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FBI lawyer under investigation for altering Russia probe document: Report

A former FBI lawyer is being investigated for allegedly altering a document connected to the surveillance of Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, according to a report Thursday.

November 21, 2019

ATF pick kept in limbo by lack of GOP support

President Trump's pick to head the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is stuck in limbo nearly two months after a Senate committee postponed a vote to advance his nomination.

November 21, 2019

California Supreme Court rules state can’t force Trump to release tax returns

President Trump does not have to release his tax returns to get on California's 2020 primary ballot, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday.

November 21, 2019

Lindsey Graham: DOJ’s IG report on FBI’s alleged FISA abuses to be released Dec. 9

The Justice Department inspector general's report on the FBI's surveillance of Trump campaign officials in 2016 will be released on Dec. 9, Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham said Thursday.

November 21, 2019

Roger Stone asks to travel to Orange Park, Florida, for Thanksgiving

Roger Stone asked a federal judge on Wednesday for permission to travel to Florida in what could be his last Thanksgiving before heading to prison.

November 20, 2019

Hunter Biden fathered Arkansas woman’s baby, DNA test reveals

Hunter Biden is the father of an Arkansas woman's baby, according to a paternity test detailed in court papers filed Wednesday.

November 20, 2019

Prince Andrew steps away from public duties amid Jeffrey Epstein flap

Prince Andrew said Wednesday he is stepping away from public duties for the foreseeable future because of the controversy surrounding his relationship with billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

November 20, 2019

Improper use of FISA court among ‘performance challenges’ facing DOJ, says watchdog

The Justice Department inspector general raised alarms Wednesday about the FBI's use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to spy on Americans, including using surveillance databases for prohibited "fishing expeditions."

November 20, 2019

DOJ watchdog finds ‘significant weaknesses’ in FBI confidential source program

The FBI has "significant weaknesses" in its human confidential-source program, which could compromise criminal and intelligence investigations, the Justice Department inspector general said in a scathing report Tuesday.

November 19, 2019

Senators clash with Bureau of Prisons director over Epstein’s death

Senators ripped into the top official for federal prisons Tuesday for stonewalling questions about jail-cell death of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

November 19, 2019

Michael Horowitz, Justice Department IG, to testify on alleged FISA abuses on Dec. 11

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz will publicly testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his report into alleged surveillance abuses by the department and the FBI, committee chairman Lindsey Graham said Monday.

November 18, 2019

House Democrats probe whether Trump lied to Mueller

President Trump battled his political foes' legal assaults on two fronts Monday.

November 18, 2019

Roger Stone criminal trial attended by a parade of ‘alt-right’ personalities

The sideshow in the gallery was sometimes more gripping than what was happening on the stand at Roger Stone's perjury trial in federal court.

November 17, 2019

Stone lawyers scold Alex Jones; unidentified man blares ram’s horn, calls for presidential pardon

Roger Stone's trial may have ended Friday, but the circus that tends to follow the conservative firebrand did not.

November 16, 2019

Roger Stone trial: Michael Caputo, ex-Trump campaign adviser, removed from courtroom

Former Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo was kicked out of the Roger Stone trial Friday after he turned his back on jurors as they exited the courtroom.

November 15, 2019

Roger Stone guilty of obstruction, witness tampering and lying to Congress

Roger Stone, President Trump's longtime confidant was convicted Friday of lying to Congress and obstructing the Russia probe, a stunning fall from grace for the Republican operative.

November 15, 2019

Trump lawyers ask high court to block tax returns’ release

Lawyers for President Trump on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to block a New York grand jury from seizing his tax returns, setting up a landmark ruling on the extent of presidential immunity.

November 14, 2019

Roger Stone has ‘turned to God,’ spiritual adviser Randy Lancaster-Short says

As a former colleague from President Trump's 2016 campaign delivered damning testimony in the perjury trial of right-wing gadfly Roger Stone, the accused sat quietly at the defense table and did something no one expected: He read the Bible.

November 14, 2019

Democrats can demand 8 years of Trump taxes, court rules

House Democrats can demand eight years of President Trump's tax returns, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in a decision that sets up a fierce legal battle before the U.S. Supreme Court.

November 13, 2019

Justice Department hints it may not prosecute Andrew McCabe

The Justice Department hinted in a court filing Wednesday that it likely won't prosecute Andrew McCabe, saying it will no longer shield documents about the former FBI deputy director from public release.

November 13, 2019