Taken together, they signal an abrupt reversal from efforts by the Biden administration to stem the flood of unregulated semiautomatic handguns and rifles.
Attorney General Pam Bondi, right, is likely to roll back a policy that strips the federal licenses of firearms dealers found to have repeatedly violated federal laws and regulations.
Inside the department’s civil division, litigators are squeezed between judges demanding answers and bosses’ instructions to protect the Trump agenda at all costs.
Career lawyers say they increasingly feel trapped between President Trump’s political appointees, like Attorney General Pam Bondi, and judges who demand comprehensible answers to basic questions.
Erez Reuveni conceded in court that the deportation last month of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had a court order allowing him to stay in the United States, should never have taken place.
The Department of Justice building in Washington. Erez Reuveni was promoted to acting deputy director of the Justice Department’s Office of Immigration Litigation two weeks ago.
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