Jason Leopold is a senior investigative reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Los Angeles. He is a 2018 Pulitzer finalist for international reporting, recipient of the IRE 2016 FOI award.
Three top religious organizations that work closely with the US government on immigration and refugee matters sent a private letter last year to then–homeland security secretary John Kelly, urging him to reject a "harmful" proposal of separating undocumented parents and children at border crossings. They also warned that such a policy would traumatize the children and lead to "irreparable emotional scarring."
Labor Officials Were Alarmed By Trump's Jobs Report Tweet: "It's All Over The News"
Top officials at the Bureau of Labor Statistics expressed alarm over a tweet by President Donald Trump last month touting a jobs report before it was officially released, according to newly obtained emails.
In his June 1 tweet, Trump said: "Looking forward to seeing the employment numbers at 8:30 this morning."
The Environmental Protection Agency's internal watchdog launched three investigations this year into potential threats against Scott Pruitt, the agency's administrator. All three cases were closed due to a lack of evidence that Pruitt had been seriously threatened, according to documents obtained by BuzzFeed News.