US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

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2 Dec 2018

Texas woman with four children gets eight years in jail for voter fraud

A Texas appeals court upheld the conviction of green card holder Rosa Maria Ortega for voter fraud on Wednesday, cementing a sentence of eight years in jail and a likely deportation. Ortega, a mother of four, reportedly thought she was able to vote because she was a permanent resident. She voted five times between 2004 and 2014 — once for the attorney general, Ken Paxton, who later prosecuted her, according to her attorney. She also reportedly served as a poll worker.
A Texas appeals court upheld the conviction of green card holder Rosa Maria Ortega for voter fraud on Wednesday,...
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crackdown, extreme measures, justice department, voter fraud
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Publisher: NYTimes

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4 Jul 2019

Justice Dept. Reverses Course on Citizenship Question on Census, Citing Trump’s Orders

A day after pledging that the 2020 census would not ask respondents about their citizenship, Justice Department officials reversed course on Wednesday and said they were hunting for a way to restore the question on orders from President Trump.
A day after pledging that the 2020 census would not ask respondents about their citizenship, Justice Department...
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elections, extreme measures, governance, justice department, voter supression
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Publisher: NYTimes

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21 Nov 2018

Trump Wanted to Order Justice Dept. to Prosecute Comey and Clinton

President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his political adversaries: his 2016 challenger, Hillary Clinton, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, according to two people familiar with the conversation. The lawyer, Donald F. McGahn II, rebuffed the president, saying that he had no authority to order a prosecution.
President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute...
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competence, donald trump, extreme measures, governance, hillary clinton, james comey, justice department
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Publisher: NYTimes

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9 Nov 2018

Acting Attorney General Once Declared Courts ‘Inferior’ and Criticized Supreme Court’s Power

Laurence Tribe, a Harvard Law School constitutional law professor, said that Mr. Whitaker’s expressed views of the Constitution and the role of the courts “are extreme and the overall picture he presents would have virtually no scholarly support” and would be “destabilizing” to society if he used the power of the attorney general to advance them.
Laurence Tribe, a Harvard Law School constitutional law professor, said that Mr. Whitaker’s expressed views of the...
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extreme measures, justice department, matthew whitaker, trump agenda, trump cabinet
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Publisher: NYTimes

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18 Aug 2018

Embracing Conspiracy Theory, Trump Escalates Attack on Bruce Ohr

President Trump threatened on Friday to quickly revoke the security clearance of Bruce Ohr, a little-known Justice Department official, for the first time seeking to apply his power to cut access to sensitive information to a midlevel government worker rather than a prominent former national security official. Departing the White House for a fund-raiser, the president told reporters that Mr. Ohr was “a disgrace” and said incorrectly that Mr. Ohr played a part in starting the investigation into Russian election interference and possible links to Trump associates.
President Trump threatened on Friday to quickly revoke the security clearance of Bruce Ohr, a little-known Justice...
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extreme measures, governance, investigation, justice department
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Publisher: NYTimes

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22 May 2018

By Demanding an Investigation, Trump Challenged a Constraint on His Power

When President Trump publicly demanded that the Justice Department open an investigation into the F.B.I.’s scrutiny of his campaign contacts  with Russia, he inched further toward breaching an established  constraint on executive power: The White House does not make decisions about individual law enforcement investigations.
When President Trump publicly demanded that the Justice Department open an investigation into the F.B.I.’s...
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donald trump, extreme measures, governance, justice department, obstruction of justice
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Publisher: NYTimes

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2 Aug 2017

Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions

The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants, according to a document obtained by The New York Times.
The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department’s civil rights division toward...
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education, extreme measures, governance, jeff sessions, justice department, trump agenda
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Publisher: NYTimes

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28 Jul 2017

Justice Dept. Says Rights Law Doesn’t Protect Gays

The Department of Justice has filed court papers arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under former President Barack Obama.
The Department of Justice has filed court papers arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect...
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extreme measures, first amendment, governance, jeff sessions, justice department, lgbt, trump agenda, trump cabinet
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Publisher: NYTimes

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20 Feb 2020

Trump Takes Up Call for Barr to ‘Clean House’ at Justice Dept.

Ignoring appeals from his attorney general to stop tweeting about the Justice Department, President Trump on Wednesday renewed his attacks on the agency, demanding “JUSTICE” for himself and all future presidents.
Ignoring appeals from his attorney general to stop tweeting about the Justice Department, President Trump on Wednesday...
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donald trump, extreme measures, justice department
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Publisher: The Guardian

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20 Dec 2017

Somalis were shackled for nearly 48 hours on failed US deportation flight

More than 90 Somali men and women were held shackled on an airplane for nearly 48 hours – and some were forced to urinate where they sat – during a failed attempt to deport them from the US, according to a lawsuit filed late on Monday.
More than 90 Somali men and women were held shackled on an airplane for nearly 48 hours – and some were...
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deportations, extreme measures, human rights, justice department, trumps america
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Publisher: The Intercept

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17 Oct 2017

Top Trump Official John Kelly Ordered ICE to Portray Immigrants as Criminals to Justify Raids

A directive to immigration officials across the country to try to portray undocumented immigrants swept up in mass raids as criminals  came directly from then-Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, The Intercept has learned. The redacted emails, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by students at Vanderbilt University Law School, show that while hundreds of undocumented immigrants were rounded up across the country, DHS officials tried — and largely failed — to engineer a narrative that would substantiate the administration’s claims that the raids were motivated by public safety concerns.
A directive to immigration officials across the country to try to portray undocumented immigrants swept up in mass...
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extreme measures, governance, immigration, justice department, trump agenda, trump cabinet
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Publisher: The Intercept

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5 Oct 2017

Internal Emails Show ICE Agents Struggling to Substantiate Trump’s Lies About Immigrants

As hundreds of undocumented immigrants were rounded up across the country last February in the first mass raids of the Trump  administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials went out  of their way to portray the people they detained as hardened criminals, instructing field offices to highlight the worst cases for the media and attempting to distract attention from the dozens of individuals who were apprehended despite having no criminal background at all.
As hundreds of undocumented immigrants were rounded up across the country last February in the first mass raids of...
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extreme measures, ice, immigration, justice department, trump agenda
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Publisher: ThinkProgress

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20 Apr 2018

First-time judge appointed by Trump issues his very first opinion. It’s a doozy.

More than just an ideologically radical opinion, Judge Ho’s dissent from the full United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision not to rehear Zimmerman v. City of Austin is a monument to conservative political rhetoric and right-wing historical myths. It’s the sort of commentary one would expect to find in an especially strident political magazine — perhaps one of the publications one of Ho’s current law clerks used to write for. It is emphatically not the sort of writing one expects to find in a judicial opinion.
More than just an ideologically radical opinion, Judge Ho’s dissent from the full United States Court of Appeals for...
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competence, conservatives, extreme measures, justice department, trump agenda, trumps america
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Publisher: Washington Post

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25 Nov 2017

While eyes are on Russia, Sessions dramatically reshapes the Justice Department

From his crackdown on illegal immigration to his reversal of Obama administration policies on criminal justice and policing, Sessions is methodically reshaping the Justice Department to reflect his nationalist ideology and hard-line views — moves drawing comparatively less public scrutiny than the ongoing investigations into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with the Kremlin.
From his crackdown on illegal immigration to his reversal of Obama administration policies on criminal justice...
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extreme measures, governance, jeff sessions, justice department
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Publisher: Washington Post

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14 Feb 2020

Trump takes on Judge Amy Berman Jackson ahead of Roger Stone’s sentencing

First he went after the prosecutors who recommended a multiyear sentence for his friend Roger Stone. Then President Trump turned his Twitter ire to the “witch hunt disgrace” of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation, which led to Stone’s indictment. But perhaps most surprising was Trump’s decision to target U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson — who will determine Stone’s fate when he appears in her courtroom next Thursday.
First he went after the prosecutors who recommended a multiyear sentence for his friend Roger Stone. Then President...
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donald trump, extreme measures, justice department, obstruction of justice, trump advisers
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Publisher: Washington Post

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8 May 2020

Justice Dept. moves to drop charges against Michael Flynn’s conviction in Mueller’s Russia probe

The move marks a stunning reversal in the case of the former Army general who was convicted in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. It also will likely intensify concerns within and outside the Justice Department that Barr and its politically appointed leadership is intervening in sensitive cases to help the president’s friends and political allies.
The move marks a stunning reversal in the case of the former Army general who was convicted in special counsel Robert S....
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extreme measures, justice department, michael flynn, william barr
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