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Admin Uses Records Policy to Jail Scientist While Being Sued for Records Abuses
The records charges are a thin veil for the administration’s continued attacks on public health, one commentator said.
Trump’s Budget Request Includes Funding an FBI Anti-“Domestic Terrorism” Center
The new center and funding boost represent the implementation of Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 7.
Activist Nerdeen Kiswani Speaks Out After Being Targeted in Assassination Plot
Kiswani says she has been “screaming into the void” about the way Palestine activists have been targeted with violence.
The FBI Is Investigating Joe Kent, Former Trump Official Who Resigned Over Iran
The inquiry into Joe Kent raises more questions about the weaponization of the DOJ against Trump’s opponents.
Environmental Activists Say the FBI May Be Investigating Them
The goal is to intimidate, says an expert, but “intimidation and repression tend to actually mobilize more people.”
DOJ Nixed Probe Into Renee Good’s Killing After Trump Made False Claims — Report
The Department of Justice has withheld evidence from state investigators examining Renee Nicole Good’s killing by ICE.
Experts Sound the Alarm Over FBI’s Search of Georgia Election Center
Critics said the action in Fulton County had triggered fears of federal interference in this year’s midterm elections.
Free Press Advocates Decry FBI Search of Washington Post Reporter’s Home
“It’s hard to interpret this as anything other than an attempt to squash the freedom of the press,” one critic said.
DOJ Push to Investigate Renee Good’s Widow Sparks Mass Resignation
Rather than open an investigation into Good’s killer, top DOJ officials want to look into her grieving widow.
FBI Investigating Renee Good While Obstructing Probes Into ICE Killer
At the same time, numerous officials have resigned from the DOJ over its decision to not investigate the killing.