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Adam Schiff says Merrick Garland moved too slowly on Trump prosecutions
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Senator Adam Schiff said in a recent interview that Attorney General Merrick Garland proceeded too cautiously in pursuing criminal cases against Donald Trump, arguing that Garland’s effort to restore the Justice Department’s image of non-partisanship delayed investigations into the former president and his inner circle.
Relatives of two Trinidadian men killed in a U.S. airstrike off Venezuela's coast have filed the first federal lawsuit against the government in Massachusetts. The suit accuses the Trump administration of wrongful death and extrajudicial killings in a campaign that has targeted dozens of vessels since September. The plaintiffs deny any drug trade involvement by the victims.
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A federal judge in Virginia has dismissed the Justice Department’s criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that the acting U.S. attorney who secured the indictments was unlawfully appointed. The dismissals were issued without prejudice, leaving open the possibility that prosecutors could try to bring new charges.