
Why the Biden Justice Department wants to help Donald Trump fight a defamation lawsuit
CNN
For some who have worked in the DOJ, the department's position came as no surprise because they saw it as an effort to protect the institution of the presidency
After all, the White House has changed hands since the lawsuit was first filed, and the Justice Department -- which, under former Attorney General William Barr, widely seen as a staunch Trump ally, initially argued for the right to substitute itself for Trump as the defendant -- is now led by Merrick Garland.
The Justice Department’s leadership asked career prosecutors in Florida Tuesday to volunteer over the “next several days” to help to redact the Epstein files, in the latest internal Trump administrationpush toward releasing the hundreds of thousands of photos, internal memos and other evidence around the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The US State Department on Tuesday imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship – sharply ratcheting up the Trump administration’s fight against European regulations that have impacted digital platforms, far-right politicians and Trump allies, including Elon Musk.











