Advocates and lawmakers argue that the program has been a resounding success, and that it would be unjust to reincarcerate thousands of individuals who abided by the terms of their home confinement.
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“If you re one of these people, you re trying to figure out, Do I go back to college? Do I start a new job? Do I start a family? Do I sign a lease? I mean, what can I do, not knowing where I m going to be in six months?’ That s cruel to keep somebody in that doubt and uncertainty for this long and to say, ‘You know, don t worry about it, it s not going to happen tomorrow,’” said Kevin Ring, president of the advocacy group Families Against Mandatory Minimums.
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A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice during the Russia investigation.
The Justice Department had refused to give the March 24, 2019, memorandum to a government transparency group that requested it under the Freedom of Information Act, saying the document represented the private advice of lawyers and was produced before any formal decision had been made and was therefore exempt from disclosure under public records law.
But U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, in a sharp rebuke of Barr, said the Justice Department had obscured “the true purpose of the memorandum” when it withheld the document.
Former Attorney General William Barr leaned heavily on the memo in declining to charge Trump with a crime, but Barr never released the document publicly.
Judge orders Justice Department to release Trump obstruction memo Published 4 hours ago
FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2020, file photo, Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice during the Russia investigation. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)
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Print article WASHINGTON A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice during the Russia investigation.
Federal judge orders Justice Dept. to release obstruction memo on former President Trump Share Updated: 12:21 AM EDT May 5, 2021 ERIC TUCKER MANDEL NGAN/GETTY US President Donald Trump (R) and US Attorney General William Barr step off Air Force One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on September 1, 2020. SOURCE: MANDEL NGAN/GETTY
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 12:21 AM EDT May 5, 2021 ERIC TUCKER A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice during the Russia investigation.The Justice Department had refused to give the March 24, 2019, memorandum to a government transparency group that requested it under the Freedom of Information Act, sayin