Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ended the Justice Department’s practice of diverting money from financial fraud settlements to third-party nonprofits, a practice Republican lawmakers have decried as a “slush fund” for liberal groups.
The move was the latest example of the Trump administration rolling back a rules change made by the Obama administration, and it came after Republican complaints that the practice was a move aimed at bolstering groups backed by former President Barack Obama and Democrats.
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