Lawmakers accuse Justice Department of rushing SPLC indictment, citing whistleblower reports

By Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — Lawmakers have received whistle blower reports accusing a top Justice Department official of pressuring prosecutors to work quickly to indict the Southern Poverty Law Center despite misgivings about the case, House Democrats said in a new letter to the official, Associate Deputy Attorney General Aakash Singh. Reps. Jamie Raskin