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'Oh Hell No': DOJ Using Coronavirus Crisis to Push for Expansive Emergency Powers

The Department of Justice headquarters, February 19, 2020.

After Alabama Executes Nathaniel Woods, Ayanna Pressley Leads Fresh Calls for US to Abolish Death Penalty

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.)

"This INJUSTICE system is racist, sexist, and xenophobic," said the Massachusetts Democrat. "We need a system that centers shared power, freedom, equality, safety, and dignity."

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'Disturbing': Study Shows DOJ Prosecutions of White-Collar Criminals Hit All-Time Low Under Trump

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Never has white-collar crime gone so ignored."

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'This Is a Nightmare': Trump Accused of Weaponizing DOJ With New Task Force Focused on Stripping US Citizenship

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday it is creating a task force devoted to denaturalization.

"Of all the dystopian shit—a department of denaturalization at DOJ might take...

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McConnell, McCarthy, and Graham Condemned for 'Pathetic' Defense of AG Barr as 'Man of Highest Character'

'Our Institutions Are Sounding Alarms': Federal Judges Call Emergency Meeting Over Trump Interference With DOJ

Attorney General William Barr speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a press conference the White House on July 11, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

More Than 2,000 Former US Department of Justice Officials Tell William Barr: Resign Now!

'More Political Interference at DOJ': Barr Installs Outside Prosecutor to Scrutinize Michael Flynn Case

Attorney General William Barr speaks during a press conference on January 13, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

Warren, Sanders Join Letter Urging AG Barr to Resign Immediately Over 'Corrupt' Role in Roger Stone Case

Warren Says AG William Barr Must 'Resign or Face Impeachment' for Intervening in Roger Stone Case

'Language of Monarchy': Trump Asserts He Has 'Absolute Right' to Tell Justice Department What to Do

'This Is Corruption': Trump and Barr Accused of Blatant Abuse of Power as DOJ Intervenes to Reduce Stone Sentence

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'This Merger Is a Monopolistic Disaster': Consumer Groups Decry Approval of T-Mobile/Sprint Deal

Rejecting 'Profoundly Disturbing' Logic That Criminalizes Empathy, Judge Reverses Convictions of Border Humanitarians

Snowden and Greenwald

Snowden Warns Targeting of Greenwald and Assange Shows Governments 'Ready to Stop the Presses—If They Can'

Attorney General William Barr chooses not to speak as President Donald J. Trump participates in a ceremony to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Edwin Meese III in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Oct 08, 2019. (Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

For Abuse of Office and Covering for Trump, Watchdog Group Files Formal DOJ Complaint Against AG William Barr

Newswire

No More Deaths/No Más Muertes

Final #Cabeza9 Misdemeanor Charge Against Dr. Scott Warren Dismissed

Democracy 21

Democracy 21 Files Fifth Justice Department Complaint Against AG Barr for Repeated Biased Actions on Behalf of President Trump

Democracy 21

Democracy 21 Calls for House and DOJ Investigations of Unfit to Serve AG Barr, Documents Barr’s Repeated Abuses of Office

Common Cause

Common Cause Condemns Trump Meddling with DOJ Recommendations for Roger Stone Sentencing

Democracy 21

Democracy 21 Files Complaint Against Attorney General Barr for Repeated Failures to Comply with DOJ Norms, Rules and Standards of Conduct

Common Cause

Common Cause Calls for Impeachment of Attorney General William Barr

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Robert Reich

Five Ways William Barr Is Helping Trump Turn US Into a Dictatorship

Paul Seamus Ryan

The "Quid" Is a Crime: No Need to Prove "Pro Quo" in Ukrainegate

Jesse Jackson

Violent White Supremacists Threaten Basic Civil Rights—and Our Lives

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan

The Ghastly Return of the Federal Death Penalty

David Dayen

Trump’s Antitrust Cops Fail to Police Big Business—Again

Ashley Gorski

The Hypocrisy of William Barr's Spying Claims

Jeffrey C. Isaac

Mueller Just Invited Congress To Do Its Job: Impeach Trump

David Cole

The Mueller Report: An Indictment in All But Name

Thom Hartmann

Has "Cover-Up General" William Barr Struck Again?

Sam Husseini

Triumph of Conventional Wisdom: AP Expunges Iran/Contra Pardons from Barr’s Record