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Trump Again Breaks With Intel Chief Over Russia

"I have President Putin, he just said it's not Russia. I will say this: I don't see any reason why it [would | would not] be."
Feds Reopen Case That Sparked Civil Rights Push
"The Till case has been re-opened by DOJ based upon the discovery of new information," according to a report issued to Congress on March 26.
The Honorable Michael R. Pence,
The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch,
The Honorable Mitch McConnell,
The Honorable Charles E. Schumer,
The Honorable Paul Ryan,
The Honorable Kevin McCarthy,
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi,
The Honorable Charles E. Grassley,
The Honorable Dianne Feinstein,
The Honorable Robert Goodlatte,
The Honorable Jerrold Nadler,

Pursuant to The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 and the Emmett Till Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016, enclosed please find a report on the activities of the Department of Justice regarding pre-1980 racially motivated homicides.

Please do not hesitate to contact this office if we may provide additional assistance regarding this or any other matter.*

"Because the matter is ongoing, the department can provide no further information about the current investigation," the report continues.

Last year, news broke that Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman whose accusations of Till's alleged flirtation sexual harassment contributed to  incited his murder, had admitted she lied on the witness stand.

* eg. the origin of the first federal hate-crime statutes in 1968. 42 USC 3631 and 18 USC 245 (p 20)

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by Cat on Wed Jul 18th, 2018 at 08:52:00 PM EST
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