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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 24, 2025 shows, former FBI director James Comey, left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2017, and New York Attorney General Letitia James in New York on February 16, 2024. (Brendan Smialowski and Timothy A. Clary / AFP)
November 25, 2025, 8:26 am
In blow to Trump, US judge tosses cases against ex-FBI chief Comey, New York AG James
Trump-loyalist prosecutor Lindsey Halligan was appointed in ‘defective’ manner, court says, without commenting on substance of cases; US attorney general vows to appeal
By Eric Tucker
James Comey speaks at a Barnes & Noble on May 19, 2025, in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
September 26, 2025, 5:29 am
Ex-FBI chief Comey indicted as Trump ramps up retribution campaign
‘My heart is broken for the Justice Department,’ says former top law enforcement officer, adds that he’s innocent after being charged with misleading US Congress about media leaks
By Kanishka Singh, Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch
In this this Jan. 22, 2017, file photo, Vice President Mike Pence, left, and Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy stand as President Donald Trump shakes hands with then-FBI Director James Comey during a reception for inaugural law enforcement officers and first responders in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
January 19, 2021, 8:44 pm
A nuclear disaster: Ex-FBI head Comey likens Trump’s effect on US to Chernobyl
With assault on Capitol, he says, ‘the ugly radioactive violence and racism of America’ exploded in public view; says president has proven ‘uniquely able to bend people’
By ToI Staff
Former FBI director James Comey talks with 'Fox News Sunday' anchor Chris Wallace, December 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
December 15, 2019, 8:40 pm
Comey: ‘Real sloppiness’ in Russia probe, but no misconduct
Former FBI director says he was ‘overconfident’ about investigation, but US Justice Department found no evidence of illegal wiretaps and other serious offenses claimed by Trump
By Eric Tucker
In this July 13, 2018, file photo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
December 3, 2019, 5:48 am
Released records show Rosenstein said he was ‘horrified’ at how Comey was fired
Former deputy attorney general was interviewed by FBI as part of Mueller investigation into ties between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia
By Eric Tucker, MICHAEL BALSAMO and Colleen Long
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton lectures on foreign policy at Rackham Auditorium on October 10, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP)
October 19, 2019, 7:49 pm
Clinton email probe finds no ‘deliberate mishandling’; 38 cited for violations
State Department says former secretary of state’s use of private email increased vulnerability of info
By Matthew Lee and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Hillary Clinton speaks at the 2017 Stephan Weiss Apple Awards held in New York City, June 7, 2017. (Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Urban Zen Foundation/AFP)
September 29, 2019, 6:17 am
State Department ramping up probe into Clinton emails — report
Officials deny any political motivation to recent contacting of 130 people over communications with former top diplomat
By AFP
Former special counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in to testify to the House Judiciary Committee about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
July 24, 2019, 9:10 pm
Mueller flatly dismisses Trump’s exoneration claim, condemns WikiLeaks praise
In hearing, Republicans and Democrats take divergent paths in questioning, with Trump’s GOP allies trying to cast former special counsel as politically motivated
By Eric Tucker, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL BALSAMO
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event on the rule of law in Washington, February 25, 2019. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
April 27, 2019, 8:28 am
Nearing end of his tenure, US Deputy AG Rosenstein hits back at critics
Unusually candid remarks from official lay bare his pent-up feelings after two years entangled in some of the Trump administration’s most dramatic and consequential moments
By Eric Tucker
US President Donald Trump winks during a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, March 25, 2019 (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
March 26, 2019, 4:51 am
Trump jubilant, vengeful as Russia probe ends in win
US president attacks ‘treasonous’ foes, says he supports publication of full Mueller report
By Sebastian Smith
US President Donald Trump speaks with the media after stepping off Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, March 24, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
March 25, 2019, 11:52 pm
Democrats demand full Mueller report; Trump says that’s OK with him
US president says release of document ‘wouldn’t bother me at all,’ as political rivals plot a strategy for their own investigations
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
In this June 7, 2017, file photo, then-FBI acting director Andrew McCabe listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
February 18, 2019, 6:14 am
Ex-FBI deputy director: ‘Crime may have been committed’ by Trump
Andrew McCabe tells ’60 Minutes’ firing of James Comey to halt Russia investigations appears illegal; confirms officials discussed invoking 25th Amendment to remove him from office
By Eric Tucker
In this photo from June 7, 2017, then-FBI acting director Andrew McCabe listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
February 14, 2019, 7:07 pm
Ex-FBI deputy weighed convening Cabinet to discuss Trump’s removal
Andrew McCabe tells ’60 Minutes’ he was alarmed by the possibility that Trump won the White House with Russia’s aid; Trump calls him a ‘puppet for Leakin’ James Comey’
By AP and ToI Staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and US President Donald Trump shake hands before a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
January 13, 2019, 9:46 am
Trump actively hid info on meetings with Putin from top officials – report
US president took unprecedented steps to conceal details from sit-downs, confiscating notes and swearing interpreters to secrecy, Washington Post says
By ToI Staff and AFP
US President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on border security in the Cabinet Room of the White House January 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
January 12, 2019, 5:16 pm
Trump hits at NY Times, Clinton, Comey, Mueller in fresh Twitter rant
Lashing out after report of investigation into whether he was knowingly or unknowingly assisting Moscow, president says he’s been ‘far tougher’ on Russia than any president
By ToI Staff and AP
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