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Courts FILE - In this March 4, 2020, photo, E. Jean Carroll talks to reporters outside a courthouse in New York. The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to take over President Donald Trump's defense in a defamation lawsuit brought by Carroll, who accused the president of raping her in a New York luxury department store in the mid-1990s. Federal lawyers asked a court Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, to allow a legal move that could put the American people on the hook for any money she might be awarded. She says the president's comments, including that she was “totally lying” to sell a memoir, besmirched her character and harmed her career when he denied the rape allegations in 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Courts E. Jean Carroll Accused Trump of Lying About Rape. The DOJ Wants Taxpayers to Pay for His Defense.

The move to intervene is in keeping with a Justice Department that time and again has advanced a broad vision of executive power and has moved to shield Trump from legal exposure.

Associated Press Associated Press September 9, 2020 10:24 am EDT
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Law and Policy New AOC Bill Would Force Federal Agents to Wear Identification

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Eleanor Holmes Norton are working on a bill that would require federal law enforcement to clearly identify themselves.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright July 22, 2020 3:12 pm EDT
Politics FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo Roger Stone leaves federal court in Washington. A federal prosecutor is prepared to tell Congress on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, that Stone, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was given special treatment ahead of his sentencing because of his relationship with the president. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Politics Bombshell Claim: Roger Stone Got Off Easy Due to Political Pressure Inside DOJ

“What I heard—repeatedly—was that Roger Stone was being treated differently from any other defendant because of his relationship to the president."

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil June 23, 2020 4:38 pm EDT
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Criminal Justice Barr Forced Out a Top Federal Prosecutor Whose Office Was Investigating Trump’s Inner Circle

In a letter denouncing U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, 135 former New York prosecutors write that U.S. Attorney Geoff Berman's dismissal undermines "confidence in the criminal justice system."

Patrick deHahn Patrick deHahn June 22, 2020 1:58 pm EDT
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Education Even a Pandemic Can’t Stop the Trump Justice Department From Attacking Trans Rights

The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference allows transgender athletes to compete as the gender with which they identify. Attorney General William Barr disagrees with the legality of that policy.

Associated Press Associated Press March 25, 2020 2:35 pm EDT

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Politics More Than 1,100 Former DOJ Employees Want Barr to Resign

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Emiene Wright Emiene Wright February 17, 2020 11:16 am EST