A federal judge Thursday determined that a law enforcement commission ordered by President Trump violated federal rules on open meetings and that the panel must stop all work until it complies with the law.
U.S. District Judge John Bates said in the ruling that the 18-member Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice held private meetings without advanced notice to the public.
The judge noted that this violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which mandates that meetings of federal “advisory committees” “must be open to the public,” “must make its records and drafts publicly available” and “must give notice of any meetings in the Federal Register at least 15 days before the meeting is held.”
The judge added that the commission also violated the component of FACA that states committees must be “fairly balanced” in the viewpoints represented. The 18-member law enforcement commission, which Trump ordered Attorney General William Barr to create in October 2019, consisted exclusively of law-enforcement personnel.
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The Trump administration cares nothing for laws.
According to Politico, Barr was scheduled to receive the committee’s final report later this month. However, the judge ruled that all recommendations and activities of the commission will only be allowed to resume once the group comes into compliance with FACA’s guidelines.
In the words of the country's worst president ever, we'll see.
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