DOJ, Trump and McIver
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Let’s quickly run through the many telling and odd aspects of the still-unseen criminal case against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) for an alleged incident that took place while conducting her constitutional oversight duties: Criminally charging opposition political leaders at the same time you are dismantling the infrastructure for pursuing public corruption cases is an authoritarian one-two punch.
A former Fox News contributor turned Trump administration Department of Justice lawyer has suggested Joe Biden’s wife could be criminally charged for “elder abuse.” The former president announced a diagnosis of a particularly “aggressive” prostate cancer on Sunday.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka's federal trespassing charge has been dismissed. Norm Eisen, founder of the Democracy Defenders Fund, joins The Weeknight to respond.
The Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section is charged with ensuring cases against elected officials are not politically motivated. The Trump administration is considering changing that.
The Justice Department may move decisions about charging public from headquarters to regional U.S. attorney offices.
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Louisville Public Media on MSNTrump DOJ changes to civil rights division spark mass exodus of attorneysCurrent and former officials say the current effort amounts to the dismantling of the civil rights division and its traditional mission.
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Mediaite on MSN‘Very Bad News’: Conservative Legal Scholar Slams Trump Considering His Ex-Lawyer to be a Federal JudgeFeels like a possible test run for a much more Trump-loyal potential SCOTUS nominee.” The post ‘Very Bad News’: Conservative Legal Scholar Slams Trump Considering His Ex-Lawyer to be a Federal Judge first appeared on Mediaite.
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KFF Health News on MSNTrump’s DOJ Accuses Medicare Advantage Insurers of Paying ‘Kickbacks’ for Primo CustomersThe Department of Justice alleges that several major health insurers paid brokerages “hundreds of millions of dollars in kickbacks” to get agents to steer consumers into their Medicare Advantage plans,