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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein leaves the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Rosenstein’s Trump showdown delayed awhile

by Zeke Miller Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressSeptember 25, 2018

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington.

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Rosenstein spoke of possible secret Trump taping

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressSeptember 21, 2018

This courtroom sketch depicts former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, center, and his defense lawyer Richard Westling, left, before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, seated upper right, at federal court in Washington, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, as prosecutors Andrew Weissmann, bottom center, and Greg Andres watch. Manafort has pleaded guilty to two federal charges as part of a cooperation deal with prosecutors. The deal requires him to cooperate "fully and truthfully"...

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Manafort agrees to cooperate with special counsel

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, Chad Day Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressSeptember 15, 2018

Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, Feb. 14, 2018. A status hearing was scheduled Friday for Manafort amid reports that he was nearing a plea deal to avoid trial next week on charges stemming from work he did for pro-Russia political forces in Ukraine.

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Manafort expected to plead guilty, avoid new trial

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, Chad Day Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressSeptember 14, 2018

Justice Department official Bruce Ohr arrives for a closed hearing of the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Lawyer was told Russia had ‘Trump over a barrel’

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Chad Day Associated PressSeptember 1, 2018

A tour group walks through the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge.

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Government accuses Harvard of ‘outright racial balancing’

by Maria Danilova Associated Press, Collin Binkley Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressAugust 30, 2018

Justice Department official Bruce G. Ohr, left, arrives for a hearing of the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday.

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Trump target in Russia probe questioned by Republicans

by Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressAugust 28, 2018

This courtroom sketch shows Paul Manafort listening to U.S. District court Judge T.S. Ellis III at federal court in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. Manafort, the longtime political operative who for months led Donald Trump's winning presidential campaign, was found guilty of eight financial crimes in the first trial victory of the special counsel investigation into the president's associates. A judge declared a mistrial on 10 other counts the jury could not agree on. (Dana...

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Juror: 1 holdout stopped full conviction for Manafort

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Chad Day Associated PressAugust 24, 2018

Paul Manafort's wife Kathleen Manafort, left, leaves federal court with defense lawyer Jay Nanavati, right, after her husband Paul Manafort, the longtime political operative who for months led Donald Trump's winning presidential campaign, was found guilty of eight financial crimes in the first trial victory of the special counsel investigation into the president's associates in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort guilty of 8 charges

by Matthew Barakat Associated Press, Chad Day Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressAugust 21, 2018

This courtroom sketch depicts defense lawyer Kevin Downing asking questions of Rick Gates, as former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, bottom front left, listens during Manafort's trial on bank fraud and tax evasion at federal court in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. U.S. District court Judge T.S. Ellis III presides. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

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Gates faces aggressive questioning from Manafort defense

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, Matthew Barakat Associated Press, and Chad Day Associated PressAugust 8, 2018