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• Erez Reuveni, a career Justice Department lawyer, was fired in April after acknowledging a mistaken deportation in court and resisting pressure to make legally unsupported claims. Reuveni’s dismissal—despite a recent promotion and a long record of loyal government service—has become emblematic of a wider purge under the second Trump administration, which has sidelined or ousted hundreds of DOJ lawers deemed insufficiently loyal. Reuveni has since filed a whistleblower complaint detailing instances of senior officials disregarding court orders and pressuring attorneys to mislead judges. (The New Yorker)
• Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is defending his administration’s decision to spend $430,000 in taxpayer funds on outside legal counsel from K&L Gates to prepare for a congressional hearing on immigration policy. Walz hired the firm ahead of a June 12 House Oversight Committee hearing focused on “sanctuary states,” a label he rejects for Minnesota. The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office supported the move, but Republican lawmakers blasted the expenditure as wasteful. (Minnesota Public Radio)
• A confidentiality agreement between the NFL and the NFL Players Association has drawn scrutiny from players and legal experts after it concealed a key arbitration ruling that found top NFL executives, including longtime general counsel Jeff Pash, encouraged team owners...

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