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Justice Department Halts New Civil Rights Cases

The New York Times · 2d

Trump Crushes Justice Department’s Biggest Investigation In an Instant

President Trump’s pardons in the Jan. 6 case abruptly ended the most complex investigation in U.S. history. It also raised questions about what he will do next against a department he has said is full of his enemies.

The Associated Press on MSN · 10h

Trump's new Justice Department leadership orders a freeze on civil rights cases

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration

The Washington Post on MSN · 19h

Justice Department freezes all cases in civil rights division

The memo doesn’t state how long the freeze will last, but it essentially shuts down the civil rights division for at least the first weeks of the Trump administration.

Trump defends pardons for Jan. 6 Capitol rioters

salisburypost · 13h

Kannapolis man convicted of assaulting law enforcement on Jan. 6 among those pardoned by President Trump

One of President Donald Trump’s first orders of business following his inauguration this week was to pardon those jailed in relation to convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol.

floridaphoenix · 1d

U.S. Senate Republicans have little to say about Trump pardons of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants

The Florida context From Florida Phoenix When States Newsroom summarized the 334-word Jan. 6 pardon proclamation and underscored that it was highly publicized by major news outlets, Rick Scott replied “I haven’t looked at the executive order yet.

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Trump defends his pardons for Jan. 6 attack on Capitol

President Donald Trump is defending one of his most divisive actions since returning to the White House — pardoning nearly everyone convicted in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. Trump in a news conference Tuesday was dismissive of the effort to prosecute nearly 1,

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Trump’s pardon can’t keep Capitol rioter out of jail

FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. As Trump makes a ...

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'Bogus additional charges': Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters who fled justice or were sentenced for separate crimes are not out of the woods

A number of pardoned Jan. 6 defendants who got hit with additional charges that weren't directly related to the U.S. Capitol ...

1don MSN

Capitol riot defendant rearrested on firearm charge one day after Jan. 6 case dismissed

WASHINGTON — A Jan. 6 defendant has been rearrested on a firearm charge just one day after federal prosecutors moved to ...

1don MSN

Trump’s orders have a common theme: Have the Justice Dept. handle it

Donald Trump signed orders dealing with the border, criminal justice and the Biden administration. In many cases, he assigned ...

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Justice Dept. to Investigate Local Officials Who Obstruct Immigration Enforcement

A memo asserts that state and local officials are bound to cooperate and could face criminal prosecution or civil penalties ...

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Trump pardons two officers involved in 2020 death of Black man and cover-up

In continuing a stream of controversial pardons, President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued clemency to two former police ...

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Inauguration Day Latest: Trump becomes the 47th president of the United States

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the ...

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Trump begins slew of executive actions on immigration, economy, other programs

President Trump, starting his second term, began a slew of executive actions by rescinding 78 Biden-era executive orders, ...

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