Cory Booker

12 Bipartisan Senators Demand Inspector General Audit of DOJ Epstein Files Compliance

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Twelve bipartisan senators write to DOJ Acting Inspector General Don Berthiaume demanding an audit of the Department’s compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The letter is led by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), with additional …

Richard Blumenthal Lisa Murkowski Jeff Merkley Chuck Schumer Amy Klobuchar +5 more epstein-network congressional-oversight doj-obstruction bipartisan inspector-general
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Law Enforcement Attacks Standing Rock Protesters With Water Cannons in Subfreezing Temperatures

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Morton County Sheriff’s Department and allied law enforcement agencies attack approximately 400 peaceful water protectors attempting to cross Backwater Bridge near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation with water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets, and concussion grenades in temperatures as low …

Morton County Sheriff's Department Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Mandan Rural Fire Department Standing Rock Medic and Healer Council Energy Transfer Partners +3 more police-violence indigenous-rights environmental-justice corporate-power excessive-force +2 more
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