Tuesday, July 18, 2017

APNewsBreak: US restoring asset seizures _ with safegaurds

July 18, 2017 at 04:19PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will soon restore the ability of police to seize suspects' money and property with federal help, but there will be safeguards.

The Associated Press has learned the policy will come with new provisions aimed at preventing the types of abuse that led the Obama Justice Department to severely curtail some asset forfeiture.

The policy to be rolled out this week targets a tactic that lets local authorities seize property using federal law.

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