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Joe Biden has inherited a department plagued by scandal, just as Gerald Ford did in 1974.
Law professor at Fordham UniversityThe Atlantic
President Joe Biden is facing problems Gerald Ford would have appreciated. Like Ford in 1974, Biden has come into office following a president accused of criminality. Both Biden and Ford inherited a Department of Justice plagued by scandal and well-grounded charges of politicization. Both had to choose a nominee for attorney general knowing that recent occupants of that office contributed to partisanship and displayed a lack of integrity. And both took office while questions lingered about recent leadership of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a component of the DOJ.
Just hours after the interview aired, the Justice Department under the new Biden administration opened an internal probe of Michael Sherwin for his appearance on the CBS News show and his comments about the massive investigation.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson s Barr rebuke opens the door to DOJ accountability
There are four possibilities for holding an attorney general accountable if evidence suggests he did abuse his office to protect a president.
Bill Barr needs to learn that good government requires transparency. Leah Millis / Reuters; MSNBC
May 7, 2021, 7:49 PM UTC
Good government requires transparency. It’s why we have a free press, enshrined in the First Amendment. It’s why Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once wrote, “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.”
And it’s why U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s 35-page opinion in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Department of Justice is so important. In a move that drew only passing attention at the time, CREW filed a Freedom of Information Act request in April 2019 seeking guidance documents the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel provided to newly confirmed
SCHP trooper fired for alleged abuse now sued for excessive force in Myrtle Beach
SCHP trooper fired for alleged abuse now sued for excessive force in Myrtle Beach By Madison Martin | May 6, 2021 at 4:36 PM EDT - Updated May 6 at 6:22 PM
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper charged with third-degree assault and battery last year is now being sued for excessive force.
According to the State Law Enforcement Division, Eck had been involved in a fight with a suspected drunk driver on May 5, 2019, while he was off-duty.
The plaintiffs claim there’s more to their side of the story. Misconduct records WMBF News obtained also give more detail.
Honduran migrant is struck and killed by US Border Patrol vehicle while hiding in tall grass after crossing from Mexico into Texas
A Honduran man was killed and a second man was injured after they were run over by a border patrol vehicle Thursday while hiding in grass
The incident took place near the U.S.-Mexico border near Kennedy County, Texas
The migrants were with a group of individuals who had cross the border and were struck by the vehicle in an area surrounded by thick and tall grass
The injured migrant led the border officers to the other man who had been struck before paramedics declared him dead at scene of the accident