Topic: William Barr

The House ethics committee announced Friday it opened an investigation into accusations Rep. Matt Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct along with a number of other allegations.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., again denied allegations of sex trafficking and said that he would not resign amid a Justice Department investigation that he has dismissed as an extortion attempt.

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said Tuesday he is under investigation for alleged sex trafficking of an underage girl, claiming the allegations are part of an extortion attempt involving a former Justice Department employee.

A former FBI lawyer avoided jail time Friday after pleading guilty to altering an email supporting the surveillance of Carter Page, former President Donald Trump's ex-campaign aide.

The Justice Department's Inspector General's Office announced Monday it is opening an investigation into whether any department officials tried to change the results of the presidential election.

The U.S. government put to death Dustin Higgs early Saturday, concluding the Trump administration's effort to revive federal executions.

A federal appeals court panel on Friday ruled to vacate the delay of a federal execution of Lisa Montgomery, scheduled to take place before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office Jan. 20.

Republicans who are planning to object next week when Congress gathers to count electoral votes and certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory are "playing with fire," one of the party's vocal senators has warned.

State-sponsored hackers, believed to be Russian, broke into the emails of the Treasury Department's most senior staff in a cyberattack the damage from which is still unknown, the top Democratic senator said.

Days before leaving his post, Attorney General William Barr said Monday does not see a need for a special prosecutor in the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden or the November election.