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DOJ Frees Federal Prosecutors To Take Steps That Could Interfere With Elections, Weakening Long-Standing Policy
In an internal announcement, the Justice Department created an exception to a decadeslong policy meant to prevent prosecutors from taking overt investigative steps that might affect the outcome of the vote.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09:  U.S. President Donald Trump meets with members of the airline industry at the White House February 9, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump held a listening session with the group to advance issues relative to the airline industry. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
"The government choses to persecute us for doing no more than exercising our right to defend ourselves, our home, our property and our family,” says Mark McCloskey, addressing the press alongside his wife Patricia on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, outside the Carnahan Courthouse. Their hearing scheduled for today was postponed until next week. The McCloskeys were charged in July with brandishing guns at protesters outside their Portland Place mansion in June. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
St. Louis Couple Indicted For Waving Guns At Protesters
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