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The article reports on the strategy of U.S. attorney general Merrick B. Garland that left him racing the clock to find evidence of role of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump in the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack. It cites problems inside the Justice Department and outlines a timeline of the investigation, that included drafting of conspiracy charges against Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders and investigation of the Williard plotters and mailing of fake electoral certificates.

The article reveals that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation into foreign influence on Donald J. Trump's 2016 campaign uncovered significant concerns about possible financial connections with Egypt, not Russia.

The article reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed former President Donald Trump was struck by a bullet, rather than shrapnel, during the assassination attempt on July 13, which has caused controversy and criticism from Trump.

The article focuses on U.S. intelligence agencies tracking a potential Iranian assassination plot against former President Donald J. Trump before a gunman opened fire at one of his campaign rallies, although officials do not believe the actual shooting was related to this threat.

The article reports on the violent language from supporters of former U.S. President Donald J. Trump that raised concerns about harassment and threats directed at families of federal prosecutors assigned in the election interference case against Trump. It discusses claim by Trump supporters about the weaponization of the Justice Department and informs about the protective order barring threats or intimidation against anyone connected to the case. Acts of violence against Republicans are cited.

The article reports on updates in the investigation by U.S. federal prosecutors against former President Donald J. Trump's handling of classified documents, particularly the alleged success by prosecutors to secure the cooperation of a person who worked with Trump at his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. The probe is being led by special counsel Jack Smith.

The article focuses on the comparison between former U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Birchum, who both faced accusations of mishandling classified documents but had different outcomes. Topics include the charges against Trump, his resistance to cooperating with investigators, and the severity of consequences faced by individuals involved in retaining classified information.

The article reports on the U.S. House Republicans who expressed support to former U.S. President Donald J. Trump after his indictment by helping spread the false narrative that U.S. President Joe Biden ordered his prosecution by weaponizing the Justice Department, and their efforts to use their power in Congress to discredit the case against him.

The article focuses on the Department of Justice's investigation into the Clinton Foundation during U.S. President, Donald Trump's administration.

The article focuses on Timothy R. Thibault, a former FBI agent who played a role in opening the U.S. Justice Department's criminal inquiry into Donald Trump's efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss. It mentions that Republicans and allies of Trump have targeted Thibault, accusing him of bias and misconduct, citing his social media posts and handling of cases related to Donald Trump's claims of election fraud.

The article reports that Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate former President Donald J. Trump, was already working several-hour days before moving from his home in The Hague to Washington for a new job and an uncertain future.

The article reports on the pledge made by Ohio Republican Representative Jim Jordan to investigate what he describes as the politicization of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Justice Department and amid an assertion that the FBI hierarchy had spied on then U.S. President Donald J. Trump's campaign in 2020.

The article focuses on a reports released by special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, which revealed that Russian intelligence had used bribery and blackmail to try to turn U.S. President Donald Trump into a source and ally and some Trump campaign aides were run practically as agents. Topics discussed include scrutiny to be faced by the dossier from multiple inquiries and speculations on former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele's sources.

The article reports that John H. Durham ushered in political change accused of lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation about the sources of the Steel Dossier, a discredited archive, and research into the alleged relationship between former U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia.

The article reports on subpoenaed former advisers under former president Donald Trump by U.S. Department of Justice to widen investigation on post-election fundraising by Trump, and mentions formation of Save America PAC after Election Day in 2020.

The article discusses that the federal prosecutors tried to approach the personal aide William S. Russell to former President Donald Trump as part of the investigation regarding the riot at the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021.

The article deals with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) 2016 investigation into the link between the presidential campaign of President Donald Trump and Russia, which was originally code named Crossfire Hurricane. Two agents were dispatched by the FBI to London, England on a secretive mission to meet with Australian ambassador Alexander Downer who knew about Russian election meddling. The Trump campaign aides who were investigated include Michael T. Flynn and Paul Manafort.

The article focuses on the decision of the U.S. Department of Justice to drop its criminal case against Michael T. Flynn, U.S. President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, who pleaded guilty twice to lying about his conversation with Russian diplomats during the presidential transition in 2016. Topics covered include the ties between the Trump campaign and the 2016 election interference by Russia that the case might reveal, and the condemnation by Democrats of the dismissal.

The article focuses on the report from U.S. Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz which found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) surveillance of Carter Page, a former campaign adviser of President Donald Trump was riddled with errors. Topics covered include Horowitz's conclusion that there was no evidence that the surveillance in line with FBI inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election was politically motivated or that the mistakes were intentional.

The article reports that Attorney General William P. Barr challenged a report by Michael E. Horowitz, Justice Department's independent inspector general, on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) investigation into links between Russia and campaign aides of President Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Topics discussed include criticism on the FBI's handling of the investigation, and remarks from James B. Comey, the FBI director who oversaw the Russian investigation.

The article reports that former U.S. National Security Advisor John R. Bolton has been summoned by U.S. House investigators to testify in the 2019 impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump. Topics discussed include the investigation into a political scandal involving Trump and Ukraine, the possible contributions of Bolton to the inquiry, and the similar request sent by House investigators to lawyers John A. Eisenberg and Michael Ellis.

The article reports on the opening of a criminal investigation into the origins of the Russia inquiry by U.S. President Donald Trump's own Justice Department, closely overseen by Attorney General William P. Barr. Topics discussed include concerns about the opening of a criminal investigation, background of the impeachment investigation against President Trump, and role of prosecutor John H. Durham in the investigation.

The article reports that U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr has visited Rome, Italy, as part of the effort by the administration of President Donald Trump to review the origins of the Russia inference investigation. Barr has been criticized for circumventing protocols just to gather evidence to prove Trump's theory that his enemies had tried to prevent him from winning the presidency in 2016. Trump has been pressing world leaders to cooperate with Barr.

The article reports on a second intelligence official who might file his own whistle-blower complaint and testify to Congress to substantiate information given by the first whistle-blower who complained that U.S. President Donald Trump was using his power to urge Ukraine to investigate his political rivals. Topics discussed include other evidence related to the whistle-lower's claim including a reconstructed transcript of a call between Trump and President Volodymyr Zelanesky.

The article focuses on U.S. rap star ASAP Rocky who is facing a criminal case in Sweden for assaulting a man on a Stockholm street. Topics covered include the important role being played by special presidential envoy for hostage affairs Robert C. O'Brien in resolving the case, the direct line the rapper has to President Donald Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner, and the rapper's account of the street brawl.

The article reports on an interview by investigators for the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general with Christopher Steele, the former British spy whose dossier of purported links between President Donald Trump's associates and Russia ended up in the hands of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ahead of the 2016 election. Topics discussed include questions asked by the investigators and the importance of the investigation by the inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz.

The article reveals that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sent Azra Turk, a government investigator posing as a research assistant, to London, England to interview George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser, to find out the scope of Russia's attempts to disrupt the 2016 election. Topics discussed include reaction of U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies on the investigation he called Spygate, and significance of the investigation.

The article reports that U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr will scrutinize Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation of President Donald Trump's campaign ties to Russia, including whether spying in the 2016 campaign had been properly carried out. Topics discussed include the expectation that Barr's remarks and his use of the term spying will please Trump and his allies and a review of key actions taken during the course of the inquiry.

The article focuses on an interview with former U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Andrew G. McCabe aired on February 14, 2019 wherein he revealed that top Justice Department officials became alarmed by President Donald Trump's decision in 2017 to fire the bureau's director James B. Comey. Topics covered include his revelation that officials discussed whether to recruit cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office and other details of the interview.

The article reports that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has investigated the action of U.S. President Donald Trump after firing FBI director James B. Comey. Topics mentioned include the decision of FBI to conduct criminal and counterintelligence inquiries to determine whether Trump's action could create an impact on national security, the suspicion over Trump's relation with Russia during his campaign in 2016, and the possible criminal aspect of Trump's action.

The article reports that Paul Manafort, U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, lied to federal investigators about his contacts with Trump administration officials and his interactions with a Russian linked to Moscow's intelligence services. Topics discussed include a lie he also made about a payment made through a political action committee to cover a debt he owed and a claim that he misled investigators pursuing a case unrelated to the investigation.

The article reports that prosecutors for the special counsel, Robert Mueller, have recommended little to no prison time for Michael T. Flynn, the first national security adviser of U.S. President Donald Trump, for lying to federal investigators. Topics covered include the value of Flynn's early cooperation to Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections and the impact of the actions of Flynn on the willingness of others to cooperate with the inquiry.

The article focuses on Matthew G. Whitaker, who was appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump as acting Attorney General following the dismissal of Jeff Sessions on November 7, 2018. Whitaker is a Republican and is known to be a partisan defender who insisted that there was collusion between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign. Several Iowa lawyers and politicians described Whitaker as relentless and nice.

The article deals with former U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) lawyer James A. Baker's private testimony that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein suggested to secretly tape conversations with President Donald Trump. Baker claims that FBI officials dismissed the idea but his account contradicted Rosenstein's denial of a "New York Times" article that he suggested the idea.

The article reports on the proposal of Justice Department deputy attorney general Rod J. Rosenstein in 2017 to secretly record talk with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House to expose chaos in his administration in an effort to remove him from office. Topics include the implication of Trump's firing of James B. Comey as Federal Bureau of Investigation director, Rosenstein's role in Comey's dismissal and the failure of his proposal to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump.

The article offers information on the Justice Department's examination of the investigations into Russia's interference in the 2016 election has cleared the Central Intelligence Agency of suspicions that it targeted President Donald Trump and his associates, Attorney General William P. Barr.

The article reports that the U.S. President Donald Trump has pressed for release of citizens who were held abroad.

The article reports that he FBI and the U.S. special counsel's officer examined whether a U.S. president Donald Trump aide was secretly working for the Egyptian government. Topics include according to the report, U.S. former advisor Walid Phares may have been working to influence the incoming administration in the months leading up to Donald Trump becoming president; and the FBI was concerned that several foreign governments were using advisors to advance their agendas.

The article reports that President Trump revived his attacks on law enforcement as a pair of former advisers, Roger J. Stone Jr. and Michael T. Flynn, renewed their fights against their criminal convictions, as of May 2020.

The article presents an interview with attorney general William P. Barr who discusses campaign of president Donald Trump, offer learned by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and specter of conspiracy raised by Trump.

The article reports that Peter Strzok, a senior counterintelligence agent for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has been fired after his disparaging texts against U.S. President Donald Trump were exposed. Topics discussed include Strzok's key role in the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, the president's posts on Twitter denouncing Strzok, and his claim that the Russia inquiry is politically motivated.

The article reports on the move by U.S. President Donald Trump to demand that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate whether the DOJ or the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) infiltrated his 2016 campaign. Trump made the move in response to the special counsel investigation into the Russian election inference in the campaign. Also discussed is the impact of the investigation on the performance of the Republican Party in the 2018 midterm election.

The article reports on the accusation made by U.S. President Donald Trump that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sent a spy to secretly infiltrate his 2016 campaign for political purposes. Trump made the allegation without presenting evidence. The agency sent an informant to talk to Trump's two campaign advisers only after they received evidence that they had contacts linked to Russia during the campaign.

The article reports that U.S. President Donald Trump has criticized the legal system and deputy general Rod J. Rosenstein over the demand of the House Republicans for access to documents related to the special counsel's investigation and other cases. Topics discussed include Trump's support of the House over its dispute with Rosenstein and the Justice Department, background on the conflict between Rosenstein and the Congress and Rosenthal's efforts to meet the demands of the Congress.

The article reports on the possible criminal prosecution of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) deputy director Andrew G. McCabe on grounds of misleading investigators as of April 20, 2018. Its states that U.S. President Donald Trump's has accused current and former law enforcement officials of investigating links between his associates and Russia's election interference without basis. Also noted is the view that the White House should not interfere in an independent investigation.

The article reports on the intention of U.S. President Donald Trump to name Gina Haspel as director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

The article reports on a politically charged memo released by the U.S. House Republicans that accused Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Justice Department leaders of abusing their surveillance powers to spy on President Donald Trump's campaign adviser, Carter Page, suspected of being an agent of Russia. Topics discussed include reaction of national security officials and Democrats to the memo, and content of the memo.

The article focuses on the clash of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with U.S. President Donald Trump publicly after being forced by House Republicans to release a secret memo that shows how FBI and the Justice Department have abused their authority to obtain a warrant to spy on a former Trump campaign adviser. According to the House Intelligence Committee, the FBI provided an opportunity to review this memo before the day the committee voted to release it.

The article reports that Andrew G. McCabe has abruptly resigned as deputy director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after months of criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump, his allies of the bureau and the Department of Justice. Topics include McCabe's retirement on March 18, 2018, his departure under FBI Director Christopher Wray, and his involvement on issues concerning former First Lady Hillary Clinton's email and Trump campaign's association to Russia.