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The Trump Administration Is Paying Millions In Legal Fees To Groups That Sued Over The Census Citizenship Question
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The administration already agreed to pay $2.7 million to the ACLU and others and is now facing requests for as much as $12 million from challengers in Maryland.
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Zoe Tillman STORY: The Trump administration lost the fight over adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Now they're responsible for paying millions of dollars in legal fees to the groups that sued, too. 9d
An Appeals Court Ruled That, Yes, Sleep And Soap Count As “Safe And Sanitary” Conditions For Detained Immigrant Kids
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The Justice Department unsuccessfully challenged a judge’s order enforcing a 1997 settlement agreement about conditions for immigrant children in US custody.
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Zoe Tillman An Appeals Court Ruled That, Yes, Sleep And Soap Count As “Safe And Sanitary” Conditions For Detained Immigrant Kids 10d
Matthew Whitaker’s Conflict Of Interest Forms Weren't Screened Until Just Before Trump Put Him In Charge Of DOJ. Ethics Officials Weren’t Satisfied.
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A Justice Department official said that due to “administrative error,” no one vetted Whitaker’s financial disclosure forms for nearly a year while he served as then-attorney general Jeff Sessions’ chi
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Zoe Tillman A new chapter in the Matthew Whitaker saga: DOJ said in a recent court doc that they realized only weeks before Trump tapped Whitaker as acting AG that no one had reviewed his conflict of interest forms during the year he served as Sessions' chief of staff 13d
Disgraced Financier And Accused Sex Trafficker Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself In Jail
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Epstein was arrested last month and accused of running a sex trafficking operation in which he allegedly sexually abused dozens of underage girls, some as young as 14.
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Zoe Tillman AG Bill Barr says the DOJ inspector general will investigate the circumstances of Jeffrey Epstein's death, along with the FBI. Story: 15d
How Trump Has Used A Secretive Justice System To Keep Lawsuits Against Him Quiet
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Trump, his campaign, and his companies have used arbitration to try to move potentially damaging and embarrassing claims out of the public court process.
How Kamala Harris Thrived On The Senate’s Powerful, Secretive Intelligence Committee
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Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee from both parties praise Harris as being “whip-smart” and a great interrogator behind closed doors.
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Zoe Tillman Here's and on Kamala Harris' tenure on the Senate Intelligence Committee, including the time when then-AG Jeff Sessions said her questioning made him "nervous" 18d
Mass Shooting Victims Have Struggled To Take Gunmakers, Hate Groups, And Social Media Platforms To Court
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While victims of international terrorism can hold terrorist groups accountable in court, the legal path is less clear in cases of domestic terrorism.
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Zoe Tillman Deep dive: For victims of international terrorism, the path to court is usually clear. For victims of domestic terrorism, it isn't. On the challenges victims face trying to sue gun makers, hate groups, social media platforms, and others 19d
The Justice Department Is Treating The El Paso Shooting As “Domestic Terrorism” But The Suspected Shooter May Not Be Charged As A Terrorist
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Federal and state officials are investigating a potential “hate crime” connection to the mass shooting in El Paso. Even if there is, such crimes aren’t usually prosecuted under US terrorism laws.
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Zoe Tillman DOJ is treating the El Paso shooting as “domestic terrorism." But the suspected shooter may not be charged as a terrorist – some in the natsec world believe that's a big problem, and have called for a domestic terrorism law 21d
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Zoe Tillman NEW: A DC federal judge has thrown out a Trump admin policy making anyone who crosses the border outside an official port of entry ineligible for asylum A CA judge prev. enjoined the policy, but today's ruling full-out vacates it: 23d
The Trump Administration's New Restrictions On Asylum Have Been Blocked By A Judge
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“Whatever the scope of the President’s authority, he may not rewrite the immigration laws to impose a condition that Congress has expressly forbidden,” the judge said.
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Zoe Tillman NEW: A DC federal judge has thrown out a Trump admin policy making anyone who crosses the border outside an official port of entry ineligible for asylum A CA judge prev. enjoined the policy, but today's ruling full-out vacates it: 23d
All 83 Ethics Complaints Against Justice Brett Kavanaugh Have Been Dismissed For Good
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Now, the only way Kavanaugh could be investigated is if Congress decides to do something about it — and so far they haven't.
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Zoe Tillman All 83 Ethics Complaints Against Justice Brett Kavanaugh Have Been Dismissed For Good 24d
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Zoe Tillman The 83 ethics complaints against Justice Brett Kavanaugh have been dismissed for good — a panel concluded he fell outside the judiciary's review process once he was confirmed to SCOTUS. Congress could investigate, but hasn't done anything to date 24d
The Godfather II - Michael brings Frank Pentangeli's brother at his trial HD
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Zoe Tillman Here's the scene from "The Godfather: Part II" that the government wants to show at Roger Stone's trial 30d
The Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Federal Executions. It Will Immediately End Up In Court.
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The Justice Department announced a new single-drug lethal injection protocol and set execution dates for five men convicted of murder.
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Zoe Tillman Former attorney general Jeff Sessions was the one who asked the Bureau of Prisons to explore resuming federal executions, per DOJ source. BOP recently finished that review and submitted the proposed lethal injection protocol to AG Barr, who signed off 31d
In His First Public Statement, Mueller Said, Once Again, He Didn't Clear Trump
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Robert Mueller, who was in charge of the independent investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, announced he’s stepping down Wednesday. He stayed on after submitting his final report in March to wind down his office.
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Zoe Tillman A good Mueller morning to you all. Here's with what you need to know going into the former special counsel's testimony before Congress today: For a refresher on what Mueller said (and didn't) the last time we saw him: 33d
Robert Mueller Is About To Testify On Russia's Interference In The 2016 Election And The Trump Campaign
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Former special counsel Robert Mueller is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee at 8:30 a.m. ET. He will then address the House Intelligence Committee at noon.
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Zoe Tillman A good Mueller morning to you all. Here's with what you need to know going into the former special counsel's testimony before Congress today: For a refresher on what Mueller said (and didn't) the last time we saw him: 33d
A Judge Has Banned Roger Stone From Posting Anything On Instagram, Facebook, Or Twitter
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The judge found that Stone violated her previous order limiting what he could say publicly about his case.
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Zoe Tillman Two hours after the judge barred Roger Stone from posting on Instagram (), his wife posted a photo of the two of them after the hearing — the judge placed limits on what family members/surrogates could say on his behalf, but there's a bit more gray area 40d
Prosecutors Have Accused Roger Stone Of Violating A Judge's Gag Order By Instagramming About His Case
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The government alerted the judge to recent posts by Stone on Instagram and Facebook, arguing they violate the court’s order that he not comment on his case.
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Zoe Tillman Hello from the DC courthouse, where Roger Stone has a motions hearing at 10am. What will the judge have to say about his compliance, or potential lack thereof, with her gag order? Stay tuned. Also, a Stone summer sartorial update: Seersucker is in play. 41d
Trump Has Backed Down On Adding A Citizenship Question To The 2020 Census
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Trump said he would direct federal agencies to provide citizenship data to the Commerce Department — a plan Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross had rejected in favor of adding the question.
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Zoe Tillman Here's the section of Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross's March 2018 memo explaining why he was rejecting the option of using administrative records to gather citizenship data 45d
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Zoe Tillman The past week was all about the census (see: ) but we now return to the Summer of Subpoenas™: The DC Circuit will hear arguments at 9:30am in Trump's fight with House Dems over a subpoena to his longtime accounting firm. Previously: 45d
Trump expected to order citizenship question added to the census
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The president is taking executive action after the Supreme Court blocked the administration.
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Zoe Tillman It appears ~something~ may happen today re: the census citizenship question: Whatever it is, there are federal judges in MD, NY, and CA who will have questions, and probably some appellate judges, and maybe some SCOTUS justices 46d
Trump Can't Be Sued By DC And Maryland Over His Hotel, A Federal Appeals Court Ruled
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The 4th Circuit questioned whether the lawsuit filed by DC and Maryland against Trump was "an appropriate use of the courts."