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Federal judge rules DOJ can’t be trusted

When the Justice Department is treated as an untrustworthy adversary, it is no longer defending the Constitution.

Jason Weisberger
Feb 09, 2026
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In what may be a watershed moment, a Federal judge has determined that Trump’s Department of Justice is not to be trusted with sensitive voter information. Not only could this impact multiple cases in multiple states, but it could also lead to the total erosion of the presumption of regularity.

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