WASHINGTON ― Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rapidly shifting the Justice Department’s focus from Obama-era goals such as civil rights enforcement and criminal justice reform to conservative priorities. But the Justice Department, of course, has jurisdiction over much more than the Russia probe. The Justice Department prosecutes defendants ranging from high-profile terrorists and drug kingpins all the way down to demonstrators who chuckle during congressional hearings. A Justice Department spokesman said the plan is not yet finalized but issued a statement highlighting many of the same priorities addressed in the draft plan. Under Sessions, the Justice Department has retreated from police reform, which had become a top priority under the prior administration.

Source: Huffington Post March 08, 2018 23:00 UTC