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Judge orders Justice Department to release Trump obstruction memo A judge ordered the release of a 2019 legal memo to a government accountability group, ruling the document prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr as he prepared to issue his conclusions did not qualify as protected attorney-client communications. In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson characterized the memo as a "strategic" document, asserting that Justice Department officials had come to a predetermined conclusion that Trump would not be charged with obstruction of justice. Jackson also criticized B...

Former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe, who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks, was wrongly terminated CNN 58 mins ago By Ryan Young, Devon M. Sayers, Maria Cartaya and Ray Sanchez, CNN © Fulton County Sheriff's Department Former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe faces a felony murder charge in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks last June. Garrett Rolfe, the former Atlanta police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy's parking lot, was wrongly terminated, the Atlanta Civil Service Board has ruled. "We are very excited that the Civil Boar...

And the ban stayed on Julius Lasin, USA TODAY © Alex Brandon, AP In this Jan. 12, 2021, file photo, President Donald Trump tours a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Alamo, Texas. Former President Donald Trump's ban on Facebook was upheld by the company's oversight board. Meanwhile, Peloton is in hot water because of a recall announced weeks after the federal government requested one. It's Julius. Here's Wednesday's news to know.  Facebook upholds Trump's ban The Facebook Oversight Board upheld Trump's suspension from Facebook and Instagram, four months after orig...

Atlanta officer who killed Rayshard Brooks reinstated Last month during a virtual hearing, the officer requested back pay, benefits and a position back on the force. The officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of  Rayshard Brooks was recently reinstated to the force and will remain on administrative leave as decided by the Atlanta Civil Service Board. Garrett Rolfe was initially fired from the Atlanta Police Department for his involvement in the shooting of Brooks in June 2020. But on Wednesday, The Atlanta Civil Service Board decided he was wrongfully terminated and plans to reve...

Atlanta's Civil Service Board overturned the dismissals of Ivory Streeter and Mark Gardner on Monday The board said the city didn't follow its own personnel procedures in the firings Both Streeter and Gardner are still facing charges of aggravated assault for the May 30 altercation The officers confronted Messiah Young and Taniyah Pilgrim as they were stuck in traffic after a curfew declared by the mayor during George Floyd protests Police body camera footage showed the officers shouting at the college students, firing tasers at them and dragging them from the car