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Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. First, let’s look at the law. Moreover, it is not clear how transporting migrants who entered the country illegally to another state is a violation of law.
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Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have pushed for restrictions on “unacceptable” speech. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University and the author of “ The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.” Other Democrats such as Sen.
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Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, despite a referral from the DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), which found evidence that she lied to investigators and may have improperly sought to influence an election. The decision follows a pattern of DOJ refusing to charge its own.
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