{
  "id": 14771046,
  "title": "Sources: top DOJ officials halt career prosecutors' Biden-era investigation of Meta over facilitating illegal drug sales and are weighing more lenient options (Ben Penn/Bloomberg Law)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/sources-top-doj-officials-halt-career-prosecutors-biden-era",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-15T19:15:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/meta-platforms-drug-sale-criminal-probe-halted-by-doj-officials"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Top Justice Department officials have sidelined career prosecutors' long-running grand jury investigation of Meta Platforms …",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}