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President Trump Grants More Pardons For Political Allies, Including George Papadopoulos

By NPR News December 22, 2020

A marine stands outside the West Wing of the White House earlier this week. President Trump has been lobbied by advocates to use his powers to grant pardons and commutations ahead of leaving office. CREDIT: Susan Walsh/AP

Among the high-profile pardons are former Rep. Duncan Hunter, who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds, and George Papadopoulos, a former campaign adviser who was charged in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.Read More

Appeals Court Rejects Justice Department Effort To Shut Down Michael Flynn Case

By NPR News August 31, 2020

Michael Flynn, here at Trump Tower in December 2016, spent less than a month in the role of President Trump's national security adviser. CREDIT: John Angelillo/Pool/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The court has ruled that a judge can hear arguments about the Justice Department's motivations for wanting to end prosecution of President Trump's former national security adviser.Read More

Senate Report: Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort Shared Campaign Info With Russia

By NPR News August 18, 2020

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a joint press conference after a July 2018 meeting in Helsinki. CREDIT: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort shared information with Russian intelligence during the last presidential campaign, a bipartisan Senate report on Russian 2016 election interference shows.Read More

Ex-FBI Lawyer To Plead Guilty In Case Linked To Alleged Abuse Of Surveillance Power

By NPR News August 14, 2020

The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse is home to the secret court that oversees surveillance on Americans. An ex-FBI lawyer has been charged in connection with filings to the court. CREDIT: Susan Walsh/AP

A former bureau attorney is alleged to have doctored evidence to enable the surveillance of an ex-junior foreign policy aide to Donald Trump's presidential campaign.Read More

U.S. Justice Department Is Dropping Its Case Against Ex-Trump Adviser Michael Flynn

By NPR News May 7, 2020

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn leaves the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in late 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

After months of wrangling following the Russia investigation, prosecutors aren't going ahead with the case based on the former national security adviser's false statements to the FBI.Read More

Federal Court Sides With House In Fight Over Mueller Grand Jury Materials

By NPR News March 10, 2020

Judges ordered that Democratic members of Congress may see evidence the Justice Department wanted to keep sealed. The DOJ is expected to appeal. Read More

Roger Stone Sentenced To More Than 3 Years Amid Controversy Over President Trump And DOJ

By NPR News February 20, 2020

Roger Stone, former adviser to President Trump, arrives at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse on Thursday in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Nydia. CREDIT: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

President Trump's political adviser was found guilty on all counts by a federal jury last year after he was charged with lying to Congress and obstructing its investigation.Read More

Federal Prosecutors Quit Roger Stone Case After DOJ Seeks Less Prison Time For Trump Ally

By NPR News February 11, 2020

Roger Stone leaves federal court with his wife, Nydia Stone, on the day he was found guilty last fall. CREDIT: Julio Cortez/AP

President Trump had called the seven-to-nine-year sentence prosecutors had initially sought "unfair." His Justice Department then requested a lesser sentence.Read More

Rick Gates, Key Witness In Mueller Investigation, Sentenced To 45 Days In Jail

By NPR News December 17, 2019

A courtroom sketch depicts Rick Gates testifying in the bank fraud and tax evasion trial of Paul Manafort on Aug. 7, 2018. Gates was Manafort's protege and a leader on the Trump presidential campaign. Dana Verkouteren/AP

Donald Trump's former deputy campaign chairman, a protege of Paul Manafort, has provided important evidence to investigators and prosecutors in the Russia investigation and beyond. Read More

DOJ Watchdog On Russia Probe: No Evidence Of Bias, But Problems With Surveillance

By NPR News December 9, 2019

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testifies before Congress last year. CREDIT: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report enumerates multiple issues with the FISA application for former Trump aide Carter Page.Read More

Federal Judge Rules That White House Official Don McGahn Must Testify In Impeachment Probe

By NPR News November 25, 2019

On Monday, Nov. 25, a federal judge ruled that former White House counsel Don McGahn must testify to House lawmakers who have subpoenaed him, in the face of White House orders that McGahn not comply. Above, McGahn arrives for an event at the Justice Department in May.

The much-anticipated ruling could have implications for other key witnesses, such as former national security adviser John Bolton, who has refused to testify until a federal court weighs in.Read More

Roger Stone, Political Operative And Aide To President Trump, Guilty In False-Statements Trial

By NPR News November 15, 2019

Former Trump adviser Roger Stone leaves a Washington, D.C., courthouse Friday after being found guilty of obstructing a congressional investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election. CREDIT: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Stone faced charges that he lied to congressional investigators and obstructed an official proceeding. He pleaded not guilty and said he had done nothing wrong. Read More

President Trump’s Russia Director To Leave National Security Council Amid Impeachment Inquiry

By NPR News October 30, 2019

White House file photo. CREDIT: Sarah Silbiger/Reuters

Tim Morrison, a White House official asked to testify Thursday in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, is expected to leave the National Security Council imminently, three sources told NPR.Read More

Judge Orders DOJ To Hand Over Mueller Material, Validates Impeachment Probe

By NPR News October 25, 2019

A judge has ruled that the Justice Department must turn over grand jury material as part of the House impeachment inquiry. Liam James Doyle/NPR

Chief District Judge Beryl Howell rejected the Justice Department's case that the grand jury material must stay secret and Republicans' argument that a vote was needed to launch impeachment.Read More

Top Intelligence Official On Ukraine: ‘I Think The Whistleblower Did The Right Thing’

By NPR News September 26, 2019

Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire testifies before the House intelligence committee on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Andrew Harnik/AP

The acting director of national intelligence is meeting the House and Senate intelligence committees on Thursday as Washington roils over Ukraine and an ongoing impeachment inquiry.Read More

Nancy Pelosi Announces Formal U.S. House Impeachment Inquiry Into President Trump

By NPR News September 24, 2019

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reads a statement announcing a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Andrew Harnik/AP

"The president must be held accountable," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday. "No one is above the law."Read More

DOJ: Comey Violated Policy On His Trump Memos — But Won’t Be Prosecuted

By NPR News August 29, 2019

Former FBI Director James Comey leaves the Rayburn House Office Building after testifying to the House judiciary and oversight committees on Capitol Hill on Dec. 7, 2018. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

An inspector general investigation concluded that former FBI Director James Comey broke rules governing the handling of documents that described his now-famous exchanges with President Trump.Read More

Robert Mueller Testifies Before Congress. Read His Opening Statement

By NPR News July 24, 2019

Former FBI Director and former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies before the House Judiciary Committee, July 24, 2019.

Former special counsel Robert Mueller is making his much-anticipated appearance on Capitol Hill.Read More

Special Counsel Robert Mueller Makes Closing Statement, Steps Down After Leading Russia Inquiry

By NPR News May 29, 2019

Special counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement about the Russia investigation on Wednesday at the Justice Department. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Special counsel Robert Mueller stepped down Wednesday after concluding Donald Trump didn't conspire with Russia's interference in the 2016 election — but also detailing what critics called a range of troubling conduct.Read More

Mueller Report: Team Couldn’t Rule Out Obstruction … Or Firmly Establish It

By NPR News April 18, 2019

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the redacted version of the Mueller report as U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (right) and U.S. Acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Ed O'Callaghan listen at the Department of Justice Thursday before the document's release. CREDIT: Win McNamee/Getty Images

But the 448-page document, released after a nearly two-year-long inquiry, depicts a president deeply worried about the investigation and aides stopping his attempts to influence it.Read More

READ: The Mueller Report, With Redactions