Author: Devlin Barrett

Washington Post – Politics:

The FBI agents accused of bungling the probe of sex abuse by former US Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar will not be charged with a crime, the Justice Department has decided after reviewing additional evidence.

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A witness testified Tuesday that a data search conducted on Trump associates in 2016 made him “extremely uncomfortable,” one of the last pieces of prosecution evidence against Michael Sussmann, a lawyer accused of lying to the FBI.

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A new Justice Department policy on when and how federal agents may use force requires them to intervene if they see an officer using excessive force — a change that comes after the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in front of other officers.

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Testimony in the trial of lawyer Michael Sussmann shows how the FBI worried about being “played” in the wake of the 2016 probe of Hillary Clinton’s emails.

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Trial is a key test of the three years of work by Special Counsel John Durham to probe possible wrongdoing by the FBI and other agencies that searched for connections between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016.

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“I’m not out to get Michael,” former FBI official James Baker testifies about the lawyer accused of lying in 2016.

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Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) said the House committee may allow the Justice Department and state investigators to review records of interviews it has conducted related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach.

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“This is a case about privilege,” prosecutor tells a D.C. jury on the first day of testimony in MIchael Sussmann’s trial for allegedly lying to the FBI.

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A jury has been picked for the trial of Michael Sussmann, a lawyer accused of lying to the FBI during the 2016 presidential campaign.