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  "path": "/2026/04/07/trumps-justice-department-dropped-23000-criminal-investigations-to-focus-on-deportations/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T03:23:00.000Z",
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    "declined cases",
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  "textContent": "This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. In the first days after Pam Bondi was appointed attorney general last year, the Department of Justice began shutting down pending criminal cases at a record pace. The cases included an investigation into a Virginia nursing home with a recent record of patient abuse; probes of […]",
  "title": "Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations To Focus On Deportations"
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