The government’s fight to conceal grand jury materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election has entered its last stage.
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Bringing a swift end to the prosecution of Michael Flynn, the D.C. Circuit ordered a federal judge Wednesday to let the government abandon the case against the former national security adviser.
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Roger Stone made his latest play to avoid prison time Tuesday, just after explosive testimony from a federal prosecutor went public revealing deep and unprecedented political entanglements in the criminal case of the president’s longtime ally.
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The Justice Department on Friday released a less-redacted version of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, showing Mueller considered whether President Donald Trump lied about conversations he had with Roger Stone regarding WikiLeaks.
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Michael Flynn fired back Wednesday at the former judge appointed by the court to fight dismissal of his prosecution, denouncing the arguments leveled against him last week as a “wrap-up smear.”
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Over objections from Democrats who called the probe a political stunt, Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans voted Thursday to approve subpoenas as part of a broad inquiry into the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation.
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While he acknowledged FBI shortcomings, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday defended his decision to appoint Robert Mueller as special counsel, testifying in a Senate panel’s probe into the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation.
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Transcripts of calls Michael Flynn made to Russia’s then-ambassador to the United States in 2016 surfaced publicly Friday as a legal battle raged in Washington over the Justice Department abruptly abandoning the case against the former national security adviser.
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The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to temporarily block an order for the Trump administration to hand over to House Democrats records from the Mueller probe still hidden behind the grandy jury veil of secrecy.
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A House lawyer told the Supreme Court on Monday that the Justice Department blocking the release of Mueller grand jury materials is thwarting the investigation into impeachable offenses by President Donald Trump.
Read moreIn the latest twist in the prosecution of President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, the federal judge overseeing the case has teed up a retired judge to argue against the abrupt move by the Justice Department to drop the prosecution.
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Congress had been set to obtain grand jury materials from the Mueller probe on Monday, but now that release is on hold indefinitely.
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The Justice Department dramatically reversed course Thursday after three years of prosecuting Michael Flynn, dropping the case amid mounting pressure from President Donald Trump’s base to exonerate the former national security adviser.
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The Justice Department on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to shield grand jury materials from the Mueller probe, just four days before Congress was set to get the files.
Read moreAfter a bombshell filing this week seemed to reveal an FBI set-up, a federal judge temporarily blocked Michael Flynn from docketing any new records as the former national security adviser fights to have the case against him thrown out.
Read moreHaving slung mud unsuccessfully at both judge and jury, Roger Stone opened a new wave of attack at the D.C. Circuit to overturn his conviction on charges from special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Rick Gates, former deputy to Paul Manafort, became the latest high-profile convict to be granted a request for release on home confinement during the coronavirus outbreak, due to the risk to Gates’ wife who is being treated for cancer.
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The Justice Department asked a federal judge on Monday to dismiss charges against a Russian company accused of funding the Kremlin’s efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election, saying the company has flaunted court rules and made the prosecution more trouble than it is worth.
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Killing an appeal by the Justice Department, the D.C. Circuit opened the door Tuesday for House Democrats to scour special grand jury materials from the Mueller probe.
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As former national security adviser Michael Flynn tries to withdraw his guilty plea, a federal judge agreed Friday to let prosecutors interview the lawyers Flynn says provided him ineffective assistance.
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