Justice Department

The Justice Department is seeking to indict former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson, who testified before the Jan. 6 committee on a charge of lying to Congress, a person familiar with the effort told NBC News.

A plea agreement hearing has been set for Tuesday in the case of an ex-CIA officer found with 303 gold bars

The seashells-based prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey has been delayed until early 2027, as a judge makes her way through a number of pending motions, including a request by Comey to dismiss the case on grounds it was driven by Donald Trump’s animus.

Justice Department veterans say the attorney general’s recent political activities fuel the appearance of a lack of independence from the White House.

Lawmakers pressed FBI Director Kash Patel during a contentious oversight hearing on Tuesday about his leadership of a bureau that has seen massive changes since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term.

The Trump loyalist tapped in April to head up a “grand conspiracy” probe targeting officials involved in prior federal investigations into the president told NBC News on Friday that “lanes got crossed” before his resignation this week.

Joe diGenova, 81, was part of a group that tried to overturn the 2020 election.

A federal prosecutor who had been assigned to the now-defunct case against a politically-linked Indian billionaire has been fired by the Trump administration, two people familiar with the firing tell NBC News.

The Trump administration is retooling the long-standing election monitoring effort for November’s midterm elections with an additional focus on voter fraud.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday announced that federal prosecutors brought five voter fraud cases this week and released video of Homeland Security Investigations agents arresting a defendant at an apartment in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.