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  • Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit

    07/14/2025 12:05:11 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 72 replies
    Reuters ^ | July 14, 20258:29 AM CDT | Andrew Goudsward
    SummaryFederal Programs Branch loses nearly two-thirds of staff since Trump's election Exodus strains unit defending Trump's policies amid legal challenges Political appointees fill vacancies WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department unit charged with defending against legal challenges to signature Trump administration policies - such as restricting birthright citizenship and slashing funding to Harvard University - has lost nearly two-thirds of its staff, according to a list seen by Reuters. Sixty-nine of the roughly 110 lawyers in the Federal Programs Branch have voluntarily left the unit since President Donald Trump's election in November or have announced plans to...
  • Trump steps up immigration crackdown, warns city, state officials against interference

    01/22/2025 8:58:32 PM PST · by fluorescence · 18 replies
    Reuters ^ | Jan 22, 2025 | Sarah N. Lynch, Andrew Goudsward and Gabriella Borter
    President Donald Trump's administration has directed U.S. prosecutors to criminally probe local officials who resist immigration enforcement efforts, intensifying a sweeping crackdown that Trump launched the day he took office. In a memo seen by Reuters, Trump's acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove, told Justice Department staff that state and local authorities must cooperate with the immigration crackdown and federal prosecutors "shall investigate incidents involving any such misconduct for potential prosecution." The Justice Department could also challenge laws that complicate the effort, Bove wrote. The policy was issued as the new Republican administration prepared to step up policing of illegal...
  • Trump's sweeping immunity claim rejected by US appeals court

    02/06/2024 2:15:14 PM PST · by Dr. Franklin · 55 replies
    Reuters ^ | February 6, 2024 | Andrew Goudsward
    WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Donald Trump does not have immunity from charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, bringing the former U.S. president a step closer to an unprecedented criminal trial. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted because the allegations relate to his official responsibilities as president. "We cannot accept that the office of the Presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter," the unanimous panel wrote. The court...