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Garland rescinds Trump-era memo curtailing consent decrees

by Michael Balsamo
| April 16, 2021 9:30 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday rescinded a Trump-era memo that curtailed the use of consent decrees that federal prosecutors have used in sweeping investigations of police departments.

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