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Despite Trump’s Pressure on Justice Dept., Certain Safeguards Are Beyond His Reach

By: Alan Feuer —
The criminal justice system has protections that could ultimately give pause to some of President Trump’s moves for revenge.

President Trump has sought to control the Justice Department to pursue his political enemies.

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Dismissals at Justice Dept. Would Bypass Civil Service and Whistle-Blower Laws

By: Devlin Barrett —
In court filings and dismissal letters, the Justice Department’s political leadership claims sweeping authority to fire career law enforcement officials without cause.

Justice Department veterans see an overarching pattern in the dismissals — a quickening effort by the Trump administration to ignore and eventually demolish longstanding civil service legal precedents meant to keep politics out of law enforcement work.

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‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Remembers When TV Had a Conscience, and a Spine

By: James Poniewozik —
A TV critic looks at George Clooney’s play about CBS News standing up to political pressure, even as its current ownership might succumb to it.

George Clooney as Edward R. Murrow in the stage production of “Good Night, and Good Luck.” The play, about CBS and political pressure in the 1950s, is running as the network faces it again.

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Trump Drops Nominee for U.S. Attorney, Ed Martin, After Republicans Balk

By: Glenn Thrush， Alan Feuer， Maggie Haberman and Devlin Barrett —
The means of Ed Martin’s ascent as the leading prosecutor for the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington was his path out of power.

Ed Martin has used his authority to upend the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, as well as dismantle and delegitimize the Jan. 6 inquiry.

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