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In this December 21, 2020, file photo, Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. (Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)
August 19, 2022, 11:22 pm
Panel rules US Justice Department wrongfully withheld Russia probe memo
Document from 2019 had been referenced by then-Attorney General William Barr in declaring Donald Trump innocent of obstruction of justice during investigation of election meddling
By MEG KINNARD
Supporters of then-US president Donald Trump protest outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP)
June 18, 2022, 8:36 am
January 6 probe testimonies send Trump loyalists back down conspiracy rabbit hole
In response to Barr’s testimony that Trump was repeatedly told there was no election fraud, one false claim that went viral claims the AG was paid off by a voting machine company
By David Klepper
In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, former Attorney General William Barr speaks during a video deposition to the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, that was shown as an exhibit at the hearing June 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (House Select Committee via AP)
June 14, 2022, 9:28 am
US House’s Jan. 6 panel hears Trump was ‘detached from reality’ after defeat
Witnesses describe in blunt terms how former US president refused to heed advice of those closest to him, including family members
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
People gather in a park outside the U.S. Capitol to watch the Jan. 6 House committee investigation in Washington, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
June 10, 2022, 6:44 am
‘We can’t sweep this under the rug’: Takeaways from first Jan. 6 committee hearing
Panel heads say sessions will show how US Capitol riot was part of plan to overturn election; video shown from testimony of Ivanka Trump, former AG
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Farnoush Amiri and KEVIN FREKING
In this December 5, 2020 file photo, US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Senate Republican candidates, in Valdosta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
October 7, 2021, 10:21 pm
US Senate report details Trump’s all-out bid to undo election results
Former president’s extraordinary steps brought the Justice Department to the brink of chaos as he ‘grossly abused the power of the presidency,’ according to findings
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Eric Tucker and Colleen Long
John Holt
January 3, 2021, 9:46 am
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I’m a former CIA agent: Iran was behind Lockerbie and should be made to pay
Despite former US AG Barr’s claims, Libya did not carry out the horrific 1988 bombing of a plane over Scotland. The US should bring Iran to justice now
Former mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani, left, listens to Sidney Powell, both lawyers for US President Donald Trump, during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, November 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
December 20, 2020, 9:35 am
Trump mulls Sidney Powell as special counsel as Flynn proposes martial law
US president entertains conspiracy theories, outlandish schemes to try to remain in office; lawyer Giuliani pushes him to seize voting machines in hunt for evidence of fraud
By Jonathan Lemire, Jill Colvin and Colleen Long
Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen holds a news conference to announce the results of the global resolution of criminal and civil investigations with an opioid manufacturer at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (Yuri Gripas/Pool via AP)
December 15, 2020, 2:21 am
Jeffrey Rosen is Trump’s new Talmud-quoting acting attorney general
Rosen, who had no experience in Justice Department or as a prosecutor when appointed, will take over for last few weeks of Trump administration after William Barr resigns
By Ron Kampeas
In this October 15, 2020, file photo, Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend in St. Louis. Barr has announced he is resigning. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
December 15, 2020, 1:46 am
Trump says Attorney General Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas
Departure comes amid lingering tensions over Barr’s failure to find evidence to supports Trump’s claims of election fraud
By MICHAEL BALSAMO
US Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend, a federal program to help cities combat violent crime, in St. Louis, October 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
December 2, 2020, 1:01 am
Disputing Trump, US attorney general says no widespread election fraud
William Barr says complaints Justice Department has received ‘are very particularized’ and not on a scale that could flip the election outcome
By MICHAEL BALSAMO
Alexanda Amon Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British jihadis who made up a brutal Islamic State cell dubbed 'The Beatles,' during an interview with The Associated Press at a security center in Kobani, Syria, March 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
November 30, 2020, 10:35 am
A long and winding road to US terror charges against Islamic State ‘Beatles’
Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh stand accused of belonging to a cell blamed for the jailing, torture and murder of Western hostages in Syria
By Eric Tucker
US Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend, a federal program to help cities combat violent crime, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
November 10, 2020, 3:05 am
US AG authorizes prosecutors to investigate possible voting irregularities
Barr gives federal prosecutors across US go-ahead to pursue ‘substantial allegations’ of voting irregularities if they exist, despite little evidence of fraud
By MICHAEL BALSAMO
US President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he leaves Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, to return to the White House after being discharged, October 5, 2020. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
October 9, 2020, 10:17 am
Trump urges indictment of Biden, other officials for investigating 2016 campaign
US president issues rare criticism of top allies Barr and Pompeo, chastises the latter for not releasing Hillary Clinton emails, which he claims are ‘in the State Department’
By AFP and ToI Staff
President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he walks from Marine One as he returns to the White House from Texas, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
July 30, 2020, 5:37 pm
Citing unsubstantiated election fraud concerns, Trump calls to delay US election
The president, who has claimed remote voting will harm his reelection chances, does not have the constitutional power to postpone November’s ballot
By AP and ToI Staff
Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump's former lawyer, returns to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 6, 2019. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
July 24, 2020, 10:14 pm
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen released from prison again
A judge rules that attorney had been sent back to prison from home confinement as retaliation for his plan to release a book critical of the president before November election
By Tom Hays and Larry Neumeister
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