US Justice Dept asks civil rights division to halt Biden era litigation, Washington Post reports

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has ordered its civil rights division to pause any existing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, and to not pursue any new cases or settlements, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.

The newspaper cited a memo sent to the temporary head of the division

(Reporting by Ryan Patrick Jones and Kanishka Singh)