The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing ...

By Glenn Thrush Reporting from Washington The Justice Department has ordered an immediate halt to all new civil rights cases or ... recently reached with Louisville, Ky., after the police killing ...

Attorneys in the department’s Civil Rights Division were ordered not to file any new complaints, amicus briefs or other certain court papers “until further notice,” one of the memos ...

A different memo sent to Wolfe on Wednesday reportedly told her that the Civil Rights Division must direct the Justice Department ... with the city of Louisville, Kentucky, after the killing ...

Mizelle ordered the Justice Department’s civil rights division to “not execute ... police reform efforts in Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, which were announced by the Justice Department ...

The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in ...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump spoke with ABC News on Tuesday to offer his thoughts on the move by the Trump administration ...