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Amid a series of splashy, politically charged moves this month, the Justice Department has also repeatedly put off testimony in the grand conspiracy probe, canceling — and not rescheduling— grand jury appearances for numerous witnesses. W/@aedurkinricher

A dramatic hearing for two former FBI officials accused of making false statements about Hunter Biden’s laptop. A judge tore into DOJ at length and an FBI agent who worked it said it was launched immediately after a Trump speech on election security

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The effort to prosecute Comey is also part of a series of splashy and politically charged investigative actions the Justice Department has undertaken in the run-up to next week’s midterm elections.

The allegations lay bare a closed-door fight that represents an escalation in the administration’s targeting of Comey, a longtime Trump foe who has faced two other cases since the Republican returned to the White House. W/@aedurkinricher @Kunzelman75

RT @aedurkinricher: The case was charged via complaint and will have to be presented to a grand jury. DC grand juries have refused to indict a number of high-profile cases. It's “rare that we have charges this old coming in this nature," said Magistrate Judge Faruqui.

Breaking: WASHINGTON (AP) 2 ex-FBI intelligence officials have been charged with making false statements to Congress about Hunter Biden's laptop

“That was awesome. He was just laughing. ... He said, ‘I can’t believe this is happening,’” Patricia Hubbard Fox told The Associated Press in a phone interview as she headed to Denver’s airport to catch a flight to San Antonio to meet her brother.

The @JusticeOIG has declined to investigate the botched investigation and prosecution of David Hearn in the Reflecting Pool case. His lawyers want the office to reconsider.

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RT @GlennThrush: Leo Wise, a hard-nosed ex federal prosecutor whose career spanned Enron to Hunter Biden makes a powerful case that the Supreme Court has made public integrity prosecutions impossible — ushering a golden age of corruption.

New: The Justice Department is escalating its fight with California, warning that local officials who tabulate or process ballots from suspected non-citizen voters are at risk of investigation and prosecution, per letter obtained by @AP. More here:

RT @AP: FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Florida estate sued on Thursday to get their jobs back, calling their terminations unlawful acts of “political retribution.”

New: Nine former FBI agents, analysts and staff operations specialists who were fired over their roles in investigating President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents have sued the bureau to get their jobs back. More here:

RT @aedurkinricher: Rep. Ilhan Omar’s phone seized and relatives subpoenaed in criminal probe, via @AP

An OpenAI engineer has been arrested and charged after a recording device concealed in toilet paper was found in a company conference room, the FBI says.