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Attorney General Merrick Garland sits during a farewell ceremony at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Merrick Garland exits with his record under scrutiny and the Justice Department bracing for upheaval

January 18, 2025 at 5:54 p.m.

Attorney General Merrick Garland came in with a mission to calm the waters at the Justice Department and restore its reputation for independence after four turbulent years under former President...

FILE – Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Special counsel report says Donald Trump would’ve been convicted for Jan. 6 ‘unprecedented criminal effort’

January 14, 2025 at 7:38 a.m.

Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a...

Hunter Biden listens while his father, President Joe Biden, speaks during a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden defends probes, denounces president’s remarks in new report

January 13, 2025 at 7:23 p.m.

The criminal charges against Hunter Biden “were the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics,” the prosecutor who led the probes said in a report released Monday that criticized...

Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Judge clears the way for release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case

January 13, 2025 at 3:22 p.m.

A federal judge said Monday that the Justice Department can release special counsel Jack Smith’s investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case.

FILE – Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Appeals court denies bid to block public release of special counsel’s report on Trump Jan. 6 probe

January 9, 2025 at 8:45 p.m.

A federal appeals court on Thursday denied a bid to block the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election...

Justice Department says it plans to release only part of special counsel’s Donald Trump report for now

January 8, 2025 at 9:55 a.m.

The Justice Department said Wednesday that it will release special counsel Jack Smith’s findings on Donald Trump’s efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election but will keep...

FILE – Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions are in limbo as a DC court awaits Donald Trump’s White House return

January 6, 2025 at 9:09 a.m.

It’s the largest prosecution in Justice Department history — with reams of evidence, harrowing videos and hundreds of convictions of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,...

This image provided by Alcides Antunes shows a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel early Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (Alcides Antunes via AP)

Soldier who died in Las Vegas explosion left note saying it was to be a wakeup for country’s ills

January 3, 2025 at 4:05 p.m.

A highly decorated Army soldier who died in an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was stunt to serve...

Police block the area after a vehicle caught fire and exploded outside the lobby of President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

Man shot himself in head before Cybertruck exploded outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel, officials say

January 2, 2025 at 2:10 p.m.

The highly decorated Army soldier inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel shot himself in the head before the explosion and likely planned to...

FILE – Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, left, walks out of his lawyer’s office in downtown Las Vegas after being released from federal custody Feb. 20, 2024. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Former FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about phony bribery scheme involving the Bidens

December 16, 2024 at 11:42 a.m.

A former FBI informant pleaded guilty on Monday to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter that became central to the Republican impeachment...

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