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The Department of Justice Gave Over $500,000 to 'Hookers for Jesus.' I Wish I Was Joking
I believe in hookers. I also believe in Jesus. I believe that both of them are doing the Lord’s work. However, I don’t believe that the Department of Justice should be giving either of them money. The DOJ, however, doesn’t give a shit about what I believe. A whistleblower (no, this isn’t a hooker joke)…
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DOJ Is Reportedly Making Its Review of How Russia Probe Came to Be a Criminal Matter
Donald Trump has long derided as some “hoax” the Mueller probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election that put Trump into the Oval Office. But, now, the Justice Department that has informally reviewing the origins of the special prosecutor’s probe has turned it into an official criminal investigation. That’s according to sources to the…
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The Benefits of Whiteness: Paul Manafort Won't Be Going to Rikers Island. He Can Thank the Department of Justice
Paul Manafort is a criminal. Paul Manafort is also a rich white man. Paul Manafort was supposed to be sent to Rikers Island while awaiting trial on New York State charges because that’s what happens when someone commits crimes in New York. But, Paul Manafort is also Trump’s former campaign manager. So, Paul Manafort won’t…
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Robert Mueller to Leave DOJ Soon, According to Department
After 674 days of investigating an almost exclusively sitting president, Robert Mueller is leaving the Department of Justice in the coming days, according to a spokesman. Quartz first reported on his impending departure. DOJ spokesman Peter Carr told the online publication that Mueller “will be concluding his service within the coming days,” adding that “a…
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Trump Wants FBI and the DOJ to Review Jussie Smollett Case Because He's Only President to Rich White Criminals
President Trump has added his voice to the dissenters of those unhappy with the recent dropping of all charges in Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s alleged “MAGA country” beating. In an early morning tweet on Thursday, the president said that the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice would review the case, calling it “outrageous” and…
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Trump Wants Department of Justice to Investigate Who Wrote New York Times Op-Ed
Because President Donald Trump doesn’t know how any of this works, he still believes that the Department of Justice is his personal militia who exist merely to handle cases he deems worthy. On Friday, the president called for the U.S. Justice Department to get to the bottom of the great White House mystery of who…
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Trump’s Bullying of the Justice Department Again Must Mean the Russia Investigation Is Heating Up
Whenever President Donald Trump starts tweeting wildly and furiously, it usually means he’s bothered about the Russia investigation. On Sunday the president fired off a series of all-cap-and-exclamation-point-laden tweets that were all over the place. In the end, the most telling tweet, and the one that proves that Trump is about his business of deflecting…
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Head of Russia Probe Says He’s Ready to Go if the President Gives Him the Boot
President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly shown his utter disdain for the rule of law, the FBI and the Justice Department, has clearly put a big-ass target on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s back. Rosenstein, however, says he is ret to go should that fateful day come. The career prosecutor is, of course, overseeing the…
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Donald Trump Won’t Take His Foot Off Jeff Sessions’ Neck
I’ll bet every morning, Jeff Sessions slaps at his alarm and curses it until it finally stops going off. He probably lies there for a few more minutes, his arm flung over his eyes in an attempt to block out any light. If he pretends it’s not morning again, it won’t be, and he can…
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Trump’s Justice Department Doesn’t Care About Civil Rights: Report
In news that would shock only an alien who just landed in the United States on his way to Pluto and was unfamiliar with the legacy of fuckboy shit that the Trump administration has pulled, the Department of Justice, headed by Jeff “King Keebler” Sessions, has pursued fewer civil rights cases than previous administrations. According…