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Their hostility towards Sessions may have been misplaced. Rightly or wrongly, the explanations in “Matter of A-B-” were based on judicial decisions that have interpreted such persecution claims. And he probably had little, if anything, to do with writing the decision.
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel drafts the AG’s legal opinions in addition to reviewing all of the orders and regulations that require his approval.
The Office of Legal Counsel also provides advice to the White House, the Executive Branch agencies, and other Justice Department components on legal issues of particular complexity and importance.
It may be difficult for President Joseph Biden to change the AG asylum decisions without breaking his promise to make the Justice Department independent. In the absence of political pressure from the White House, the Office of Legal Counsel is not likely to reach different conclusions if it revisits those decisions.
Justice Department watchdog will investigate possible efforts by officials to ‘alter’ election result Published January 25
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Print article WASHINGTON The Justice Department’s inspector general announced Monday that its office is opening an investigation into whether any current or former department official tried to improperly “alter the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election” - a broad review that comes on the heels of a revelation that then-President Donald Trump considered replacing his acting attorney general with an official more amenable to his unfounded claims of voter fraud. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the review in a two paragraph news release, though he noted his jurisdiction would be limited to “allegations concerning the conduct of former and current DOJ employees,” and he could not examine other government officials. The news release said the inspector general would follow its normal proces
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Dawn Johnsen, an Indiana University law professor, has joined the U.S. Department of Justice under President Joe Biden's new administration. Johnsen was sworn in.
The stark lesson of the last four years is that the failure to hold a president to account only leads to more conduct for which the president should be held to account.
Trump entertained plan to install new attorney general to back unfounded claims of voter fraud Author: Matt Zapotosky, Devlin Barrett, Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post Updated: January 22 Published January 22
Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, pictured here on Sept. 22 during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, resigned effective this week Rosen has run the department since former Attorney General William Barr resigned on Dec. 23. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)
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Print article WASHINGTON - Then-President Donald Trump in early January entertained a plan to replace the acting attorney general with a different Justice Department lawyer who was more amenable to pursuing his unfounded claims of voter fraud, nearly touching off a crisis at the country’s premier federal law enforcement institution, people familiar with the matter said.