Category: Justice

ACLU Asks Federal Court To Halt Ongoing Family Separations
The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge Tuesday to block the Trump administration from continuing to separate hundreds of families in defiance of a previous court order.

Pelosi Appears To Soften on Impeachment After Mueller Testimony
While Nancy Pelosi remains unprepared to move forward immediately, her stance appears to have softened somewhat following Wednesday's day-long testimony by former special counsel Robert Mueller.

Warren Presses Pelosi on Impeachment: ‘Some Things Are Above Politics’
While former special counsel Robert Mueller was testifying Wednesday on Capitol Hill about his investigation into Donald Trump, Sen. Elizabeth Warren was hundreds of miles away. But, she also, in her own way was building a case for Trump's impeachment.

Swalwell on Mueller Hearing: ‘This Is Act 1, Not Act 3,’ and ‘We Should Start Impeachment’ Hearings
Former special counsel Robert Mueller's Wednesday testimony before Congress hopefully will be seen as the beginning of an overall impeachment proceeding--rather than the end of the investigation of Donald Trump. That's according to Rep Eric Swalwell of California.

Rep. Krishnamoorthi on Mueller Testimony: A Lot More People Have Watched the Movie ‘The Godfather’ than Read the Book
Having former special counsel Robert Mueller testify to Congress Wednesday after having already submitted a written report is a bit like how a novel often attracts a wider audience as a movie than as a book, according to a House Democrat.

A Border Patrol Agent Reveals What It’s Really Like to Guard Migrant Children
With the agency under fire for holding children in deplorable conditions and over racist and misogynistic Facebook posts, one agent speaks about what it’s like to do his job. “Somewhere down the line people just accepted what’s going on as normal.”

Border Patrol Official Circulates Article That Deems Our Reporting on Secret Facebook Group a Threat
A senior Border Patrol official, who directs a key intelligence-gathering center, on Thursday circulated an inflammatory opinion article that blasted ProPublica’s reporting on a secret Facebook group for current and former agents and described the news organization as a threat to the agency and its members.

Rep. Al Green: ‘I Want to Ensure All that Impeachment Is Not Dead’
A leading advocate for the impeachment of Donald Trump spoke this week on the House floor to keep the impeachment option alive.

Schumer on Epstein: ‘I Am Calling on Secretary Acosta to Resign’
The top Senate Democrat is calling on Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to resign, for his role more than a decade ago in a "non-prosecution" agreement for wealthy socialite Jeffrey Epstein.

First Judicial Subpoenas Served in Emoluments Lawsuit Brought by More Than 200 Lawmakers
Because Trump never formally severed himself from his for-profit business ventures before being sworn in, his Washington Trump Hotel is a prime source where the president can be collecting emoluments.

