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Robert Mueller.

Former FBI director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies

Former FBI chief Robert Mueller was maligned by the US president throughout his two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

  • Eric Tucker

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Bill Clinton (right) with Jeffrey Epstein.

Inside the Clintons’ fight to avoid testifying in the US Congress over Epstein

A quiet, months-long battle between a Republican congressman and Bill and Hillary Clinton could come to a head this week.

  • Annie Karni
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Ploughman Poet bamboozles Google

You never leave the puddin’ race.

Threats against election officials rose following Trump’s defeat and the January 6 Capitol attack.

America’s monster: Capitol riot hearings reveal Trump’s malevolence

In his dystopian inaugural speech, President Donald Trump promised to end ‘American carnage’. Instead, he delivered it. Now he needs to be held accountable.

  • Maureen Dowd
Then attorney-general William Barr has used the power of the Justice Department to support Donald Trump.

AG misled Congress on Trump’s action during Mueller probe: judge

She also criticised William Barr for spinning the investigation’s findings before the report was released, allowing Trump to claim he had been exonerated.

  • Michael S. Schmidt
Attorney-General William Barr speaks during a news conference.

Barr's final act is rejecting Trump's last-grasp election scheme

The attorney-general also backed official warnings that Russia is behind the enormous US government hack, as a Senator reveals Treasury emails were compromised.

  • Michael Balsamo
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The Lockerbie disaster ... 259 people died when a Pan Am jumbo jet was blown up in 1988.

US charges bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion

The US Justice Department has announced new charges against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

  • Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo
US Attorney-General William Barr was once described as "the President's fixer".

Donald Trump says Attorney-General Barr resigns

Barr, in a letter to Trump posted by the Republican president on Twitter, said he would leave his post on December 23. 

  • Michael Balsamo
US Attorney-General William Barr.

William Barr said to be mulling an exit before Trump’s term ends

It was not clear whether the A-G’s decisions were influenced by Trump’s refusal to concede or his fury over Barr’s admission about there was no voting fraud.

  • Katie Benner, Michael S. Schmidt and Peter Baker
“To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” Barr told the AP.

US AG Barr: No evidence of fraud that would change election outcome

Barr's comments come despite President Donald Trump's repeated claims that the election was stolen, and his refusal to concede his loss to President-elect Joe Biden.

  • Michael Balsamo