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May 6, 2019

Michael Cohen swipes at Trump as he reports to prison: ‘There still remains much to be told’

Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer who publicly turned on his ex-boss while under investigation, reported to federal prison Monday for a three-year sentence -- while taking a few more swipes at President Trump and teasing future revelations about his conduct en route to the slammer. 

May 3, 2019

Trump-Russia conspiracy created by top Obama-era officials to 'justify' investigation of Team Trump: Andrew McCarthy

The coming weeks will expose to all Americans the true genesis of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation -- and just how it is tied to some of the highest Obama-era officials.

May 2, 2019

White House rips Mueller in letter to DOJ, says team ‘failed in their duty to act as prosecutors’

The White House tore into Robert Mueller and his investigators in a recent letter to Attorney General Bill Barr that argued the special counsel's team included "political statements" in their Russia report and "failed" to act as traditional prosecutors -- while stating President Trump reserves his right to invoke executive privilege on matters related to the report.

May 1, 2019

Barr accuses Dems of using criminal justice process as ‘political weapon,’ as hearing tensions flare

Attorney General William Barr fired back Wednesday at Democrats who for weeks have called his integrity into question over his handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report, suggesting during a testy Capitol Hill hearing they were only using the issue to score political points ahead of the 2020 election -- and advising that the DOJ's role in the controversy is now "over."

May 1, 2019

Barr hearing: AG reveals tensions with Mueller team over Russia probe conclusion, obstruction punt

Attorney General William Barr, in highly anticipated Senate testimony Wednesday, revealed tensions between the Justice Department and Robert Mueller’s team over the special counsel’s final report on the Russia investigation, pointedly saying he was surprised Mueller didn’t come to a conclusion over whether President Trump obstructed justice.

May 1, 2019

AG William Barr testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee over Mueller report handling -- live blog

Attorney General William Barr testified Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

April 29, 2019

Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein submits resignation

Rosenstein's resignation will take effect May 11.

April 24, 2019

Former State Department worker, 63, pleads guilty in China spy case

A former State Department employee admitted Wednesday to misleading investigators about accepting thousands of dollars of gifts and benefits from Chinese intelligence agents in exchange for information.

April 24, 2019

DOJ rejects subpoena from House Dems for testimony from top official John Gore

The Justice Department said Wednesday that it was defying a subpoena from House Democrats on the Oversight Committee for testimony this week from John Gore, the official who leads the department’s civil rights division, because the committee isn’t allowing a DOJ attorney to be present.

April 23, 2019

Deroy Murdock: Obama crony Eric Holder should stop lecturing William Barr on legal ethics

I hereby nominate Eric Holder for the inaugural Nobel Prize for Chutzpah.