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

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29 Sep 2017

Judiciary Committee Approves Trump Pick for DOJ Crime Chief

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s criminal division on Thursday, despite concerns from Democrats. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said Thursday that he was concerned that Benczkowski, a former Republican Judiciary Committee staffer, joining the criminal division could compromise the wall between Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who served on the committee while in the Senate and has recused himself from the Mueller investigation.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s criminal...
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conflict of interest, investigation, justice department, trump cabinet
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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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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: The Atlantic

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2 Aug 2017

Trump Has Quietly Accomplished More Than It Appears

The chaos, legislative fumbling, and legal jeopardy should not obscure the ways that the administration is remaking federal policy in consequential ways. With the Trump administration’s chaos sucking up all the attention, it’s been able to move forward on a range of its priorities, which tend to be more focused on regulatory matters anyway. It is remaking the justice system, rewriting environmental rules, overhauling public-lands administration, and greenlighting major infrastructure projects. It is appointing figures who will guarantee the triumph of its ideological vision for decades to come.
The chaos, legislative fumbling, and legal jeopardy should not obscure the ways that the administration is remaking...
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conservatives, justice department, regulations, republicans, trump agenda, trump cabinet, ultra right
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Publisher: The Guardian

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10 Nov 2018

Trump’s acting attorney general was part of firm US accused of vast scam

Matthew Whitaker was paid to sit on the advisory board of World Patent Marketing, which was ordered in May this year to pay a $26m settlement following legal action by federal authorities, which said it tricked aspiring inventors.
Matthew Whitaker was paid to sit on the advisory board of World Patent Marketing, which was ordered in May this year to...
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corruption, justice department, matthew whitaker, trump cabinet
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Publisher: The Hill

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3 Mar 2017

Armed Services Committee Dem pokes at Sessions: We don’t meet with ambassadors

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) on Thursday sought to refute Attorney General Jeff Sessions's claim that his contact with Russia was because he was a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. "I've been on the Armed Services Com for 10 years. No call or meeting w/Russian ambassador. Ever," McCaskill tweeted.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) on Thursday sought to refute Attorney General Jeff Sessions's claim that his contact with...
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jeff sessions, justice department, treason, trump cabinet
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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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3 Aug 2017

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Allegedly Lied Under Oath. Will the Justice Department Investigate?

A watchdog organization has asked the Justice Department to investigate Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for allegedly making repeated false statements to Congress about the conduct of OneWest Bank, where he served as CEO and later chair between 2009 and 2015. ”Mnuchin has repeatedly denied that his former bank engaged in robosigning foreclosure documents. The evidence is overwhelming that it did.
A watchdog organization has asked the Justice Department to investigate Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for allegedly...
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congress, corruption, impeachment, justice department, trump cabinet
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Publisher: ThinkProgress

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10 Jul 2019

Barr changes his tune on Mueller’s testimony

Earlier this year, following his bungled roll-out of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in 2016, Attorney General William Barr claimed he had “no objection” to Mueller testifying before Congress. Now, Barr has changed his tune.
Earlier this year, following his bungled roll-out of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference...
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justice department, robert mueller, trump cabinet
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Publisher: ThinkProgress

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15 Sep 2017

Sanders destroys norm of DOJ independence, lays out case for political prosecution of Comey

During a news briefing on Wednesday, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the administration’s case for prosecuting former FBI Director James Comey from the White House podium. In making the comments, Sanders is disregarding what was previously an important ethical standard — that the Justice Department has prosecutorial independence. The idea is that the Justice Department should decide who to prosecute based on a unbiased application of the law, not political pressure from the White House. This is something that neither Sanders or her boss seem to value.
During a news briefing on Wednesday, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders made the administration’s case for...
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fbi, healthcare law, james comey, justice department, trump agenda, trump cabinet
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Publisher: Vox

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10 Nov 2018

Matthew Whitaker advised Donald Trump on investigating Hillary Clinton

Matthew Whitaker, whom President Donald Trump named as his acting attorney general on Wednesday, privately provided advice to the president last year on how the White House might be able to pressure the Justice Department to investigate the president’s political adversaries, Vox has learned.
Matthew Whitaker, whom President Donald Trump named as his acting attorney general on Wednesday, privately provided...
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investigation, justice department, matthew whitaker, smear campaign, trump advisers, trump cabinet
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Publisher: Washington Post

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26 Jul 2017

Trump leaves Sessions twisting in the wind while berating him publicly

President Trump and his advisers are privately discussing the possibility of replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and some confidants are floating prospects who could take his place were he to resign or be fired, according to people familiar with the talks.
President Trump and his advisers are privately discussing the possibility of replacing Attorney General...
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competence, donald trump, governance, james comey, jeff sessions, justice department, trump cabinet
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