The Justice Department urged a federal judge Tuesday not to look to the history books in deciding whether to hand over secret material from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation to the House Judiciary Committee, saying the court in 1974 was wrong to release grand jury evidence during Watergate.
Read moreGrappling with a lawsuit filed against Robert Mueller, a federal judge made clear Wednesday the case brought by conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi was difficult to unpack given that Mueller has stepped down as special counsel.
Read moreA federal judge pushed government lawyers Tuesday to explain why investigative bureau staffing has not grown commensurate with the tidal wave of Freedom of Information Act requests that courts are now enforcing.
Read morePresident Donald Trump recently asked the Australian prime minister and other foreign leaders to help Attorney General William Barr with an investigation into the origins of the Russia probe that shadowed his administration for more than two years, the Justice Department said Monday.
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Caught off guard by the speed at which a whistleblower’s claims have morphed into an impeachment inquiry, President Trump and his team are dusting off their playbook from the special counsel’s Russia investigation.
Read moreA federal judge on Tuesday tossed out convictions against a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn who was accused of acting as a Turkish foreign agent.
Read moreHigh-profile Washington lawyer Greg Craig hugged his defense team with tears in his eyes Wednesday after a federal jury found him not guilty in a politically charged trial spun off the special counsel’s investigation of Russian influence in the 2016 election.
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Federal prosecutors came out swinging in closing arguments during the criminal trial against Greg Craig Tuesday, urging the jury to find the high-profile Washington attorney guilty of lying to the Justice Department about his work for Ukraine.
Read moreA high-profile Washington lawyer accused of working on a secret campaign to sway America’s perception of Ukraine when it was cozy with the Kremlin faced a grueling cross-examination Thursday over a report that cost him his job at Skadden Arps.
Read moreAttorneys for high-profile Washington – and Paul Manafort-tied – lawyer Greg Craig told a federal judge Tuesday that a close look at the federal statute requiring U.S. citizens to register as foreign agents for certain work done outside the United States reveals the ex-Skadden Arps lawyer had no obligation to tell the full truth to the Justice Department.
Read moreThe top Justice Department official tasked with tracking foreign agents testified Monday that Greg Craig, former Obama White House counsel who went on to work with Paul Manafort in Ukraine, failed to disclose contact with U.S. journalists – obstructing her ability to determine if he worked on behalf of the Ukrainian government.
Read moreIn a second round in the limelight of federal court, Rick Gates testified Thursday against former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig in a criminal trial that touches two successive presidential administrations.
Read moreA federal judge shot down objections by attorneys for former White House counsel Greg Craig on Wednesday over the government’s use of the Skadden Arps IT director to present dozens of documents as evidence in Craig’s criminal trial.
Read moreTempers flared Tuesday at the trial of Greg Craig as both parties questioned a government witness who testified that the former White House counsel was ingrained in operations to craft U.S. media coverage on Ukraine.
Read moreNearly seven years ago to the day, former White House counsel Greg Craig agreed in a meeting with future Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates to communicate with journalists on behalf of the Ukrainian government, according to testimony Monday in Craig’s criminal trial.
Read moreThe criminal trial of Greg Craig continued Friday with an offbeat start as the former White House counsel spoke up in court for the first time with an apology.
Read moreOut to safeguard his “sterling reputation,” the government claims, former White House counsel Greg Craig lied about his work on behalf of Ukraine rather than tarnish his long-running career as a top D.C. lawyer by registering as a foreign agent.
Read moreUnder fire after she barred press and the public from jury selection at the start of trial for former White House counsel Greg Craig, a federal judge agreed Tuesday to restart jury selection with a new 125-person pool.
Read moreUnregistered foreign agents brought down by the same investigation raised similar concerns to no avail, but Greg Craig’s defense team told a federal judge Monday that publicity surrounding former special counsel Robert Mueller’s work will taint the former White House lawyer’s trial.
Read moreRamping up pressure on the White House and a key figure in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, House Democrats asked a federal judge Wednesday to order former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify before Congress.
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