The Department of Justice sent a memo to the interim director of the civil rights division, ordering a freeze to all ongoing ...

The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in ...

On the Friday morning before Donald Trump’s inauguration, employees at the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division were ...

It is unclear exactly how long the pause will last, though The Washington Post reported the division will halt action for at ...

The memo doesn’t state how long the freeze will last. However, it widely shuts down the civil rights division for at least ...

The new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation, and suggested it may reconsider police ...

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By Glenn Thrush Reporting from Washington The Justice Department ... of staff at the department, ordered a “litigation freeze” at the department’s Civil Rights Division to decide whether ...

According to an internal memo, the U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights ... the division to not pursue any new cases or agree to settlements. Furthermore, it also states that ...