The U.S. Justice Department sued six more states on Thursday, saying the states are illegally blocking the agency's wide-ranging effort to scrutinize detailed voter data in a brewing court fight over what states say is the private,

The directive suggests department leaders are following orders from the president, a major break from decades of past practice meant to insulate the agency from political interference.

The indictment came after Trump fired a prosecutor for refusing to charge Comey and called for Attorney General Pam Bondi to do so.