Commentary Electoral integrity is the cornerstone of a functional democracy. Citizens must feel confident that whether their preferred candidate won or lost, the process was at least fair and uncorrupted. If citizens lose faith in the integrity of their elections, the foundation of democracy will crumble. People are rightly upset when stories of domestic malfeasance…
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Court Orders Release of 2019 DOJ Memo About Whether Trump Obstructed Justice
A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release a 2019 internal memo that then-Attorney General Bill Barr had reviewed before deciding whether to prosecute then-President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice in relation to the Mueller special counsel investigation. A panel of three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals…
Pro-Trump Group Demands Records From Justice, FBI on Search of Trump’s Home
The America First Policy Institute said it “demands answers” about Monday’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home compound at Mar-a-Lago. The AFPI, a pro-Trump policy shop, has filed requests under the Freedom of Information Act with the Department of Justice and the FBI, which conducted the raid. “To drive transparency for the American…
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