"The Justice Department can’t access New York’s or West Virginia’s unredacted voter rolls, judges said as they handed the federal government two more court losses in its quest to obtain the lists from all 50 states." (References SDRI Research.)
"According to a July 10 letter to city leadership obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the DOJ said Milwaukee’s mask ban “threatens the safety of federal officers and their lawful operations.” The letter was signed by Brett Shumate, Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division, and Brad Schimel, the head of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Wisconsin." (References SDRI Research).
"The Justice Department rejected Milwaukee’s attempts to prohibit immigration agents from wearing masks in a Friday letter to Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson and City Attorney Evan Goyke." (References SDRI Research).
"In a letter to Utah’s top election official earlier this week, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice said she could be subject to “criminal penalties” if noncitizens cast ballots in upcoming elections." (References SDRI Research).
"In the days since a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in east Houston, community leaders, residents and officials from nearly every corner of the city have called for an independent investigation into the shooting."
"In seeking en banc review, the U.S. Department of Justice argued that a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit misread a section of the 1960 Civil Rights Act that empowers the U.S. attorney general to obtain certain state voting records to enforce federal election law." (References SDRI Research).
"In February - in the wake of federal agents shooting and killing two Minneapolis residents - Milwaukee council members were defiant."
"Federal law makes it very difficult to file lawsuits against federal officers, but some states have adopted their own laws to give people a so-called cause of action to sue."
"Nearly six months have passed since federal officers shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis. No one has been arrested, the Trump administration has provided no reason to believe that any serious investigation is taking place, and federal officials continue to stonewall state and local investigators in Minnesota."
"Dissenting Judge John Nalbandian, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, contended that a state’s voter registration file is covered by the 1960 Civil Rights Act, which empowers the U.S. attorney general to obtain certain state voting records to enforce federal election law."