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DOJ rushed indictment of SPLC, according to whistleblower reports (www.ms.now)
submitted 13 hours ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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A senior Trump administration Justice Department official ordered federal prosecutors in Alabama to “rush through” a controversial indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center despite concerns about the strength of the case, according to a description of a whistleblower account obtained exclusively by MS NOW.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, ranking Democrat on the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, describe the whistleblower allegations in a letter sent Thursday to Kevin Davidson, the acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.

“According to whistleblower information provided to this Committee, Associate Deputy Attorney General Aakash Singh ordered your office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama, to rush through the indictment of the SPLC, despite serious concerns about the strength of the case,” the letter said.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The speed of it is hardly the problem! The real issue is that it's an entirely made-up fascist witch hunt, that no amount of slow and careful work could ever justify!