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Efforts to fight foreign influence and protect elections in question under Trump

7:47pm February 11, 2025

Staffers at the U.S. cybersecurity agency working on countering foreign disinformation and on election security have been put on leave, according to sources who spoke anonymously for fear of reprisal.

The Justice Department has released a nine-page memorandum from 2019 to then-Attorney General William Barr that lays out the case for not prosecuting former President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice in connection with special counsel Robert Muelle

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DOJ releases a Mueller-era memo to Barr on the decision to not prosecute Trump

5:26pm August 24, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

The Justice Department has released a 2019 memo laying out the case for not prosecuting former President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice in connection with the Russia investigation.

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn leaves the federal courthouse in Washington in June. Flynn's attorneys say newly released documents prove the FBI laid a "perjury trap" for their client.

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President Trump Believes Michael Flynn Will Be 'Totally Exonerated'

5:46pm April 30, 2020

Flynn's supporters say newly unsealed documents related to the FBI's investigation of the former general show the bureau trying to entrap him. But former prosecutors say such discussions are normal.

Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, leaves federal court following a status conference with U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington in September.

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Flynn Asks To Withdraw Guilty Plea In Case Stemming From Mueller Probe

10:35am January 15, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Michael Flynn, who held the post of national security adviser in the Trump administration for less than a month, was set to be sentenced on Jan. 28.

George Papadopoulos, the former Trump campaign adviser who triggered the Russia investigation, filed paperwork on Tuesday to run for the Congressional seat being vacated by Democrat Rep. Katie Hill who is resigning amid an ethics investigation.

George Papadopoulos, Former Trump Aide And Felon, Runs For Rep. Katie Hill's Seat

3:25pm October 30, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

George Papadopoulos was convicted for lying to the FBI during the probe looking into Russia's role in the 2016 election. Now he's seeking a House seat that will be vacated by Democrat Katie Hill.

Then attorney general nominee William Barr testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in January. Despite the House's vote on Thursday, the decision about how much of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interferen

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House Votes Almost Unanimously For Public Release Of Mueller Report

9:26pm March 14, 2019

by Miles Parks

While it was a largely symbolic vote, it represents growing bipartisan pressure on the Justice Department to disclose as much as possible about the Mueller investigation.