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U.S. Sues Georgia In Start Of Push To Protect Voting Rights

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 21:00:33 +0000

The U.S. Justice Department on Friday challenged a Georgia election law that it said infringes on the rights of Black voters, as it kicked off a campaign against a wave of state actions that it said would reduce access to the ballot. The Georgia law, which also bans the distribution of water or food to [...]

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U.S. Justice Department To Strengthen Policies On Getting Lawmakers’ Records

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:00:04 +0000

The Justice Department will make its policies for obtaining records of U.S. lawmakers more rigorous after former President Donald Trump’s administration secretly secured data on members of Congress, journalists and a former White House lawyer, the top U.S. law enforcement official said on Monday. Attorney General Merrick Garland in a statement also said that “political [...]

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U.S. Attorney General, Merrick Garland Defends Backing Trump Claim In Defamation Case

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 20:30:27 +0000

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday defended a decision by the Justice Department to continue to defend Donald Trump against a lawsuit by a writer who accused him of raping her decades ago and defaming her during his presidency. “The job of the Justice Department in making decisions of law is not to back [...]

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