DOJ punches back after Illinois city moves to dismiss lawsuit against ‘race-based’ reparations program

FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Justice (DOJ) is pushing back after the city of Evanston, Illinois, signaled plans to throw out a federal lawsuit challenging its race-based reparations program.

The legal standoff escalated after a federal judge granted the Justice Department’s request to intervene and join the civil rights lawsuit originally brought by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch.

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