Trump and Aides Drove Family Separation at Border, Documents Say (Published 2021)
Notes and testimony from a Justice Department official implicate President Trump and White House aides in the “zero tolerance” policy that led to family separations at the border.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/politics/trump-family-separation.html
During a meeting with Mr. Sessions on May 11, 2018, the attorney general told the prosecutors, “we need to take away children,” according to the notes. Moments later, he described Mr. Trump as “very intense, very focused” on the issue, according to one person taking notes at the meeting.