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Former defense worker pleads guilty to spying for China

A former Defense Intelligence Agency worker pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to give classified national defense information to a Chinese intelligence agency.

March 15, 2019

Mueller says Rick Gates cooperating in ‘several ongoing’ investigations, asks for sentencing delay

Special counsel Robert Mueller and defense attorneys for Rick Gates said the former Trump campaign aide is cooperating in "several ongoing investigations." Because of that cooperation, lawyers on both sides asked a federal judge to postpone his sentencing.

March 15, 2019

Lindsey Graham calls for special counsel to probe FBI handling of Hillary Clinton

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham on Thursday called for a special counsel to probe the FBI and Justice Department themselves, saying the evidence is mounting that they treated Hillary Clinton more leniently than they did President Trump in the 2016 election.

March 14, 2019

Feds lodge terrorism, kidnapping charges against New Mexico compound

The Justice Department on Thursday unsealed a superseding indictment against five former members of a New Mexico compound who were accused last year of training children to carry out attacks on schools and law enforcement agencies.

March 14, 2019

Lindsey Graham promises hearings on Carter Page FISA abuse allegations

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings into alleged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses that enabled the Justice Department to spy on Carter Page, Sen. Lindsey Graham promised Thursday.

March 14, 2019

Andrew Weissmann leaving Mueller’s Russia probe: Report

Andrew Weissmann, one of the most prominent members of special counsel Robert Mueller's team, is leaving the Russia investigation, NPR reported Thursday.

March 14, 2019

Roger Stone trial scheduled to begin November 5

Self-described GOP dirty trickster Roger Stone will head to trial on November 5, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. said Thursday.

March 14, 2019

Michael Flynn’s lawyers seek sentencing delay

Lawyers for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn asked for a 90-day delay in their client's sentencing so he could continue cooperating with the government in a case against his former business partner.

March 13, 2019

Paul Manafort indicted by New York prosecutors moments after federal sentencing

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has charged Paul Manafort with more than a dozen state felonies Wednesday, just moments after President Trump's former campaign chairman was sentenced on federal charges in a separate case.

March 13, 2019

New York prosecutors charge Manafort minutes after federal sentencing

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance on Wednesday indicted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manfort just minutes after he was sentenced in a federal case.

March 13, 2019

Paul Manafort sentenced to 7 1/2 years on federal charges; faces new ones in New York

President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort was sentenced to 43 months of additional prison time to the sentence he received last week.

March 13, 2019

Kim Ahn Vo, Georgia woman, charged with supporting ISIS with online recruitment efforts

A Georgia woman was arrested Tuesday for trying to recruit others, including a minor living in Norway to join the Islamic State, according to court filings.

March 12, 2019

Peter Strzok had ‘impeachment’ in mind when he worked for Mueller: Page testimony

Fired FBI agent Peter Strzok went into special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation thinking it might end in impeachment and advance his career, former paramour Lisa Page told congressional investigators last year, according to a transcript released Tuesday.

March 12, 2019

Doug Collins releases Lisa Page’s testimony to House panel

Rep. Doug Collins on Tuesday released a 370-page transcript of a deposition that former FBI attorney Lisa Page gave to Congress in July.

March 12, 2019

Felicity Huffman, Lori Loughlin among 50 charged in college cheating scam

Two Hollywood actresses and several high-level executives are among 50 people charged Tuesday in a scam to secure their children's admissions into elite universities through bribery and other forms of fraud.

March 12, 2019

Trump puts $3.3 billion FBI headquarters proposal on hold

The Trump administration will not ask for additional funding for its $3.3 billion plan to tear down and rebuild the FBI headquarters in downtown Washington, a Justice Department official said Monday.

March 11, 2019

Christopher Hasson case shows terror prevention tactics

Prosecutors say Coast Guard Lt. Christopher P. Hasson was poised to become one of the worst mass murderers in U.S. history -- yet all they have charged him with is possessing a synthetic opioid and owning an illegal gun-silencer.

March 10, 2019

Trump again mocks Sessions: ‘Didn’t have a clue!’

President Trump on Friday took another shot at Jeff Sessions nearly five months after the former attorney general resigned.

March 8, 2019

Robert Hall, former border patrol agent, sentenced to 9 years for taking bribes from drug cartel

A former U.S. Border Patrol Agent was sentenced Friday to more than nine years in prison for accepting bribes from Mexican drug cartels.

March 8, 2019

Felix Sater, Trump business associate, has testimony before House Intel Cmte. postponed

The House Intelligence Committee on Friday pushed back a scheduled public hearing with Trump business associate Felix Sater originally set for next week.

March 8, 2019