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Barr Says He Won't Be 'Bullied'

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The Whistleblower Complaint Raises Big Questions About Attorney General Barr—and Trump

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William Barr Is the Wrong Person to Lead the Jeffrey Epstein Investigation

Jeffrey Epstein is dead. His victims will never have their day in court, at least not with this defendant. It is critical that the Justice Department conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances of his...

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“The tweet this morning was the first I had heard of the President’s position on this issue”

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Four of Silicon Valley's biggest tech firms — Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple — could face antitrust investigations from the Trump Administration and Congress. After unusual negotiations on the subject, the Federal Trade Commission agreed...

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Signs Mueller Isn't Done Yet

Then-White House lawyer Ty Cobb once told Reuters that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation would be wrapping up within a few months. That was in mid-August of 2017 — more than 17 months ago. Cobb...

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President Trump Told Congress Something Untrue. Here's Why That's a Big Deal

When President Donald Trump gave his first address to a joint session of Congress in February of 2017, he claimed that "the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came...

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Inspector General's Report Criticizes James Comey

A Department of Justice report found that former FBI Director James Comey and other top officials did not follow standard procedures in their handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server, but did not...

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Scholar Argues Mueller Probe Is Unconstitutional

One of the founders of the conservative Federalist Society is advancing a controversial legal theory that Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation is unconstitutional. In a guest editorial in the Wall Street Journal earlier this month...

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The 3-Part Strategy of Trump's Attack on the Russia Investigation

President Donald Trump has long called the special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election a "witch hunt." But in recent weeks he's sought to turn up the heat even more. Earlier this...

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Former Justice Department Employees Ask Congress to Act 'Forcefully' If Robert Mueller Is Fired

Nearly 500 former Department of Justice employees have signed on to a statement calling on Congress to "swiftly and forcefully" intervene if President Trump moves to oust Special Counsel Robert Mueller. First published on Friday,...

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Congress May Try to Protect Mueller From Trump

Only President Donald Trump knows for sure if he has decided to fire special counsel Robert Mueller or senior staffers at the U.S. Department of Justice. But White House aides and members of Congress, responding...

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John McCain Says Trump Is 'Doing Putin's Job for Him' by Attacking the FBI

Sen. John McCain accused President Donald Trump of "doing Putin's job for him" Friday morning after Trump accused leadership of the Justice Department and FBI of anti-Republican bias. After Trump tweeted that investigators looking into...

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Everybody We Know Robert Mueller Has Interviewed in the Trump Investigation So Far

Special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional investigators have interviewed roughly 50 people who work at the White House or were involved in Donald Trump's campaign. Based on a compilation by CBS of known interviews, that...

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Jeff Sessions Interviewed as Part of Robert Mueller's Russia Investigation

Robert Mueller's team interviewed Attorney General Sessions last week as part of its investigation, the Justice Department confirmed to TIME. Justice Department spokesperson Sarah Isgur Flores said the special counsel's office had interviewed Sessions in...

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Can the President Be Charged With Obstruction of Justice?

President Trump's attorney put forward a disputed legal theory Monday that the president cannot be found guilty of obstruction of justice. In an interview with Axios, Trump lawyer John Dowd said that the president by...

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