Charles McGonigal, former head of FBI counterintelligence in New York, was involved in the investigation into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia during the 2016 election.
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A federal judge closed the criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who was pardoned by President Donald Trump, but suggested that the Justice Department’s handling of the matter was highly irregular and potentially improper.
Attorney General William Barr named Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham a special counsel, giving him protection to continue into the Biden administration his investigation of the FBI’s 2016 Russia probe’s origins.
Former Donald Trump 2016 campaign associate Page sued federal officials, saying he was the victim of “unlawful spying.”
President Donald Trump issued a full pardon to pardon former national security adviser Michael Flynn, one of a series of pardons he plans to order before leaving office, possibly including himself prospectively.
Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe was the latest to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator Lindsey Graham, in Republicans’ review of the FBI’s probe into allegations of collusion between Trump and Russia.
Frank Caporusso is accused of leaving an expletive-filled voicemail threatening Judge Emmet Sullivan, who is overseeing the prosecution of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
“It is not surprising that members of the special counsel’s office did not always agree,” said former special counsel Robert Mueller in a rare public statement, “but it is disappointing to hear criticism of our team based on incomplete information.”
As part of his inquiry into the origins of the Justice Department’s Russia investigation, U.S. Attorney John Durham is comparing it to a parallel inquiry into allegations of political corruption at the Clinton Foundation.
Nora Dannehy, a prosecutor who was helping lead the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, has resigned without a public explanation. A report on the case is expected soon.