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Lisa Page to appear Tuesday on MSNBC’s ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’

Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page said she will be interviewed Tuesday night on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show."

December 17, 2019

Rick Gates sentenced to 45 days in prison; 36 months probation

Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates received 45 days in prison from a federal judge Tuesday, the latest in a string of underwhelming sentences handed down in the Mueller probe that has cost taxpayers roughly $32 million and brought no Russia collusion-related convictions.

December 17, 2019

Mueller grand jury materials necessary for impeachment probe, Democrats tell court

Lawyers for the House Judiciary Committee told a federal court Monday the panel's impeachment investigation will continue even after the House votes on the impeachment of President Trump.

December 16, 2019

William Webster, only man to serve as head of FBI and CIA, assails Trump, Barr in scathing op-ed

William Webster, the only man to serve as director of the CIA and FBI, blasted President Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr in a blistering op-ed published Monday.

December 16, 2019

Edward O’Callaghan, top DOJ official who oversaw Russia probe, to step down

The Justice Department official who served as the main liaison to former special counsel Robert Mueller's team will step down later this month, the department announced Monday.

December 16, 2019

Ex-NFL players charged with scheme to defraud league’s health care benefit plan

Clinton Portis and four other former Washington Redskins are among 12 retired NFL players accused by federal prosecutors of submitting false medical claims to the league's health care program for retired players.

December 12, 2019

Michael Horowitz: IG report doesn’t vindicate FBI

The Justice Department's inspector general warned Wednesday that his report does not vindicate the FBI's actions in the investigation of 2016 Trump campaign collusion with Russia.

December 11, 2019

John Kennedy said IG report made him ‘want to heave,’ compared it to acid trip

Sen. John Kennedy said Wednesday he wanted to throw up after reading the inspector general's report on the FBI's investigation into the Trump campaign.

December 11, 2019

Senate Republicans savage FBI, DOJ: ‘This was Beavis and Butt-Head’

GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee savaged the FBI and Justice Department Wednesday as they listened to testimony from the Justice Department watchdog.

December 11, 2019

Michael Horowitz says FBI meeting with Trump campaign was to gather evidence in Russia probe

The intelligence briefing the FBI gave to Trump campaign officials in 2016 was a pretext to collect evidence for the bureau's probe into alleged links to Russia, the Justice Department's inspector general said Wednesday.

December 11, 2019

Horowitz ‘surprised’ by Durham pushback, says U.S. attorney offered no evidence to change findings

Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said Wednesday he was surprised that U.S. Attorney John Durham issued a statement disputing his conclusions on the FBI's probe of the Trump campaign.

December 11, 2019

Michael Horowitz, IG, says FBI’s should have disclosed Steele’s bias to the FISA court

Inspector General Michael Horowitz said Wednesday the FBI should have disclosed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court the known political biases of an ex-British spy whose salacious and unverified dossier was used to obtain a wiretap on a key Trump campaign aide.

December 11, 2019

Lisa Page sues Justice Department over release of personal texts

Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page Tuesday is suing the Justice Department and FBI, saying the release of nearly 400 text messages between her and paramour Peter Strzok was illegal.

December 10, 2019

William Barr says FBI may have acted in ‘bad faith’

Questions about the FBI's motives in targeting President Trump's 2016 campaign are mounting despite a Justice Department inspector general report that could not pin down evidence of bias.

December 10, 2019

Rick Gates, former Trump aide, may get probation; federal prosecutors won’t seek jail time

Federal prosecutors Tuesday requested leniency for former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates, citing his "extraordinary assistance" with cases stemming from the Russia probe.

December 10, 2019

Lindsey Graham: FBI Russia probe a ‘criminal enterprise’

Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham Monday said the FBI's investigation into alleged ties between President Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia was a "criminal enterprise."

December 9, 2019

James Comey hails IG report as vindication, says Barr ‘slimed’ the DOJ

Former FBI Director James Comey said Monday Attorney General William Barr "slimed" the Justice Department by claiming FBI agents may have spied on the Trump campaign.

December 9, 2019

John Durham says he disagrees with DOJ IG conclusion that Russia probe was justified

U.S. Attorney John Durham said Monday he disagrees with the Justice Department inspector general's conclusion that the FBI was justified in 2016 when it launched an investigation into President Trump's campaign.

December 9, 2019

FBI warrant application to spy on Carter Page was fraught with errors: IG report

The FBI's application for a wiretap on a Trump campaign adviser was riddled with errors, omissions and uncorroborated information, the Justice Department inspector general said in a scathing report released Monday.

December 9, 2019

Doug Collins wants Hunter Biden, Adam Schiff and whistleblower to testify

The ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee Friday called for witness testimony from Rep. Adam Schiff, Hunter Biden, the whistleblower and others in the impeachment inquiry.

December 6, 2019