Author: Devlin Barrett

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The attorney general said federal law protects people who take the FDA-approved pregnancy-termination pill, or who cross state lines to get a legal abortion.

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Efforts to pressure Justice Department officials to embrace false election-fraud claims will be the focus of a hearing by the House select committee.

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Prosecutors and defense lawyers say the high-profile Jan. 6 congressional hearings could jeopardize fairness in upcoming criminal trials.

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Prosecutors say a lack of access to committee evidence, which the Justice Department has sought for months, could delay a key seditious conspiracy trial.

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A deputy U.S. marshal is accused of monitoring the cellphone locations of personal acquaintances through a law enforcement database — then lying about it when confronted.

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Former attorney general aimed a rhetorical dagger at Donald Trump, a man he spent years defending.

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The man apparently did not make it on to Kavanaugh’s property in Maryland, but he was stopped on a nearby street, people familiar with the investigation said.

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A jury cleared Michael Sussmann, a lawyer for Democrats, of lying to the FBI at the height of the 2016 campaign — a defeat for Special Counsel John Durham.

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The prosecution of cyber-security lawyer Michael Sussmann is a major courtroom test for Special Prosecutor John Durham, appointed by then-Attorney General William Barr to probe the investigation of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.