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Editorial: As reunifications continue, family separation cannot be forgotten

Despite the dedicated efforts of a task force set up to facilitate reunifications, about a thousand migrant children separated from their parents, most under the now-infamous 2018 zero tolerance policy, remain separated. Even if all are eventually reunited, the scars left will be indelible.

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Special counsels, like those examining Biden's and Trump's handling of classified documents, are intended to be independent – but they aren't entirely

Attorney General Merrick Garland has now appointed two veteran prosecutors as special counsels to oversee investigations into how President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump handled classified documents after leaving office – Biden after he ended his terms as vice president in 2017, and Trump after leaving the Oval…

The Conversation

Merrick Garland's New Charging Policy Aims To Ameliorate the Damage His Boss Did As a Drug Warrior

The attorney general's memo to prosecutors is an improvement, but it is no substitute for legislation.

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Special counsels, like the one leading the Department of Justice's investigation of Trump, are intended to be independent – but they aren't entirely

When Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed veteran prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to oversee two criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump on Nov. 18, 2022, Garland’s goal was to shield the probes from the appearance of partisanship.

The Conversation

Trump used ableist slur to describe his first attorney general Jeff Sessions, book says

Jeff Sessions, who served as attorney general under Donald Trump, often drew the former president’s scorn

The Independent UK

Republican senators want special status for Hunter Biden prosecutor

Justice Department regulations generally require a special counsel to come from outside the department

The Independent UK

Trump asked two different cabinet members to become attorney general and fire Robert Mueller, book reveals

Authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser report that Mr Trump offered the position of attorney general to his labour secretary and EPA administrator with the expectation that whoever accepted would fire then-special counsel Robert Mueller

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Debates about migration have never been simple – just look at the Hebrew Bible

Today, the Bible is often invoked during public debates about immigration. From former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to a group of 2,000 rabbis, people have referred to the Bible to explain their differing positions on immigration and refugees. Several specialists in biblical studies have spoken and written about what the…

The Conversation

Caitlin Dickerson on the Moral Catastrophe of Family Separations

Caitlin Dickerson discusses the Trump administration’s devastating family-separation policy and bureaucratic failures—and how it could happen again.

The Atlantic

Through all Trump's legal wars and woes, one lawyer's influence still holds sway

Roy Cohn always told clients to fight all charges, countersue when sued and never concede. Trump has followed his formula for half a century, and it has come to matter a great deal to the nation.

WEKU

IRS audits of ex-FBI chiefs Comey and McCabe, called traitors by Trump, prompt probe

WASHINGTON — The odds of matching six numbers in the Texas Powerball lottery are 1 in 25 million. That’s three times better than the odds that two former FBI directors deemed traitors by then-President Donald Trump, James Comey and Andrew McCabe, were picked at random for an unusually intensive IRS…

Tribune News Service

Overheard: Russian ambassador talks Ukraine war and ‘Jewish guys’ at Cafe Milano

The former U.S. envoy for Afghanistan had lunch with the Russian ambassador at the swanky Washington restaurant. A POLITICO reporter sat close by.

Politico

Hutchinson, former Meadows aide, replaces lawyer on cusp of Jan. 6 hearings

Her previous attorney has deep Trump World connections. Her new lawyer is a longtime close ally of former attorney general Jeff Sessions.

Politico

Dan Muessig’s Last Days as a Free Man

He was once the weed kingpin of the Pittsburgh metro area. Now he’s serving five years in federal prison.

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On immigration, advocates say a 'shadow Trump administration' is tying Biden's hands

A federal judge in Louisiana holds a hearing today about the future of Title 42. Immigrant advocates say it's the latest attempt by Republican-led states to block Biden's immigration agenda in court.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court nominee's 'empathy' is flashpoint for Senate

Empathy is not a quality many Republican senators want to see in the next Supreme Court justice

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