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With Attack on Deputy AG, Trump Legal Team Must Be 'Going a Little Nuts'

Trump’s Personal Lawyer Boasted That He Got Preet Bharara Fired

Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica, Justin Elliot, ProPublica

Marc Kasowitz, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer in the Russia investigation, has boasted to friends and colleagues that he played a central role in the firing of Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, according to four people familiar with the conversations. Kasowitz told Trump, “This guy is going...

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Avoiding 'Gut Punch' to Transparency, Jeff Sessions to Testify in Public

Jon Queally, staff writer

Update : The Senate Intelligence Committee said Monday morning that Attorney...

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Democracy Watchdog Turns Up Heat on White House to Answer for 'Illegal' Syria Strike

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

A watchdog group on Monday stepped up its efforts to get the Trump...

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Hold Your Applause, Warnings Over the Pitfalls of Special Counsel Investigation

DOJ Inspector General Asked to Probe Sessions' Role in Comey Firing

Forget Trump's "Law and Order," Agenda Offers Solutions for Making Policing Safe—and Fair

Reversing Progress, Sessions Order Embraces 'Vicious Cycle of Incarceration'

Sessions May Revive Harsh Penalties for Low-Level Drug Charges

Yates Confirms She Told White House Gen. Flynn Was 'Compromised' on Russia

As Reports of Assange Arrest Warrant Emerge, Who Will Defend WikiLeaks?

Dropping Suit, Trump's DOJ Continues 'Abandoning Transgender Americans'

Federal Court Again Concludes Texas Crafted ID Law to Hurt Minority Voters

Trump Administration's War on Science Reaches Justice Department

'No Regard for Human Rights': Sessions Slammed for Order on Police Conduct

Trump DOJ to Appeal Maryland Ruling Against Muslim Ban 2.0

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NAACP

NAACP Condemns Weakening of DOJ Civil Rights Enforcement Powers

Civil Rights Groups

Civil Rights Groups Demand Scrutiny of Sessions’ Priorities as His Deputy Defends Trump’s Budget Proposal

ACLU

ACLU Statement on Nomination of New FBI Director

Brennan Center for Justice

New Agenda Outlines Ways Congress, Administration Can Act on Criminal Justice Reform

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Civil and Human Rights Coalition Blasts Sessions' Reboot of Failed 'War on Drugs’...

Greenpeace

Greenpeace Responds to Bumble Bee Guilty Plea on Canned Tuna Price Fixing

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