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One of the last remaining checks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private-prison contractors running immigration detention centers has all but collapsed, leaving thousands of people trapped in a system with nearly non-existent oversight. The post NPR: Here’s how the system to report problems in ICE detention has failed immigrants appeared first on Government Accountability Project .
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin sent a letter to Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division, demanding records and testimony concerning alleged political interference, which may have improperly influenced Title VI investigations involving major universities. The post Government Accountability Project…
Investigations at three universities raised concerns for a former DOJ lawyer. The post ABC News: DOJ investigations into alleged antisemitism at Ivy League universities had predetermined conclusions: Whistleblower appeared first on Government Accountability Project .
A former Justice Department lawyer says Trump administration leaders ignored findings that elite schools, including Brown and Columbia, hadn’t broken the law as they pressed them into deals. The post New York Times: Trump Officials Ignored Their Own University Investigators, Lawyer Says appeared first on Government Accountability Project .
A former Department of Justice attorney has said the Trump administration's probes of U.S. universities over accusations of antisemitism lacked evidence and had predetermined outcomes. The post Reuters: Trump administration antisemitism probes into universities lacked evidence, ex-DOJ attorney says appeared first on Government Accountability Project .
Whistleblowers say the Justice and Health and Human Services Departments’ antisemitism investigations at Brown, Columbia and Harvard Universities last year were politically motivated probes that were predetermined and legally spurious. The post Inside Higher Ed: Whistleblowers: DOJ, HHS Antisemitism Investigations Were Predetermined appeared first on Government Accountability Project .
A former Justice Department attorney casts doubt on claims of systemic antisemitism at Brown, Harvard and Columbia. The post Washington Post: Politics drove antisemitism probes against Ivy League schools, DOJ whistleblower says appeared first on Government Accountability Project .
The Trump administration pressured its career civil rights attorneys to investigate allegations of antisemitism at the university campuses of Harvard, Columbia and Brown even though there was no factual or legal basis to do so, according to a former Justice Department attorney. The post CBS News: Former DOJ lawyer alleges Trump administration abused investigative process to target Harvard, Brown…
A new whistleblower complaint accuses the Justice Department (DOJ) of having “predetermined” outcomes when it launched antisemitism investigations into Ivy League schools, writing that in some cases, investigators had failed to find any violations of law when the Trump administration demanded settlements. The post The Hill: Whistleblowers accuse Trump administration of ‘predetermined’ outcomes in…
"The disclosure, by Haley Van Erem, a veteran Justice Department civil rights attorney, involves investigations into whether Harvard, Brown and Columbia universities broke the law by allowing antisemitism to flourish on their campuses." The post MS Now: Whistleblower says probes into antisemitism at colleges were ploys to harass and strip millions appeared first on Government Accountability…