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24 Sep 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Republican Fundraising Vendor Wants More Small-Dollar Contributors to Replace Vanishing PAC Money Campaigns and Elections – Staff | Published: 9/22/2021 A large Republican fundraising vendor is pushing its clients to reorient their strategies around small-dollar contributors as PAC donations have dried up in the wake of the January 6 insurrection and a move away from Washington, D.C. lobbying by corporations and trade associations. [read post]
22 Sep 2021, 2:51 pm by Shea Denning
S.L. 2021-138 amends the definition of personal representative in G.S. 132-1.4A(a)(5) to include only attorneys licensed in North Carolina rather than attorneys generally. [read post]
15 Sep 2021, 8:09 am by Andrew Sylora
Addressed to the heads of all DOJ components, the memorandum rescinds two previous DOJ memoranda and outlines the principles governing the DOJ’s revised approach in evaluating guidance documents. 2017 Memorandum On November 16, 2017, then Attorney General Jeff Sessions published a memorandum entitled “Prohibition on Improper Guidance Documents” (the “2017 Memorandum”). [read post]
20 Aug 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Others, like Texas, will have to draw their maps in a special legislative session. [read post]
18 Aug 2021, 6:00 am by Jane Turner
That armor consists of knowledge of whistleblower policies and laws, and a competent whistleblower attorney. [read post]
9 Aug 2021, 1:39 pm by Ilya Somin
This authority was used extensively under prior administrations, including under Trump, when Attorney General Jeff Sessions repeatedly used it to reverse BIA rulings favoring immigrants. [read post]
6 Aug 2021, 3:00 am by Christopher Tyner
As the New York Times reports, prosecutors have opened investigations of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo after the state attorney general released a report this week concluding that Cuomo had sexually harassed eleven women. [read post]
5 Aug 2021, 5:41 am by Editor Charlie
  Some play a bit fast and loose with who represents whom in a parade of glittering generalities and hasty generalizations. [read post]
30 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Justice Department Issues Policy Limiting White House Contact MSN – Josh Gerstein (Politico) | Published: 7/21/2021 Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a directive seeking to limit political influence on law enforcement matters by strictly limiting contacts between Justice Department personnel and the White House. [read post]
23 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Scotland’s Court of Session has heard arguments in a judicial review of the Scottish government’s decision against investigating purported discrepancies in Trump’s financial reporting and two golf club purchases. [read post]
22 Jul 2021, 6:00 am by Geoff Schweller
“Without court access, federal employee whistleblower rights are non-existent,” says whistleblower attorney Stephen M. [read post]
16 Jul 2021, 12:00 am by Jim Sedor
Attorneys General in 4 States Looking into Online Fundraising Practices of Both Major Parties MSN – Steve Thompson and Amy Wang (Washington Post) | Published: 7/8/2021 Attorneys general in four states are looking into the online fundraising practices of both major political parties. [read post]
14 Jul 2021, 11:23 am by Ajay Sarma, Christiana Wayne
The request, made a day before former Attorney General William Barr left office, also suggests the Justice Department may have felt that someone in Congress had communicated the details of Kislyak’s conversations with the press. [read post]
9 Jul 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Election Audit Arizona Daily Star – Howard Fischer (Capitol Media Servies) | Published: 7/7/2021 A judge questioned a state Senate attorney’s claim that the public has no right to know who is paying for the 2020 election audit in Arizona, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Michael Kemp pointed out that Senate President Karen Fann has said the Senate, in hiring an outside firm to conduct the audit, was performing “this important cons [read post]
6 Jul 2021, 7:00 am by Bruce D. Brown, Gabe Rottman
On Aug. 4, 2017, one day after reports surfaced in the media of President Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a redoubled effort to investigate and prosecute leaks. [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing criticism from some Democrats that he is not doing enough to quickly expunge Trump-era policies and practices. [read post]
14 Jun 2021, 11:49 am by Ajay Sarma, Christiana Wayne
Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin have also urged a Congressional investigation, weighing the possibility of subpoenaing former attorney generals Jeff Sessions and William Barr if they do not testify before Congress voluntarily. [read post]
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin have also stated that former attorneys general William Barr and Jeff Sessions could be facing subpoenas if they declined to testify about the secret data seizures. [read post]
11 Jun 2021, 10:48 am by Associated Press
Senate Democratic leaders are demanding that Trump-era Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions testify about the secret seizure of data from House Democrats in 2018. [read post]
11 Jun 2021, 10:06 am by Ajay Sarma, Christiana Wayne
Though the records of legislators, aides and family members first seized under former Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not evince leaks from the committee to the media, William  Barr sought to resuscitate and maintain the investigation during his tenure as attorney general. [read post]