Trump's acting attorney general involved in firm that scammed veterans out of life savings

• Matthew Whitaker was paid advisory board member for WPM
• Veteran: ‘I spent the money on a dream. I lost everything’

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As the news broke late this [Monday] afternoon, the politicos of Washington stared into their smartphones, stunned, struggling with what to make of it. TV networks cut into their regularly scheduled programming. Chyrons promising “breaking news” actually delivered it: President Donald Trump had fired FBI Director James Comey.

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The revelation raises questions about his handling of the matter of Clinton’s emails.

FBI Director James Comey privately argued against having his bureau sign onto a statement saying the Russian government was meddling in the U.S. election, CNBC first reported on Monday, citing “a former FBI official ( Read more... )

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OP: I feel like I've been mad at the wrong guy. I mean, Weiner is a schmuck in every sense of the word, but Comey.....well, just read on.

WASHINGTON ― FBI Director James Comey’s unprecedented decision to insert the bureau into the presidential campaign less than two weeks from ( Read more... )

The Justice Department plans to end its use of private prisons after officials concluded the facilities are both less safe and less effective at providing correctional services than those run by the government.

Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates announced the decision on Thursday in a memo that instructs officials to either decline to renew the ( Read more... )

All summer long, the clock has been ticking on voting rights cases. Judges don't like to change voting rules too near an election, and November is creeping ever closer ( Read more... )

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U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch held a press conference Monday to announce legal action the Department of Justice is taking against the state of North Carolina because of the so-called bathroom bill, also known as HB2. You can watch her speech above.

he Department of Justice had notified North Carolina officials that the state law was in ( Read more... )

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice warned North Carolina that its recently enacted anti-LGBTQ statute violates two federal laws and entreated the state not to enforce the measure. Specifically, the DOJ expressed concern about a provision of the North Carolina law that forbids trans people from using the bathroom that aligns with their ( Read more... )