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'Troubling escalation': Reporter pinpoints terrifying 'signal' Trump DOJ just sent

The Justice Department official leading the Trump administration’s fight over California’s mail ballots isn’t from the division that usually handles voting cases. He runs its criminal side. A new report says that choice may be the point. R. Trent McCotter is the acting deputy attorney general, and he oversees both criminal and civil litigation. Democracy…

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