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(11,766 posts)WASHINGTON A lawyer representing the former U.S. pardon attorney complained in a letter to the Justice Department that it was using "security resources to intimidate" Liz Oyer ahead of her planned participation in a "shadow" hearing held Monday by congressional Democrats.
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Other participants will be former Justice Department prosecutor Ryan Crosswell, who resigned from the department's Public Integrity Section following an order to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams. The former acting U.S. attorney prosecuting the case criticized it as a possible quid pro quo, which Adams' attorneys and department leaders denied. Another will be Rachel Cohen, the former associate at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom who resigned just before the firm reached a deal to provide $100 million in legal services to causes Trump supports as part of an agreement for Trump to drop an executive order targeting it. Also at the hearing will be Stacey Young, a Justice Department veteran who launched the group Justice Connection to support department employees who were fired or resigned.
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