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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), center, with, from left, Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) listen as Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. The Justice Department has added two top prosecutors from Washington to the child sex trafficking investigation of Gaetz, according to two people briefed on the matter. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times) XNYT146 XNYT146

October 21, 2021 at 6:45 pm

Justice Department adds two top prosecutors to sex-trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz

The Justice Department is said to have added two top prosecutors to the child sex-trafficking investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a sign of the...

Chapman School of Law professor John Eastman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 16, 2017, at a House Justice subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet hearing on restructuring the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

October 2, 2021 at 3:00 pm

The lawyer behind the memo on how Trump could stay in office

John Eastman’s path from little-known academic to one of the most influential voices in Donald Trump’s ear in the final days of his presidency began...

September 12, 2021 at 11:38 am

FBI Releases Newly Declassified Document Related to Sept. 11 Attacks

WASHINGTON — The FBI released a newly declassified document late Saturday describing connections that the agency examined between the hijackers and the Saudi government in...

FILE – Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on as President Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan at the G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. The State Department is investigating the whereabouts of a $5,800 bottle of whiskey the Japanese government gave in 2019 to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to two people briefed on the inquiry and a document made public on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) XNYT102 XNYT102

August 4, 2021 at 3:22 pm

$5,800 bottle of whiskey, a gift from Japan to Pompeo, is missing, U.S. says

The State Department is investigating the whereabouts of a $5,800 bottle of whiskey the Japanese government gave to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2019,...

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June 13, 2021 at 7:32 pm

Apple Is Said to Have Turned Over Data on Trump’s White House Counsel in 2018

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department subpoenaed Apple for information in February 2018 about an account that belonged to Donald McGahn, former President Donald Trump’s White...

FILE – In this Tuesday, March 3, 2020, file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to reporters as lawmakers work to extend government surveillance powers that are expiring soon, on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats called for an investigation on Thursday, June 10, 2021, after The New York Times reported that the Justice Department under President Donald Trump seized the communications data of members of the House Intelligence Committee, including those of Schiff. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) NYSB408

June 10, 2021 at 6:47 pm

Hunting leaks, Trump officials subpoenaed Apple for data of 2 Democrats in Congress

Trump administration prosecutors subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of at least two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, plus aides and family members....

May 17, 2021 at 12:03 pm

Former Gaetz Confidant Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Cooperate

ORLANDO, Fla. — Joel Greenberg, the former confidant of Rep. Matt Gaetz, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Orlando to a range of charges,...

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May 4, 2021 at 4:59 pm

Judge rebukes Barr’s Justice Dept. as misleading on decision not to charge Trump

A federal judge in Washington accused the Justice Department under Attorney General William Barr of misleading her and Congress about advice he had received from...

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April 13, 2021 at 5:00 pm

Indicted Gaetz associate is said to be cooperating with Justice Department

A former local official in Florida indicted in the Justice Department investigation that is also focused on Rep. Matt Gaetz has been providing investigators with...

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FILE – In this July 29, 2020 file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on antitrust on Capitol Hill in Washington. Federal prosecutors are examining whether Gaetz and a political ally who is facing sex trafficking allegations may have paid underage girls or offered them gifts in exchange for sex, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday, April 2, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File) WX304 WX304

April 6, 2021 at 5:33 pm

Matt Gaetz, loyal for years to Trump, is said to have sought a blanket pardon

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., did not tell White House aides that he was under investigation for potential sex trafficking violations when he made the request...

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