6/10/2019

HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department, after weeks of tense negotiations, has agreed to provide Congress with key evidence collected by Robert S. Mueller III that Democrats believe could shed light on possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by President Trump. The precise scope, volume or usefulness of the […]

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5/30/2019

IMPEACHMENT/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump expressed bewilderment on Thursday [5-30-19] at the prospect that House Democrats could even consider moving to oust him from office, calling impeachment a ‘dirty, filthy, disgusting word’…Circling back to whether he thought he would be impeached, he told reporters, ‘I don’t think so, because there was no […]

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5/30/2019

AFRICAN AMERICANS/DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Moments after the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, wrapped up his appearance at the Justice Department on Wednesday [5-29-19], Representative Dwight Evans stepped out of his district office in a black working-class neighborhood here to visit with local business owners. They had one question on their minds: Why […]

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5/29/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, declined on Wednesday [5-29-19] to clear President Trump of obstruction of justice in his first public characterization of his two-year investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election…He also noted that while Justice Department policy prohibits charging a sitting president with […]

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5/29/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller said in a rare and remarkable public statement Wednesday [5-29-19] his investigation could not clear President Donald Trump and that charging the President was not an option his office could consider. In Mueller’s first public comments on the investigation since he was appointed special counsel two […]

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5/29/2019

BORDER/COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [5-29-19] asked a federal judge to allow construction of the president’s border wall to commence while it appeals an unfavorable ruling from last week. In court filings, the Justice Department said it would appeal a federal judge‘s decision to halt a $1 billion transfer of Pentagon […]

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5/29/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in his first public comments on his investigation, said on Wednesday [5-29-19] that charging President Donald Trump was never an option for his team of prosecutors, citing Justice Department guidelines that prohibit charging a sitting president. ‘Charging the president with a crime was … not […]

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5/29/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Key allies who share intelligence with the United States could soon be dragged into the middle of Attorney General Bill Barr’s politically-charged Justice Department review of how the Russia investigation began. President Donald Trump has said he wants Barr to look into the role key intelligence partners, including the […]

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5/23/2019

2016 ELECTION/ATTORNEY GENERAL/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [5-23-19] directed the intelligence community to cooperate with a Justice Department probe into ‘surveillance activities’ during the 2016 presidential election, also granting Attorney General William Barr authority to declassify information related to the investigation into Russian meddling. Trump ‘directed the intelligence community to quickly […]

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5/20/2019

CONGRESS/DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House on Monday [5-20-19] directed former White House Counsel Don McGahn to defy a subpoena to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday [5-21-19], and the Justice Department released a corresponding legal opinion arguing that McGahn is not obligated to answer lawmakers’ questions. The move deals a […]

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5/16/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announced on Thursday [5-16-19] that the panel will consider an ‘enforcement action’ against Attorney General William Barr next week for defying the chairman’s subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller’s unredacted report and its supporting intelligence materials. Schiff’s announcement came a day after […]

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5/9/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was ousted after President Donald Trump spent more than a year complaining about the Russia probe, on Thursday [5-9-19] praised Rod Rosenstein’s handling of that investigation at a farewell ceremony for his former deputy. Rosenstein is leaving the Justice Department in the wake […]

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5/7/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Justice Department is preparing to ask the White House to invoke executive privilege over special counsel Robert Mueller’s entire report and underlying evidence, a defensive move the night before Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are set to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for refusing to make […]

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5/7/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/CONGRESS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Trump declared that the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, ‘should not testify’ before Congress, he contradicted Attorney General William P. Barr, who had already told lawmakers that he had no objection to letting Mr. Mueller talk to them. That clash has raised the prospect of a major test […]

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5/3/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the span of his 22-month investigation into President Trump, Robert S. Mueller III never held a news conference. When he delivered his report to the Justice Department in March, the special counsel issued no statements. Even this week, when Attorney General William P. Barr criticized aspects of the investigation, […]

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5/3/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats, threatening to hold Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress, tried on Friday [5-3-19] to revive negotiations with the Justice Department over a subpoena for Robert S. Mueller III’s full report and its underlying evidence. They offered to prioritize some material under subpoena over others […]

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5/3/2019

DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Kamala Harris called on the Justice Department inspector general to look into whether Attorney General William Barr had received or complied with any requests from the White House to investigate President Donald Trump’s ‘perceived enemies.’ In a letter sent Friday [5-3-19] to Inspector General Michael Horowitz, the California Democrat, who […]

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4/30/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, wrote a letter in late March to Attorney General William P. Barr objecting to his early description of the Russia investigation’s conclusions that appeared to clear President Trump on possible obstruction of justice, according to the Justice Department and three people with […]

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4/29/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/IMPEACHMENT/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A key House committee with the power to impeach President Donald Trump is moving ahead with a Thursday [5-2-19] hearing to question Attorney General William Barr about the Mueller report, even if the attorney general doesn’t show. The standoff took its latest turn Monday [4-29-19] when the Judiciary […]

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4/24/2019

DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump spiked partisan tensions to new heights Wednesday [4-24-19], saying his administration will challenge ‘all the subpoenas’ sent his way by congressional Democrats. The president’s comment came the same day the Justice Department sent a letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) stating it would not comply […]

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4/24/2019

CONGRESS/IMPEACHMENT/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “No one enjoys getting impeached, and if it happens to him, Donald J. Trump will be no exception. On the other hand, it’s hard to imagine any potential target of impeachment in Anglo-American history relishing the fight more than Trump. He’d rather be done with the Mueller investigation in all […]

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4/24/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The day after the special counsel delivered his report to the Justice Department, President Trump was ecstatic. He claimed vindication. When he walked into the dining room of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to someone there, guests rose to their feet to give him a standing ovation. A […]

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4/18/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s long-awaited report is more damning than President Donald Trump has publicly claimed, detailing Trump’s aggressive efforts to interfere in the Justice Department’s Russia probe and declining to rule out that Trump obstructed justice. Far from the ‘complete and total exoneration’’ the president has declared in […]

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4/17/2019

DHS/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is in the midst of a purge at the Department of Homeland Security, evidently aimed at implementing more severe immigration and border security policies. Last week he ousted Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and followed by firing or threatening to fire other top figures in the department, even forcing out […]

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4/17/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Not all of Robert S. Mueller III’s findings will be news to President Trump when they are released Thursday [4-18-29]. Justice Department officials have had numerous conversations with White House lawyers about the conclusions made by Mr. Mueller, the special counsel, in recent days, according to people with knowledge […]

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4/17/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A former Trump administration official who cooperated with Robert Mueller’s probe is having serious second thoughts about talking to the special counsel’s office, citing concerns about being named in the Justice Department’s redacted version of the report. This aide noted the White House requested that former senior officials cooperate […]

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4/17/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When the Mueller report crashes into a Washington feverish with anticipation on Thursday [4-18-19], the White House hopes to show President Donald Trump busy doing his job — and far away from a phone-sized keyboard. Trump typically spends the first half of his workday in the White House residence in […]

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4/17/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Thursday [4-18-19], at least a dozen attorneys and staff members for President Donald Trump will plunge into special counsel Robert Mueller’s 400-page report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Their mission? Distill the document into a quick response for the waiting political world. The president and his advisers are getting […]

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4/16/2019

COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal District Judge Reggie Walton expressed uncertainty about the redactions Attorney General William Barr is making to special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and suggested he may want to review the Justice Department’s redactions for himself once versions of it are made public. ‘Obviously there is a real concern as […]

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4/5/2019

ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We don’t know what will emerge as President Trump’s plan to replace Obamacare, which he has promised to unveil immediately after the 2020 elections. But he has recently endorsed several proposals, and they could provide clues. Over the last two weeks, he has sought to re-emphasize health care as an issue, […]

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4/5/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDICAID/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump continues to make clear that he wants to kill the Affordable Care Act, new research suggests that a big part of the ACA — the expansion of the Medicaid program — was linked with fewer cardiovascular-related deaths in counties where expansion took place. Between 2010 and 2016, […]

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4/3/2019

HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House voted Wednesday [4-3-19] to condemn the Trump administration for pushing a federal appeals court to obliterate the Affordable Care Act, and it urged the Justice Department to defend the law in court. The vote, 240-186, was nonbinding, but it documented the House’s support of the health […]

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4/1/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on Wednesday [4-3-19] to authorize a subpoena that Democrats can use to try to force the Justice Department to hand over an unredacted copy of the special counsel’s report and underlying evidence. The move on Monday [4-1-19] by Representative Jerrold […]

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3/29/2019

DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats will vote Tuesday [4-2-19] on a resolution condemning the Trump administration’s decision to call for the elimination of the entire Affordable Care Act…The resolution is largely a symbolic one as Democrats try to counter the President’s own health care moves and keep the conversation focused on their own legislation […]

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3/28/2019

2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The still-secret report on Russian interference in the 2016 election submitted last week by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, was more than 300 pages long, the Justice Department acknowledged on Thursday [3-28-19]. Mr. Barr wrote to Congress on Sunday offering what he called the ‘principal conclusions’ […]

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3/28/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jessie K. Liu has withdrawn herself from consideration for the No. 3 spot at the Justice Department, the department said on Thursday [3-28-19]. Earlier this month, President Trump planned to nominate Ms. Liu, who currently is the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, as associate attorney general, who […]

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3/28/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In an unexpected move on Monday [3-25-19] night, the Justice Department notified the Fifth Circuit US Court of Appeals that it is supporting a complete invalidation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). It now believes not only that three provisions of that statute are unconstitutional, but that, as a result, the […]

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3/28/2019

CELEBS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [3-28-19] that the Justice Department would examine Chicago prosecutors’ decision to drop disorderly conduct charges against actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of orchestrating a fake racially motivated attack against himself. After charging Smollett in February, Cook County, Ill., prosecutors made the surprise announcement on Tuesday […]

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3/27/2019

GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House has no ‘fresh’ plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, despite the administration backing a district court ruling striking down the full law earlier this week, a senior White House official told CNN Wednesday [3-27-19]. However, the administration plans to submit a health care replacement to Congress […]

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3/27/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Wednesday [3-27-19] to deliver a better healthcare system than Obamacare if the Supreme Court tosses out his predecessor’s signature domestic achievement, a potentially hazardous claim as he seeks re-election. Trump defended his administration’s decision to step up its assault on the healthcare law passed […]

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3/27/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now that the peril of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation is behind him, President Donald Trump is resuming an old battle: repealing Obamacare. Reversing an earlier position, Trump’s Justice Department notified a federal appeals court in New Orleans late Monday [3-25-19] it would ask judges to toss out the entire […]

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3/27/2019

CONGRESS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s surprise decision to press for a court-ordered demolition of the Affordable Care Act came after a heated meeting in the Oval Office on Monday, where the president’s acting chief of staff and others convinced him that he could do through the courts what he could not do […]

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3/26/2019

GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declared Tuesday [3-26-19] that his Republican Party ‘will soon be known as the party of health care,’ doubling down on his administration’s most recent legal efforts to undo the Affordable Care Act…Ahead of his remarks on Capitol Hill, Trump expressed a similar sentiment on Twitter, writing in an […]

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3/26/2019

ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s vague platitudes about “beautiful” and “very special” health care for everybody are not going to cut it in his 2020 re-election race — after he was left exposed on the most urgent issue in American politics. An ill-timed move by the Justice Department to back the invalidation […]

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3/25/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Monday [3-25-19] said the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down, in a dramatic reversal. In a filing with a federal appeals court, the Justice Department said it agreed with the ruling of a federal judge in Texas that invalidated the Obama-era health care law. […]

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3/25/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump went on the offensive on Monday [3-25-19] a day after the special counsel investigation reported no conspiracy with Russia, suggesting that critics who pursued such suspicions were ‘treasonous,’ guilty of ‘evil things’ and should be investigated themselves. Grim faced and simmering with anger, Mr. Trump repeated his assertion […]

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3/14/2019

BORDER/CONGRESS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “…A quick catch-up: Today, a dozen Republicans in the Senate voted with Democrats to reject President  Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for his border wall. Their rebuke comes just hours after the House — in an overwhelming, bipartisan, 420-0 vote — backed a resolution urging the Justice […]

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3/13/2019

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The just revealed FBI Agent Lisa Page transcripts make the Obama Justice Department look exactly like it was, a broken and corrupt machine. Hopefully, justice will finally be served. Much more to come!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 7:21 am […]

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3/12/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Television crews have been positioned outside the offices of the special counsel, the federal courthouse and, at least before they were asked to leave, the McLean, Va., home of the new attorney general, William P. Barr. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are so desperate for hints that they are asking […]

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3/7/2019

DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump reportedly tried to block the AT&T-Time Warner merger. Now Democrats on Capitol Hill want answers. In letters sent Thursday [3-7-19] to White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Department of Justice antitrust chief Makan Delrahim, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Rep. David Cicilline have requested ‘relevant documents […]

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2/26/2019

CHILDREN/HHS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Department of Health and Human Services received more than 4,500 complaints of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors from 2014-2018, according to internal agency documents released Tuesday [2-26-19] by Florida Democratic Rep. Ted Deutch. In addition,1,303 complaints were reported to the Justice Department during that same time frame, according to […]

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2/22/2019

2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller is not expected to deliver his report on the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election next week, a Justice Department official briefed on the plans told CNN. As CNN has previously reported, the precise timing of the announcement has been a moving […]

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2/22/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department will soon receive a final accounting from Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, of his nearly two-year investigation into how Russia influenced the 2016 election, whether the Trump campaign participated in those efforts and whether President Trump obstructed justice. But there is no guarantee that […]

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2/20/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert Mueller’s report could land within days, yet rather than offering definitive answers, his hotly anticipated filing might only ignite a new controversy — over how much of the special counsel’s conclusions most Americans get to see. Sources told CNN on Wednesday [2-20-19] that the Justice Department is preparing […]

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2/20/2019

IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups is asking a federal judge for a restraining order that would block the Trump administration from forcing asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their cases make their way through US immigration courts. In a motion filed Wednesday [2-20-19], advocates argued that the administration’s new […]

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2/19/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as the next deputy U.S. attorney general, the White House said on Tuesday [2-19-19] night, the latest shuffle in the Justice Department at a time when it faces close scrutiny over its Russia investigation. Rosen, currently deputy secretary of the U.S. Department […]

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2/19/2019

2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As federal prosecutors in Manhattan gathered evidence late last year about President Trump’s role in silencing women with hush payments during the 2016 campaign, Mr. Trump called Matthew G. Whitaker, his newly installed attorney general, with a question. He asked whether Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States attorney for […]

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2/1/2019

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s assertion that a senior law enforcement official privately gave assurances that he is not under scrutiny in the investigations shadowing him partly served as a defense strategy but also raised new questions about how the Justice Department is conducting the inquiries. Mr. Trump said in an interview […]

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1/30/2019

2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Wednesday [1-30-19] that he would not intervene with the Justice Department’s decision-making process about whether to release the report by the special counsel investigating possible collusion with Russian officials in the 2016 campaign…He insisted that he had not spoken with Matthew G. Whitaker, the acting […]

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1/30/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [1-30-19] he would let the Justice Department decide how to handle the special counsel’s report on an investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Moscow. Republican Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, William Barr, […]

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1/29/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROGER STONE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The main takeaway from informal presidential adviser Roger Stone’s arraignment Tuesday [1-29-19] is that the Russian collusion narrative has collapsed. If there were anything there, we’d know about it by now. Stone was hauled in to federal court Friday [1-25-19] morning after a theatrical, televised arrest that should be […]

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1/25/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The indictment unsealed this month charging Natalia V. Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met with Trump campaign officials in June 2016, with obstruction of justice in another case raises an interesting question: Why would the Justice Department pursue a case in which there is little likelihood of ever getting the defendant […]

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1/15/2019

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The president’s pick to replace Jeff Sessions at the helm of the Justice Department has known and admired the president’s bête noire, Robert Mueller, for 30 years — and somehow President Donald Trump seems fine with that. The relationship, which Barr described in public Tuesday [1-15-19] during his […]

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1/9/2019

COURTS/DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration wants to put on hold Democrats’ attempt to defend Obamacare until the partial government shutdown ends. In a filing Wednesday [1-9-19], the Justice Department said it wants to challenge House Democrats’ attempt to get involved in the litigation over the Affordable Care Act. But lawyers can’t meet the […]

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12/29/2018

FBI/JUSTICE/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’It turns out to be true now, that the Department of Justice and the FBI, under President Obama, rigged the investigation for Hillary and really turned the screws on Trump, and now it looks like in a corrupt & illegal way. The facts are out now. Whole Hoax exposed. @JesseBWatters” -Donald Trump, […]

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12/26/2018

COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Lawyers for President Donald Trump are invoking the government shutdown to seek a delay in a court case over claims that Trump is illegally profiting from business his Washington hotel does with foreign countries. Justice Department attorneys representing Trump asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday [12-26-18] to postpone indefinitely […]

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12/21/2018

IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Friday [12-21-18] rejected a request from the Trump administration to restart an asylum ban that would have prevented migrants who enter the country illegally from applying for asylum. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar placed a temporary hold on the Trump administration’s new rules to cut off […]

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12/21/2018

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Friday [12-21-18] upheld a federal judge’s order blocking the Trump administration’s new asylum restrictions. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the four liberal justices in the 5-4 ruling. The administration’s policy, signed on November 9, would temporarily bar migrants who illegally cross into the US through […]

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12/20/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A federal appeals court temporarily halted on Thursday [12-20-18] a lawsuit that accuses President Trump of illegally benefiting from his family’s business, an interim victory for the Justice Department in its effort to block more than three dozen subpoenas for documents from the Trump Organization, the president’s trust and other entities. A […]

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12/19/2018

COURT/DHS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday [12-19-18] ruled that the Trump administration violated federal law by barring migrants from qualifying for asylum in the U.S. based on their fears from domestic abuse or gang violence in their home countries, the second judicial rebuke to the administration’s efforts to limit […]

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12/18/2018

GUNS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MASS SHOOTINGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration moved Tuesday [12-18-18] to officially ban bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms, and has made them illegal to possess beginning in late March. The devices will be banned under a federal law that prohibits machine guns, according to a senior Justice […]

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12/17/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “This weekend, President Donald Trump raged against Michael Cohen, calling his former lawyer and accuser a ‘rat’ for cooperating with federal prosecutors. Cohen has accused Trump of directing him to make secret hush-money payments to two women so that they wouldn’t tell their stories before the November 2016 election. […]

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12/17/2018

COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Monday [12-17-18] to throw out or at least temporarily halt a lawsuit that accuses President Trump of illegally benefiting from his family’s business, seeking to block more than three dozen subpoenas for documents from the Trump Organization, the president’s trust and […]

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12/14/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers are trying to pause evidence collection in a fight over the constitutionality of the revenue of his Washington hotel, according to a new request to a federal court to stay the case. Previously, the DC and Maryland lawsuit alleging the President had received illegal gifts […]

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12/11/2018

CHINA/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SANCTIONS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [12-11-18] he would intervene with the U.S. Justice Department in the case against a Chinese telecommunications executive if it would help secure a trade deal with Beijing…Trump expressed optimism that he could strike a trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the […]

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12/7/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The Justice Department says that President Donald Trump directed illegal payments to buy the silence of two women whose claims of extramarital affairs threatened his presidential campaign, the first time prosecutors have connected Trump to a federal crime. In a court filing , prosecutors said former Trump lawyer and fixer […]

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12/7/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Federal prosecutors said on Friday [12-7-18] that President Trump directed illegal payments to ward off a potential sex scandal that threatened his chances of winning the White House in 2016, putting the weight of the Justice Department behind accusations previously made by his former lawyer. The lawyer, Michael D. […]

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12/7/2018

JAMES COMEY/JUSTIC DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI director James Comey on Friday [12-7-18] called President Donald Trump’s attacks against the Justice Department ‘deeply troubling’ and said Americans on both sides of the aisle should continue to call out the president’s insults…The president early Friday morning sent a flurry of tweets criticizing special counsel […]

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12/7/2018

JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is being reported that Leakin’ James Comey was told by Department of Justice attorneys not to answer the most important questions. Total bias and corruption at the highest levels of previous Administration. Force him to answer the questions under oath!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 4:49 pm […]

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12/6/2018

ATTORNEY GENERAL/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “President Trump on Friday [12-7-18] said he intended to nominate William P. Barr, who served as attorney general during the first Bush administration from 1991 to 1993, to return as head of the Justice Department…Mr. Trump’s focus on Mr. Barr, who supports a strong vision of executive powers, had […]

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12/6/2018

ATTORNEY GENERAL/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump is strongly considering nominating William P. Barr, who served as attorney general during the first Bush administration from 1991 to 1993, to return for a second stint as head of the Justice Department, according to people close to Mr. Trump. Mr. Barr, a Republican and corporate lawyer, […]

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12/5/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/ROGER STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Roger Stone, a longtime friend and a former campaign aide to President Donald Trump, declined through his lawyer Tuesday [12-4-18] to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee or provide requested documents. Stone, a political operative who worked on Republican campaigns from Richard Nixon to Trump, has ties to several targets of […]

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12/4/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The State of Maryland and the District of Columbia began issuing subpoenas on Tuesday [12-4-18] for records related to President Trump’s hotel in Washington, seeking evidence of conflicts of interest that violate the Constitution’s anti-corruption provision. Their demands for a vast array of documents, including tax records related to the […]

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12/4/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia on Tuesday [12-4-18] formally demanded financial records from U.S. President Donald Trump’s businesses as part of their lawsuit alleging his dealings with foreign governments violate anti-corruption clauses of the U.S. Constitution. The attorneys general issued subpoenas to the Trump Organization […]

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11/30/2018

COURTS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge ruled against the Justice Department on Friday [11-30-18] in a lawsuit over withholding federal money from so-called sanctuary cities, the latest blow to the Trump administration’s hardline immigration tactics. The lawsuit challenged the Justice Department’s efforts to punish sanctuary cities by withholding a key law enforcement grant […]

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11/29/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is considering tapping the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, Makan Delrahim, to become the next attorney general, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Delrahim is one of several people under consideration for the job, and has close ties to the Trump White […]

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11/20/2018

FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump told White House attorneys he wanted the Justice Department to prosecute Hillary Clinton and former FBI director James B. Comey, the latest indication the president views the department as a potential weapon to use against political opponents, according to a report. The New York Times, citing […]

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11/20/2018

FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his political adversaries: his 2016 challenger, Hillary Clinton, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, according to two people familiar with the conversation. The lawyer, Donald […]

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11/14/2018

BUDGET/CHUCK SCHUMER/DHS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday [11-14-18] that budget negotiations are set to move forward so long as President Donald Trump doesn’t interfere with them…He added that Senate Democrats also want to ensure that Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker doesn’t interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller’s […]

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11/14/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A new Justice Department analysis released Wednesday [11-14-18] backs up President Donald Trump’s appointment last week of acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker despite a growing political and legal backlash. The 20-page DOJ memo — addressed to top White House attorney Emmet Flood — leans heavily on historical precedent to argue […]

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11/14/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department on Wednesday [11-14-18] defended the legality of President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general to replace the ousted Jeff Sessions, rejecting the views of critics that the move ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution and federal law. A legal opinion sent to […]

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