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Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska speaks in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 17. A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official has been indicted on charges he helped the Russian oligarch in violation of U.S. sanctions.

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US: Ex-FBI counterintelligence agent aided Russian oligarch

by Michael R. Sisak Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressJanuary 23, 2023

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in Washington, as John Lausch, the U.S. Attorney in Chicago, looks on. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Special counsel named to investigate Biden docs

by Zeke Miller Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressJanuary 12, 2023

FILE - Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in to testify before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 28, 2022. Hutchinson has told the House Jan. 6 committee that her first lawyer advised her against being fully forthcoming with the panel, telling her, “the less you remember, the better.” That's according to a transcript of one of her interviews released Thursday. (AP...

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Jan. 6 witness recounts pressure from Trump allies

by Eric Tucker Associated PressDecember 22, 2022

A video of former President Donald Trump is shown on a screen, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its final meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Jan. 6 panel refers Trump, associates to Justice Department for criminal prosecution

by Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press, Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Farnoush Amiri Associated PressDecember 19, 2022

FILE - Brittney Griner (15) runs up court during the women's basketball gold medal game against Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. The return of Brittney Griner to the United States in a dramatic prisoner swap with Russia marked the culmination of a 10-month ordeal that captivated world attention, a saga that landed at the intersection of sports, politics, race and gender identity — and wartime diplomacy. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Brittney Griner prisoner swap AP Sports Story of the Year

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Doug Feinberg Associated PressDecember 16, 2022

This image provided by the Alexandria, Va., Sheriff's Office shows Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, who is in custody at the Alexandria Adult Detention Center, Dec. 12, 2022 in Alexandria, Va. The Justice Department says Mas'ud is accused of making the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 in an international act of terrorism and he will face federal charges in Washington. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP)

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Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing appears in US court

by Eric Tucker Associated PressDecember 12, 2022

FILE - Brittney Griner (15) runs up court during women's basketball gold medal game against Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Aug. 8, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. Russia has freed WNBA star Brittney Griner in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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WNBA star Griner freed in swap for Russian arms dealer Bout

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressDecember 8, 2022

FILE - Former President Donald Trump announces a third run for president as he speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. A prosecutor on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, said Trump “knew exactly what was going on” with top Trump Organization executives who schemed for years to dodge taxes on company-paid perks. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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Trump faces peril in docs probe

by Eric Tucker Associated PressDecember 5, 2022

FILE - Former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club is seen in the aerial view in Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022. A federal appeals court has halted an independent review of documents seized from the estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said had delayed its criminal investigation into the retention of top secret government information. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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Court halts Mar-a-Lago special master review

by Eric Tucker Associated PressDecember 1, 2022

Attorney General Merrick Garland announces a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate and aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6 insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election, at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. At left is Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Kenneth...

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Garland names special counsel to lead Trump-related probes

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressNovember 18, 2022