The City of Worcester paid more than $250,000 to a lawyer who pushed back on the Department of Justice's findings in its investigation of the Worcester Police Department.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is directing federal prosecutors to investigate state or local officials who won’t enforce the Trump administration’s immigration policies, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.

The so-called pattern or practice probe into the Worcester police, announced in December, has yet to result in such a binding court agreement. Changes at the U.S. Attorney's Office It was not immediately clear Thursday whether the Justice Department would cease all follow-up on the Worcester report.

A Worcester spokesperson confirmed with MassLive that there have been no changes with respect to negotiations with the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) over a damning report about the city’s police department,