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Justice Department reportedly opens perjury probe into E. Jean Carroll
Sources told CBS News and Reuters the inquiry centers on Carroll’s 2022 testimony about litigation funding. The Justice Department has declined to comment, and no charges have been announced
Second Amendment lawsuit
Civil liberties group sues Illinois over FOID gun-card law
The New Civil Liberties Alliance says Illinois’ firearm identification requirement unlawfully conditions gun possession on state permission
Immigration enforcement
DHS faults Illinois after convicted child sex abuser released despite ICE detainer
Federal officials said ICE later arrested Erik Giovanni-Quiroa in Chicago after Illinois authorities did not honor an immigration detainer following his conviction