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Barr Installs Outside Prosecutor to Review Case Against Michael Flynn, Ex-Trump Adviser — Amid turmoil in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, the attorney general has also sent outside prosecutors to review other politically sensitive cases. — WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr …
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‘Disturbing’: Federal Judge Blasted DOJ for Leaving McCabe in ‘Limbo’ — “I think as a government and as a society we're going to pay a price at some point for this,” Judge Reggie Barnett Walton told DOJ attorneys. — Justice Department attorneys struggled with mounting frustration …
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Roger Stone asks for new trial in sealed motion, one day after Trump accused jury forewoman of bias — Defense attorneys for Roger Stone demanded a new trial Friday, one day after President Trump suggested that the forewoman in his friend's case had “significant bias.”
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Justice Dept. won't charge Andrew McCabe, the former FBI official who authorized the investigation of President Trump — The Justice Department will not bring charges against former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe for lying to investigators about a media disclosure, according to people familiar …
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Ethics Complaint Against AG Barr Filed with DOJ Inspector General — Attorney General William Barr has been named in a formal complaint with both the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) and Office of the Inspector General (OIG).


The Soul of the Justice Department: Who Must Stand Up For It Now — Over the course of 20 years in public service, including 15 at the Department of Justice, I had the opportunity to work under some great Justice Department leaders, including Janet Reno and Bob Mueller.

Trump unleashed — does the press know how to handle his authoritarian ways?
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Trump thinks the Justice Department is his personal grudge squad
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Trump-Barr divide worsens as the president bucks a request to stop tweeting, and the Justice …
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Justice Department opens inquiry into FBI interview at heart of Flynn's guilty plea
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Andrew McCabe, Ex-F.B.I. Official, Will Not Be Charged in Lying Case
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The Right's Big Lie About Roger Stone
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U.S. officials: Using Huawei tech opens door to Chinese spying, censorship
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Please stop tweeting, Mr. President. It's making it much more difficult for me to do your bidding!
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DOJ drops probe into former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe
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Bill de Blasio Endorses Bernie Sanders — The New York City mayor, who was briefly a presidential candidate himself, is scheduled to campaign with Mr. Sanders in Nevada ahead of the caucuses there next week. — Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York, whose brief presidential campaign failed …
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Bernie Sanders is leading the 2 most important states on Super Tuesday
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De Blasio to endorse Bernie Sanders
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As impeachment trial ended, federal prosecutors took new steps in probe related to Giuliani, according to people familiar with case — As the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump drew to a close in Washington earlier this month, federal prosecutors in New York contacted witnesses …


Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities — Agents from a special tactical team that normally confronts smugglers on the border are being sent to sanctuary cities across the country. — The Trump administration is deploying law enforcement tactical units …
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Michael Avenatti guilty on all counts in Nike extortion case — Avenatti was arrested in March, about 15 minutes after tweeting that he had scheduled a press conference to “disclose a major high school/college basketball scandal perpetrated by @Nike.” — Lawyer Michael Avenatti …
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Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti found guilty in Nike extortion trial
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Bloomberg's meme spree prompts changes in Facebook, Instagram rules — Presidential contender Mike Bloomberg's spree of often-surreal social media memes is having one concrete impact — it prompted Facebook to make another change Friday in its rules for paid political content.
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Army won't investigate Vindman over impeachment testimony, top leader says — The Army will not investigate Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council staffer who testified in the president's impeachment investigation, the service's top civilian said Friday.
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Ilhan Omar's husband discovered she was cheating on him with her chief fundraiser when he walked in on the lovers in pajamas - and now the congresswoman is paying ex $250,000 for his silence — Ahmed Hirsi discovered Ilhan Omar having an affair with married Tim Mynett when he went …
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Trump mocks the faith of others. His own religious practices remain opaque. — In September 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump gathered evangelical pastors, whose support he had courted assiduously, to discuss the political beliefs that they shared.


She pushed Trump to exit the Paris climate agreement and roll back environmental rules. And she's returning to EPA as chief of staff. — One of EPA's first Trump appointees, Mandy Gunasekara has run a ‘pro-Trump nonprofit’ since leaving the agency a year ago.


No, radical policies won't drive election-winning turnout — No myth is stronger in progressive circles than the magical, wonderworking powers of voter turnout. It's become a sort of pixie dust that you sprinkle over your strenuously progressive positions to ward off any suggestion that they might turn off voters.


Sanders holds lead heading into Nevada's Democratic caucuses, poll finds — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leads the presidential field by a solid margin among likely Democratic caucusgoers heading into Nevada's four-day early voting period, but all six of the candidates actively campaigning …
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We Checked the Iowa Caucus Math. Here's Where It Didn't Add Up. — Caucus volunteers tally the final round votes. Then they divide the county delegates among the viable candidates based on their vote shares. — They must round down or up to the nearest whole number to award the delegates.


U.S. Readied Sanctions on Russian Oligarch's Associates—Then Mysteriously Backed Off — “Somebody overruled [Treasury], essentially,” one sanctions expert said. “That's the most likely scenario.” — Something strange happened in mid-December involving Oleg Deripaska, the Russian oligarch.
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US cites reports Oleg Deripaska helped Vladimir Putin launder cash
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Queer activists disrupt Pete Buttigieg event in San Francisco: ‘We deserve better’ — Fundraiser highlights division as growing number of LGBTQ+ voters say his views don't represent them — Play Video — At the center of San Francisco's National LGBTQ Center for the Arts …
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Trump's 29th Trip To Mar-a-Lago Brings Golf Tab To 334 Years Of Presidential Salary — The president often brags about not taking a paycheck, but his golf hobby has now cost taxpayers $133.8 million. — President Donald Trump returned to Mar-a-Lago on Friday evening for the 29th golf-related trip …
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