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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...

FILE – Rioters storm the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6 riot, but no undercover agents were present

December 12, 2024 at 4:15 p.m.

The FBI should have done more to gather intelligence before the Capitol riot, according to a watchdog report Thursday that also said no undercover FBI employees were on the scene...

FILE – Hunter Biden steps into a vehicle as he leaves federal court, Sept. 5, 2024, in Los Angeles, after pleading guilty to federal tax charges. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)

President Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter. What does that mean?

December 2, 2024 at 6:27 a.m.

President Joe Biden had long pledged that he would not pardon his son, Hunter, who was set to be sentenced this month for gun and tax convictions. But on Sunday,...

FILE - President Joe Biden, wearing a Team USA jacket and walking with his son Hunter Biden, heads toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, July 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter on gun, tax charges, despite previous promises that he would not do so

December 2, 2024 at 6:29 a.m.

President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to...

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)

Special counsel moves to abandon election interference and classified documents cases against Trump

November 25, 2024 at 4:04 p.m.

Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the criminal charges against President-elect Donald Trump that accused him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election and to abandon the classified documents case against...

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, takes part in a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Pam Bondi chosen for Trump’s attorney general pick after Matt Gaetz withdraws

November 21, 2024 at 6:11 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, to be U.S. attorney general just hours after his other choice, Matt Gaetz, withdrew his name.

Matt Gaetz arrives before President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Someone accessed files said to contain damaging info about Trump AG-nominee Gaetz, lawyer says

November 19, 2024 at 5:37 p.m.

An unauthorized person gained access to a file containing confidential testimony from women who have made allegations about former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump's pick to become the next attorney...

The view of the Justice Department in Washington, Aug. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Anxiety, dismay inside Justice Department after Donald Trump taps Matt Gaetz as attorney general

November 16, 2024 at 10:32 a.m.

Donald Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has many Justice Department employees reeling, worried not only about their own jobs but the future of the agency that...

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit on Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Matt Gaetz once faced a sex trafficking investigation by the Justice Department he could now lead

November 13, 2024 at 7:45 p.m.

That probe effectively ended Wednesday, though, when Gaetz resigned from Congress.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, joined by Melania Trump, left, and Barron Trump, arrives to speak at an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge cancels court deadlines in Donald Trump’s 2020 election case after his presidential win

November 8, 2024 at 7:24 p.m.

The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case canceled any remaining court deadlines Friday while prosecutors assess the “the appropriate course going forward” in light of the Republican’s presidential...

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