Author: Devlin Barrett

Washington Post – Politics:

Eastman, a lawyer who lobbied for Vice President Mike Pence to declare Trump the winner of the 2020 election, is fighting the phone seizure, which is the latest sign of an expanding criminal investigation.

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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.