Investigating Trump Since At Least April
The Department of Justice has seized the phone records of Trump’s top White House aides as they have been investigating Trump’s 1/6 actions since at least April.
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Signs Grow The DOJ Is Coming For Trump As Mike Pence Chief Of Staff Testifies Before Criminal Grand Jury
Marc Short who was Mike Pence’s Chief of Staff has testified before the DOJ criminal grand jury investigating the 1/6 attack.
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Bad News For Trump As 1/6 Committee Starts Turning Over Records To DOJ On Fake Electors
 1/6 Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-MS) told reporters that the committee has begun to turn over its records to the DOJ on the fake electors.
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DOJ Tells Steve Bannon That He Is Still Getting Prosecuted
The DOJ has responded to Steve Bannon’s sudden desire to testify by telling him that he is still being prosecuted.
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Witness Tells Jeff Clark He’s Perfect for Trump AG Because His First Step Would Be to Commit Felony
Former Trump White House attorney Eric Herschmann to Jeff Clark: “You just admitted your first step you would take as AG would be committing a felony. You’re clearly the right candidate for this job.”
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Are You Listening DOJ? The Number Of Americans Who Want Trump Criminally Charged Grows To 58%
The number of Americans who think that Trump should be charged with 1/6 related crimes has grown to 58%.
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Adam Schiff Says The DOJ Could Impede The 1/6 Committee By Not Charging Mark Meadows
1/6 Committee member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) warned that the DOJ’s refusal to prosecute Mark Meadows could impede the committee.
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DOJ Called On To Open A Sedition Investigation Into Trump And His Staff
The thousands of texts obtained by CNN from the 1/6 attack period are leading to calls for Trump and his staff to be investigated for sedition.
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Merrick Garland Delivers An Uh-Oh Moment For Trump And His Pals
Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the DOJ is not avoiding 1/6 cases with political implications, but is building the cases outward.
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Adam Schiff Hints At Potential Trump Criminal Referral To DOJ
1/6 Committee member Rep. Adam Schiff said that Garland and the DOJ should investigate Trump.
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Kyle Rittenhouse Could Face Federal Charges As Rep. Nadler Calls For DOJ Review
 Judiciary Committee Chair Rep. Jerry Nadler is calling on the DOJ to review the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings for potential federal charges.
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1/6 Committee Poised Today to Hear Perhaps the Most Critical Testimony Yet from Former DOJ Official Jeffery Clark
Given that other former officials inside and outside Trump’s DOJ are fighting subpoenas, why is one of the most exposed individuals readily complying with the subpoena?
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Organization that Set Up Jan. 6th Rally Now the ‘Go-To’ Event Org. for Far MAGA Right
Far from being a pariah, the company is now enjoying the most prominent role in coordinating Trump-associated far-right events.
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DOJ Won’t Defend Jan 6th Inciter Mo Brooks and Signals Trump is On His Own
The Justice Department signaled that it won’t defend Republican Representative Mo Brooks and their reasoning suggests they might not defend Trump either for their alleged part in the January 6th domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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WATCH: CNN’s Elie Honig Says That the Evidence Against Trump Ally and 2017 Inauguration Chairman Tom Barrack is Overwhelming.
There are many people in Donald Trump‘s orbit that are now facing legal trouble. The CFO of the Trump Organization, Allen Weisselberg, was recently arrested. And Rudy Giuliani, the former president’s friend and sometimes lawyer has his New York City apartment searched. Today, Tom Barrack, a Trump fundraiser who headed up the 2017 inauguration fund…
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AG Merrick Garland Defends Himself From Democratic Criticism Over Decision to Have DOJ Defend Trump
Donald Trump is now out of the White House. That means that he is no longer protected from lawsuits and potential criminal charges. One of those lawsuits was a defamation suit filed by E. Jean Carroll. When William Barr was Attorney General, he had the Justice Department intervene in the case. And while Merrick Garland…
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Report: A Proud Boy Arrested in Insurrection Has Agreed to Flip and Provide Information on the Group’s Leadership
When a mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6th, the rioters came from all over. A number of them, however, came together. They were from organized groups like the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. So far dozens of people from both groups have been arrested on a variety of charges….
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WATCH: Steve Bannon Rips Bill Barr for Not Intervening in the Election on Behalf of Trump
For months now, the Trump administration has known that it was going to have a hard time winning the election. While it was closer than Democrats hoped, Joe Biden prevailed by a significant margin. The Republicans had multiple contingency plans in place following Biden’s win. There have been lawsuits filed in a number of states….
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Lindsey Graham Launches Investigation Of Obama For DOJ Corruption
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is ignoring what Trump and Barr are doing at the Department of Justice and is instead investigating Obama and 2016.
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Elizabeth Warren Leads Bill To Block Funding For Trump DOJ Meddling
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and a group of Senate Democrats have introduced a bill that would block funding for Trump’s meddling at the DOJ.
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Trump Brags About Traitor Barr Betraying the Country for Him
Trump spent Wednesday morning making sure everyone knows that he knows that Attorney General Bill Barr is not only actively interfering on Trump’s behalf in cases the Justice Department is handling, but that Bill Barr took control of the Mueller case against the Republican President.
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Trump’s DOJ Just Threw Rudy Giuliani Under The Bus
A spokesman for the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a statement on Sunday night that distanced the DOJ from Rudy Giuliani.
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Whistleblower Triggers A Bribery Bomb Heading Straight For Trump
Whistleblower Gate just blew up right into Trump’s soft spot: Bribery.
A president cannot bribe or accept bribes. He cannot order others to do so on his behalf.
Yes, that’s right. In addition to the constitutional standard that lists bribery as a cause for impeachment, President Trump’s Ukraine whistleblower problem just got a lot worse.
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Adam Schiff Wins And Gets Barr To Turn Over Mueller Documents
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) scored a big win for Democrats as the DOJ has agreed to hand over Mueller documents.
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DOJ Wants Two Years To Identify Children Trump Kidnapped
Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking for two years to identify several thousand migrant children who were stolen from their parents at the Mexican border under Trump’s “zero tolerance†immigration policy. The Associated Press reported that the Trump administration has set forth their proposed timeline in a new court filing. Trump’s people are…
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Sessions Says Refugees and Asylum Seekers Will No Longer Be Allowed To Work
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is continuing his war on refugees and asylum seekers. On Tuesday he officially rescinded Department of Justice (DOJ) guidance from 2011 which said that refugees and asylum seekers coming to the United States have the right to work while in this country. The 2011 guidance was in the form of a…
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Purdue Pharma Knew of OxyContin Problems Soon After Release
A Justice Department (DOJ) report obtained by the New York Times shows that Purdue Pharma, maker of OcyContin, was aware of its drug’s popularity with drug addicts and pill mills by the late 1990s.  The report shows that federal investigators from the DOJ intended to file felony charges against the company’s top three executives. If…
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Ethics Office Refers Trump to DOJ For Criminal Violation
Needless to say yesterday was a YUGE news day in Washington, D.C., and it was hard to stay on top of every story that broke during the day. One important thing happened that seemed to get lost in the shuffle — the head of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) sent a letter to the…
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Here’s why Washington is inflamed over the Russia probe memo
The White House was working on Thursday to clear the release of a Republican memo alleging bias within the FBI and Justice Department against President Donald Trump as they investigated contacts between his 2016 presidential campaign and Russia, according to an administration official.
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U.S. sues to stop AT&T buying Time Warner, says would hike rates for rivals and subscribers.
The deal has been a political lightning rod since it was hatched in October 2016. During his campaign, Trump said that reporters covered him unfairly and has continued to attack CNN as president, which he has labeled as “fake news.” He has not commented on the AT&T deal since his inauguration in January.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions declined to say last week if anyone from the White House had discussed the merger with any Justice Department officials.
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Jeff SessionsTells Top Prosecutors: Hold Off on Doing Justice
Prosecutors have discretion to low-ball charges as justice requires, and are ethically bound to do so. Sessions says to throw the book at suspects instead. This is bad for decent-minded prosecutors and corrodes public trust in government.
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It Is Time To Seriously Consider Treason Charges Against Republicans
It’s not surprising that anyone close to Trump’s campaign would have knowledge of attacks perpetrated at the hand of a foreign government.
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DOJ Warns North Carolina Its Bathroom Law Is A Serious Civil Rights Violation
“North Carolina’s HB2 is deeply discriminatory and violates civil rights law in all kinds of manners.”
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Federal Judge Blasts DEA’s Illegal Practice of Prosecuting Legal Medical Marijuana Use
Judge Charles R. Breyer said that the DEA’s interpretation of the bipartisan medical marijuana bill “defied logic and language”
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Right Wing Loses it Over DOJ’s Announced Domestic Terrorism Counsel
Now that the Department of Justice has created a new position to combat domestic terrorism, conservatives, as predicted, are hopping mad. Their response is to do some Republican math to transform themselves from the threat to the victims. Breitbart was quick to pick up the story of course, and warn that Obama sees veterans as…
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During his Final Days as AG Eric Holder Will Push For Improved Civil Rights Protections
During an interview with Politico on Friday, Holder said he plans to push for a new standard of proof in civil rights offenses.
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“Sovereign Citizen” Sentenced to 3 years In Jail For Tax Evasion and Filing False Liens
On Friday, the U.S. District Court for Nebraska sentenced a “Sovereign Citizen” to 36 months in jail for tax obstruction and filing false liens.
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Six House Democrats Call on DOJ to Investigate Texas AG- Greg Abbott’s Dirty Dealings with TEF
So far, Greg Abbott has used his power as Attorney-General of Texas to obstruct the release of documents that would shed light on Governor Rick Perry’s oversight of Texas Enterprise Fund and its mishandling of millions of Texas taxpayer dollars. However, the demand for answers increases from a variety of sources, including Wendy Davis and…
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Ferguson Police Ignored The Justice Department’s Warning Not To Release Michael Brown Video
The Department of Justice warned Ferguson Police not to release the video of an alleged robbery yesterday in their attempts to avoid taking responsibility for their previous inaction after one of their officers shot and killed Mike Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old teenager, but they did it anyway.
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Will Feds Investigate the Pasadena Police Department for Racial Profiling?
Currently, Pasadena does not have an extensive shooting investigation and with juvenile arrests being 90 percent minority, the investigation is very much in question. Was the shooting of McDade by the two officers preventable?
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While Talking About Right Wing Extremism in Europe, Let’s Not Forget Our Own
The mainstream media loves to talk about right wing extremism in Europe while ignoring our own, who are more a threat to us than al Qaeda
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The Washington Post Promotes Domestic Violence With Article Blaming Women for Being Abused
The Washington Post had an epic disaster of a column today, in which they managed to blame women for violence against women “One way to end violence against women? Stop taking lovers and get married.”
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A Desperate Darrell Issa Subpoenas The Entire Department of Justice
Republican witch hunter Darrell Issa is getting desperate, so desperate that he has subpoenaed the Department of Justice in an attempt to revive the IRS scandal.
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The Koch Brothers Seditious Shutdown Conspiracy Should Get Them 20 Years in Prison
The DOJ will have an easy time prosecuting and convicting the Kochs because there are money trails leading directly to PACs whose primary purpose was inciting opposition to the established law.
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Making It Up As They Go Along, Republicans Use Fantasies To Block Obama Nominees
When obstruction for obstruction’s sake is the Republican reason for serving in government, any fantastical reason suffices to block the President’s choices.
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Post Election Romney and Bain Face a Federal Corruption and Perjury Hearing
It appears there was at least one very specific reason for Mitt Romney’s desperation to be president that the public was not aware of.
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A Court Clerk Indicates that Romney and Bain Capital are Above the Law
While PoliticusUSA was investigating a recently re-opened case in bankruptcy court in Delaware, a clerk of the court indicated that where Romney and Bain are concerned, they are above the law.
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The RNC Needs to Demand Money Back from Scandal Ridden Sproul
If the Republican Party didn’t want or expect Sproul to engage in election fraud, they would be demanding that he give their money back.
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MoveOn Files Complaint with DOJ Over Romney Retroactive Retirement Claims
MoveOn.Org submitted a complaint to the DOJ Thursday, urging an investigation into Romney’s alleged violation of the False Statements Act.
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Rick Scott Sues Homeland Security In Order to Cover Up His Constitutional Crimes
Rick Scott is suing the Department of Homeland Security in the name of accessing its database, but the real point is to distract from his planned purge’s violation of the constitution.
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Rick Scott Dares the DOJ To Stop His Illegal Florida Voter Purge
Rick Scott is the personification of a child governor, and he will stop at nothing to rig the vote to help the Republican Party defeat Obama.
Glenn Beck Praises God for the Existence of Fox News
Glenn Beck opened his Fox News program tonight by diving straight into the echo chamber of propaganda by praising Fox News for covering their own manufactured story about the DOJ and the New Black Panthers. Beck even went as far as to thank God for the existence of Fox News, “No one in the media seems to care a lot, thank God that there’s Fox.”
