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On Monday, the Justice Department unsealed a criminal complaint and supporting affidavit against Mariia Butina, a Russian national, for conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent in violation of Title 18, Section 371 of the United States Code. The full documents are below.
A review of the half-dozen times that the executive branch has addressed the question of whether a president can be prosecuted, indicted or included as an unindicted co-conspirator.
Distinguishing between U.S.-born and foreign-born citizens goes against past law and policy. There’s no reason for a change.
The Justice Department-Homeland Security report on foreign-born individuals and terrorism is deeply flawed—and it still doesn’t support the president’s statements about it.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is testifying Wednesday morning at 10 a.m before the House Judiciary Committee.
We're live-blogging Attorney General Jeff Sessions' testimony at House Judiciary Committee's hearing concerning oversight of the Department of Justice.
This morning, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning Justice Department oversight. This will be his first time appearing before the committee since his confirmation hearing in January. See here for the ten questions Matthew Miller suggests the Senate Judiciary Committee should ask Sessions.
Jeff Sessions has shown that he’ll try to avoid tough questions from his former peers in the Senate. When he testifies before the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, here are ten questions that senators should push him on.
The president is attacking the integrity of the leadership of the Department of Justice, the fair application of the law, and the pursuit of truth.
President Trump's recent expressions of his lack of confidence in Attorney General Jeff Sessions are further evidence of the White House's disregard for the independence of the Justice Department.