Justice Dept. Disbands Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit

Justice Dept. Disbands Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit

The Trump administration is disbanding a unit in the Justice Department that was responsible for investigating cryptocurrency crimes, criticizing the Biden administration as too aggressive against the fast-growing industry. In a memo issued late Monday, Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, denounced his predecessors for investigating cryptocurrency operators in a manner he called “ill conceived…

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Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders

Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders

A senior Justice Department immigration lawyer was put on indefinite leave Saturday after questioning the Trump administration’s decision to deport a Maryland man to El Salvador — one day after representing the government in court. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche suspended Erez Reuveni, the acting deputy director of the department’s immigration litigation division, for failing…

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Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights

Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights

The Justice Department’s pardon attorney was dismissed a day after she refused to recommend that the actor Mel Gibson, a prominent supporter of President Trump’s, should have his gun rights restored, according to the attorney and others familiar with the situation. Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, described the sequence of events as an…

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