{"id":2394062,"date":"2025-01-22T22:25:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T03:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-reportedly-halts-all-civil-rights-division-cases-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T22:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T03:26:08","slug":"doj-reportedly-halts-all-civil-rights-division-cases-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-reportedly-halts-all-civil-rights-division-cases-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ reportedly halts all Civil Rights Division cases &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-reportedly-halts-all-civil-rights-division-cases-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2394062&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary discusses a report stating that the Department of\u2064 Justice\u2064 (DOJ) \u2064has \u2062reportedly halted all cases within its \u200cCivil Rights Division.This news\u200b is \u2063highlighted in\u2064 a title, and the article \u200cseems to \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adl-nets-request-jeff-bezos-remove-film-in-kyrie-irving-controversy-from-amazon\/\" title=\"ADL &amp; Nets Request Jeff Bezos Remove Film in Kyrie Irving Controversy From Amazon\">provide additional context<\/a> and\u2064 details on the situation. Though, \u2063the available text mainly \u200bconsists \u2064of website layout elements and introductory metadata rather than \u200csubstantive content regarding the decision\u200d made\u200d by the\u200b DOJ. The \u2063mention \u200cof\u2063 a featured video implies there may be audiovisual elements related to the report. For \u200bfurther information, readers are encouraged to \u2062access the full article provided at the Washington Examiner&#8217;s website.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DOJ reportedly halts all Civil Rights Division cases<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1944126\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Justice<\/a> is reportedly halting all litigation from its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/civil-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Civil Rights<\/a> Division carried over from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Biden administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A memo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2025\/01\/22\/justice-civil-rights-freeze-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">instructed<\/a> division supervisor Kathleen Wolfe to ensure that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/civil-rights-attorneys-submit-letter-to-manhattan-da-claiming-nypd-fbi-conspired-in-malcolm-x-assassination\/\" title=\"Civil rights attorneys submit letter to Manhattan DA claiming NYPD, FBI conspired in Malcolm X assassination\">civil rights attorneys<\/a> do not file &ldquo;any new complaints, motions to intervene, agreed-upon remands, amicus briefs, or statements of interest,&rdquo; the <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2025\/01\/22\/justice-civil-rights-freeze-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The letter does not say how long the freeze will last, but the order essentially shuts down the division for at least the first couple of weeks of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump nominated Harmeet Dhillon to lead the division; she is awaiting Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-cumulus-media-employees-are-required-to-receive-covid-vaccine-before-returning-to-the-office-leaked-memo-reveals\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Cumulus Media Employees Are Required To Receive COVID Vaccine Before Returning To The Office, Leaked Memo Reveals\">memo states<\/a> that officials are implementing the freeze to be &ldquo;consistent with the Department&rsquo;s goal of ensuring that the Federal Government speaks with one voice in its view of the law and to ensure that the President&rsquo;s appointees or designees have the opportunity to decide whether to initiate any new cases.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A different memo sent to Wolfe on Wednesday reportedly told her that the Civil Rights Division must direct the Justice Department&rsquo;s chief of staff to any consent decrees the division has finalized within the last 90 days.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration hurried police reform agreements with several jurisdictions after Trump won the election, with the knowledge that his appointees could strike them down.<\/p>\n<p>One of the major recent moves by the division includes a federal oversight agreement with the city of Louisville, Kentucky, after the killing of Breonna Taylor, which sparked major protests. The next month, the division reached an agreement with leaders in Minneapolis over a police accountability plan years after the death of George Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has opposed the civil rights-adjacent DEI practices of the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/ending-illegal-discrimination-and-restoring-merit-based-opportunity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">executive order<\/a> on Tuesday concerning DEI titled &ldquo;Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-based Opportunity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Illegal DEI and DEIA policies not only violate the text and spirit of our longstanding Federal civil-rights laws, they also undermine our national unity, as they deny, discredit, and undermine the traditional American values of hard work, excellence, and individual achievement in favor of an unlawful, corrosive, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">pernicious identity-based spoils system<\/a>,&rdquo; the letter states.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1944126\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1944126\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ reportedly suspends all Civil Rights Division cases<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2394063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iStock-544352116-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49039,7076,36229,33211,32076],"class_list":["post-2394062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-civil-rights-division","tag-doj","tag-federal-law","tag-legal-news","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iStock-544352116-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2394062"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2394066,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2394062\/revisions\/2394066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2394063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2394062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2394062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2394062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}