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DOJ prosecutor abruptly quits as judge weighs criminal probe over Trump crackdown Raw Story

A Justice Department prosecutor abruptly retired this week after being warned she could be fired for defending herself as a judge weighs a criminal probe tied to President Donald Trump's Chicago immigration crackdown.Sheri Mecklenburg, the former lead prosecutor in the "Broadview Six" protest case, ...

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'Broadview Six' prosecutor breaks silence, says she 'owns' mistakes but there's 'no basis' for smears Chicago Sun-Times

Lawyers for former federal prosecutor Sheri Mecklenburg say she retired Thursday from the Justice Department — a week before a federal judge is expected to hold a crucial hearing over the mishandling of the "Broadview Six" case.

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Angela Merkel Distances Herself From Failing German Chancellor Merz After Election Humiliations – The ‘Grandmother of Mass Migration’ Vows to Return CDU to a ‘People’s Party’ * The Gateway Pundit * by The Gateway Pundit

Debacle: ruling CDU failed to reach the 5% threshold and is out of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania regional parliament.

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Merz party has worst state result in postwar German history Hartford Courant

Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservatives posted their worst-ever result in a German state election, where exit polls showed his party with single-digit support in a northeastern Baltic coast region and trailing a far-left party in Berlin. The Christian Democratic Union won 5.5% of the vote in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Sunday, according to an exit poll from broadcaster ARD, ...

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Germany's Merz struggles to stay on track after humiliating regional election defeat The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a struggle to stabilize his position and keep his agenda on track after voters inflicted two more defeats on his party, ejecting it from a state legislature for the first time. The unpopular Merz vowed to stay on and push through reforms to Germany, minutes after polls closed on Sunday in regional elections in Berlin and in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Still, final results underlined the extent of what Merz conceded was a “disaster” in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. His center-right Christian Democratic Union fell just below the 5% of the vote needed to keep seats in the regional parliament, the first time that has happened.

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