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SEN. RICHARD BURR, R-N.C.

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FBI probes Burr stock trades

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated PressMay 14, 2020

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2017, file photo, Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves Federal District Court, in Washington. Manafort has been released from federal prison to serve the rest of his sentence in home confinement over concerns about the coronavirus, his lawyer said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Manafort out of prison over virus concerns

by Michael Balsamo Associated PressMay 13, 2020

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2019 file photo, Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, leaves the federal court following a status conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Justice Department dropping Flynn’s criminal case

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressMay 7, 2020

FILE - In this June 28, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Intelligence officials say Russia is interfering with the 2020 election to try to help Trump get reelected, The New York Times reported Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Intelligence officials say Russia boosting Trump candidacy

by Mary Clare Jalonick The Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo The Associated PressFebruary 20, 2020

Roger Stone, center, puts his hat on as he departs after his sentencing at federal court in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. President Donald Trump loyalist and ally, Roger Stone was sentenced to over three years in federal prison, following an extraordinary move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his Justice Department's original sentencing recommendation. The sentence came amid President Donald Trump's unrelenting defense of his longtime confidant that led to a...

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Trump ally Stone gets 40 months in prison

by Ashraf Khalil Associated Press, Mark Sherman Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressFebruary 20, 2020

Attorney General William Barr speaks Monday at the National Sheriffs’ Association Winter Legislative and Technology Conference in Washington.

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Barr: Trump tweets make it ‘impossible’ to do job

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressFebruary 13, 2020

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2019 file photo, Roger Stone, a longtime Republican provocateur and former confidant of President Donald Trump, waits in line at the federal court in Washington. A Justice Department official tells the AP that the agency is backing away from its sentencing recommendation of between seven to nine years in prison for Trump confidant Roger Stone. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Three lawyers quit case after Justice Department lowers Stone’s prison time

by Michael Balsamo Associated PressFebruary 11, 2020

Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020, at the Justice Department in Washington, as Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Seth Ducharm looks on. Four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing the personal information of tens of millions of Americans, the Justice Department said Monday, blaming Beijing for one of the largest hacks in history. (AP...

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US: Chinese military stole masses of Americans’ data

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressFebruary 10, 2020

FILE - In this March 11, 2019 file photo, the Trump International Hotel is seen in Washington. District of Columbia Attorney General is suing President Donald Trump's inaugural committee and two companies that control the Trump International Hotel in D.C., accusing the groups of abusing nonprofit funds to benefit Trump's family. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)

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DC sues Trump inaugural, alleging abuse of funds

by Colleen Long Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressJanuary 23, 2020

Michael Flynn arrives at federal court in Washington, Dec. 1, 2017.

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Flynn seeks to pull his guilty plea

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Michael Balsamo Associated PressJanuary 15, 2020