L.A. Politics

• Trump's DOJ hires voting rights lawyer behind L.A. case cited by conspiracy theorists - The Trump administration's new top voting rights lawyer is Eric Neff, a former L.A. County prosecutor who led a failed case against a voting software company that was the subject of conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
• Effort to ban ICE agents from wearing masks moves forward in L.A. County - L.A. County supervisors voted Tuesday to move forward with an ordinance that would ban ICE agents and other law enforcement officers from hiding their identities with face coverings while on duty.
• Attacks on ICE up 1,000%? Trump administration claim not backed up by court records - The Trump administration has cited a more than 1,000% increase in assaults on immigration agents to justify aggressive tactics. But court records reviewed by The Times show the majority of the alleged assaults in the areas where ICE and Bor