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FILE — The veteran prosecutor John Durham in Washington on May 17, 2022. Durham was given the job of determining whether there was any wrongdoing behind the investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. (Samuel Corum/The New York Times) XNYT101 XNYT101

January 26, 2023 at 9:17 pm

Barr pressed Durham to find flaws in the Russia investigation. It didn’t go well VIEW

Interviews with current and former officials have revealed episodes that show how the Durham inquiry became roiled by internal dissent and ethical disputes.

FILE — Hearings with Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s in Washington. Investigations by the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1930s and 1940s have come to be seen as sordid chapters in the history of Congress. (George Tames/The New York Times) XNYT266 XNYT266

January 12, 2023 at 8:36 pm

Analysis | New House investigation panel stirs memories of an earlier McCarthy

Democratic skepticism has been fueled by the fact that the new panel was among a host of demands that far-right Republicans made of McCarthy in...

FILE — Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office building in Washington, Sept. 21, 2021. Republicans are seeking to undermine the bureau with accusations of political bias just as it has assumed the lead in an array of investigations of former President Donald Trump. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times) XNYT83 XNYT83

December 28, 2022 at 2:55 pm

Republicans step up attacks on FBI as it investigates Trump

Historically, the F.B.I.’s critics have come from the left. But the bureau’s array of inquiries into former President Donald J. Trump has turned the tables.

The headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, on Nov. 9, 2022. The FBI had as many as eight informants inside the far-right Proud Boys in the months surrounding the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, recent court papers indicate, raising questions about how much federal investigators were able to learn from them about the violent mob attack both before and after it took place. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times) XNYT126 XNYT126

November 14, 2022 at 1:19 pm

FBI had informants in Proud Boys, court papers suggest

The existence of the informants came to light in recent court filings by lawyers for Proud Boys who are set to go on trial next...

October 5, 2022 at 3:50 pm

U.S. believes Ukrainians were behind an assassination in Russia

The closely held assessment of Ukrainian complicity, which has not been previously reported, was shared within the U.S. government last week.

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September 22, 2022 at 8:59 pm

Jury rules against Project Veritas in lawsuit

A jury on Thursday found that the conservative group had violated wiretapping laws and fraudulently misrepresented itself.

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FILE – Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Shane Jason Woods, 44, of Auburn, Illinois, pleaded guilty Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, to felony charges for assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers and a related federal assault charge, prosecutors said.(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) NYSS506 NYSS506

September 13, 2022 at 4:42 am

Justice Dept. issues 40 subpoenas in a week, expanding Jan. 6 inquiry

Justice Department officials have seized the phones of two top advisers to former President Donald Trump and blanketed his aides with about 40 subpoenas.

FILE — Former President Donald Trump at a rally in Anchorage, Alaska, July 9, 2022. A federal grand jury in Washington is examining the formation of — and spending by — The Save America PAC created by Trump after his loss in the 2020 election. (Ash Adams/The New York Times) XNYT318 XNYT318

September 9, 2022 at 7:31 pm

Two top Trump political aides among those subpoenaed in Jan. 6 case

The subpoenas come as part of a widening investigation related to Trump’s postelection fundraising and plans for so-called fake electors.

FILE – Donald Trump speaks under a “Save America!” Banner at a rally in Waukesha, Wis., Aug. 5, 2022. A federal grand jury in Washington is examining the formation of – and spending by – The Save America PAC created by Trump after his loss in the 2020 election. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times) XNYT46 XNYT46

September 8, 2022 at 12:48 pm

Trump’s postelection fundraising comes under scrutiny by DOJ

A federal grand jury is examining a Trump super PAC created after his 2020 presidential loss. He raised millions by baselessly claiming widespread voter fraud.

August 22, 2022 at 5:55 pm

Trump had more than 300 classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

The initial batch of documents retrieved by the National Archives from former President Donald Trump in January included more than 150 marked as classified, a...

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