Nov 19 Watch 6:15 What the appointment of a special counsel means for Trump’s legal troubles By Andrew Corkery, Claire Mufson On Friday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland tapped longtime federal prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to head up investigations involving former President Donald Trump. Smith's appointment came three days after Trump launched his third run for the White House. Continue watching
Nov 19 What are special counsels and what do they do? By Eric Tucker, Meg Kinnard, Associated Press The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the remainder of two significant investigations related to former President Donald Trump focuses fresh attention on the role such prosecutors have played in modern American history. Continue reading
Nov 16 Trump criminal probes will proceed — even as he runs for president By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Donald Trump has officially declared himself a candidate for president, but that won't shield him from the same criminal investigations that confront him as an ordinary citizen. Continue reading
Nov 07 Why the Justice Department is sending monitors to ensure voting rights in 24 states By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press Such monitoring occurs regularly on Election Day. This year, it comes as civil rights groups and the federal government have raised alarm over potential voter intimidation at some polling places and ballot boxes. Continue reading
Oct 31 Justice Department raises concern about armed people at Arizona ballot boxes By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Justice Department says reports of people watching ballot boxes in Arizona, sometimes armed or wearing ballistic vests, raise serious concerns about voter intimidation as it steps into a lawsuit over the monitoring. Continue reading
Oct 19 U.S. announces sanctions, criminal charges against network providing technology to Russian military By Eric Tucker, Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The Biden administration has announced a round of criminal charges and sanctions related to a complicated scheme to procure military technologies from U.S. manufacturers and illegally supply them to Russia for its war in Ukraine. Continue reading
Oct 11 Justice Department asks court to deny Donald Trump plea over FBI search By Mark Sherman, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Biden administration is urging the Supreme Court to steer clear of a legal fight over classified documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate. Continue reading
Oct 06 Whistleblower says 665 workers left FBI over misconduct in two decades By Jim Mustian, Eric Tucker, Associated Press A U.S. senator says a whistleblower has alleged that an internal review found 665 FBI personnel have resigned or retired to avoid accountability in misconduct probes over the past two decades. Continue reading
Aug 26 Justice Department releases redacted Trump Mar-a-Lago search affidavit By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department on Friday released a partially blacked out document explaining the justification for an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate earlier this month, when agents removed top secret government records and other classified documents. Continue reading
Aug 26 What to expect from Trump Mar-a-Lago search affidavit release By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department is set to release a heavily blacked-out document explaining the justification for an FBI search of Donald Trump's Florida estate earlier this month, when agents removed top secret government records and other classified documents. Continue reading