An Investigation Into the Investigation?
Dem Members of Congress are calling for OIG investigations at DOJ and DHS into the issuance of the spectacularly broad North Carolina subpoenas of voting information.
Category Archives: Department of Justice
Big: Federal Court in Census Litigation Orders Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore Be Available for Deposition
The deposition will help sort out whether DOJ really wanted citizenship info to help bring (non-existent) Section 2 Voting Rights lawsuits or this was a pretext to give Wilbur Ross what he wanted for other nefarious reasons. Court order:
Given… Continue reading
DOJ’s John Gore, Architect of the New Census Question on Citizenship, a No-Show at House Oversight Hearing on the Census: Rep. Gowdy May Subpoena
Sam Levine for HuffPo:
A top House Republican said he was willing to subpoena one of President Donald Trump’s Justice Department appointees to appear before Congress and answer questions about the department’s controversial request to add a question about citizenship… Continue reading
“The Justice Department Deleted Language About Press Freedom And Racial Gerrymandering From Its Internal Manual”
BuzzFeed:
The part of the manual addressing the Justice Department’s civil rights work was revised in March. In a section discussing enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, the new version removes previous references to redistricting and racial gerrymandering.
The previous … Continue reading
“Trump lawyer seeks to defend Texas political maps at Supreme Court”
Austin American-Statesman:
President Donald Trump’s top appellate lawyer has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow him to argue in defense of Texas political maps that were found to be discriminatory by a lower court.
Solicitor General Noel Francisco… Continue reading
“After Years of Investigation, a Sudden Folding of the Case Against Menendez”
NYT:
Five days after the Department of Justice announced that it would retry Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the judge in the case all but ripped out its core. Prosecutors, he said in an 53-page opinion, had failed to… Continue reading
DOJ Drops Menendez Indictment: What Does It Say About the Supreme Court’s Approach to Political Bribery? Not What You May Think
News today that DOJ, after a hung jury the last time, has dropped the remaining charges against Sen. Menendez (some were dropped by the judge after the first trial). Much of the reason for the problems with the charges… Continue reading
“Civil Rights Division Lawyers And Staff Gave Low Marks To Justice Department Leadership In A Workplace Survey”
Zoe Tillman:
Fewer than a third of attorneys and staff in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division who participated in a workplace survey this year reported feeling “satisfied” with the policies and practices of senior DOJ leadership, according to a … Continue reading
Trump DOJ Argues that Remedy to Cure Any Voting Rights Violation in U.S. Territories is to Strip Voting Rights from More People
Pacific Daily News:
The Trump administration is arguing in federal court that, if one U.S. territory doesn’t have the same rights as the others, then all of them should be stripped of those rights, according to a group pursuing lawsuits… Continue reading
Bob Bauer Calls on von Spakovsky to Resign from Pence-Kobach Sham Commission, and Has Questions About DOJ/AG Role
MSMHL:
The email was sent in February of this year. In June, President Trump appointed one of these Heritage experts, Hans Von Spakovsky, to the Commission. It turns out that Von Spakovsky also wrote the email, a fact now confirmed … Continue reading
“Russian Facebook Political Ad Buys During 2016 Election Draw DOJ & FEC Complaints”
Release:
Today Common Cause filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that one or more unknown foreign nationals made expenditures, independent expenditures or disbursements in connection with the 2016 presidential… Continue reading
“Top Civil Rights Nominee Won’t Refute Trump Falsehood About Illegal Voting in 2016”
Pema Levy for Mother Jones:
Recent events loomed over the hearing. Dreiband faced questions about the violence in Charlottesville, which the division is investigating, and the rise of hate crimes. He was also asked about voting rights, amid moves by… Continue reading
“After Disclosure Failure, DC Judge Wants List of Trump Voter Commission Docs”
The NLJ:
A federal judge is stepping in to ensure that President Donald Trump’s voter integrity commission is in compliance with public disclosure laws.
Justice Department lawyer Elizabeth Shapiro apologized to U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the District of… Continue reading
DOJ flips on SCOTUS purge case
Justin here (and with a caveat: at DOJ, I worked on amicus briefs on this issue, including in this case).
Today, DOJ filed an amicus brief in Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute. The case, now at SCOTUS, is… Continue reading