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August 20, 2020

Steve Bannon, Brian Kolfage, others indicted: Read the charging documents

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was among four people indicted Thursday on charges of defrauding donors in an online fundraising scheme, "We Build The Wall." Read the documents here.

August 20, 2020

Steve Bannon, 'We Build the Wall' organizers arrested, charged with defrauding donors

Steve Bannon, a former adviser to President Trump, was among four suspects arrested Thursday and indicted in connection with an online fundraising campaign that allegedly defrauded donors of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Justice Department announced.

August 19, 2020

Andy McCarthy calls ex-FBI lawyer's guilty plea 'more like the beginning than the end' of Durham probe

Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith's guilty plea is just the "beginning" of the denouement of Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the Russia investigation, former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy said Wednesday.

August 19, 2020

Health misinformation on Facebook viewed nearly 3.8B times in last year

Health misinformation spread by networks on Facebook has been viewed 3.8 billion times over the last year, a new study reported Wednesday.

August 19, 2020

Operation Legend: More than 200 charged with federal crimes, 1,000 arrested, AG Barr announces

At least 217 people have been charged with a federal crime, and more than 1,000 arrests have been made in major metropolitan cities since the Justice Department launched Operation Legend in July, U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced on Wednesday.

August 19, 2020

Roger Stone appeal officially dismissed by federal court

Roger Stone's criminal case is officially at an end, now that the former associate of President Trump dropped his appeal of his conviction.

August 19, 2020

Ex-FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleads guilty in first criminal case arising from Durham probe

Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the investigation into links between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.

August 19, 2020

Operation Legend's federal charges by the numbers

Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday announced that Operation Legend has netted more than 200 federal charges since its launch in July 2020, in addition to separate homicide charges in some cases.

August 18, 2020

Sally Yates, top DOJ official fired by Trump, tells DNC president has ‘trampled the rule of law’

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates said President Trump has "trampled the rule of law" and accused him of using the Department of Justice to wage personal vendettas during her Democratic National Convention address on Tuesday.

August 18, 2020

Gregg Jarrett: Trump didn’t collude with Russia to get elected, Senate panel belatedly concludes

It took the committee three years to figure out the obvious: there is “absolutely no evidence that then-candidate Donald Trump or his campaign colluded with the Russian government to meddle in the 2016 election.”