Eastman, a lawyer who lobbied for Vice President Mike Pence to declare Trump the winner of the 2020 election, is fighting the phone seizure, which is the latest sign of an expanding criminal investigation.
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After Roe ruling, Garland gears up for the next legal battles
The attorney general said federal law protects people who take the FDA-approved pregnancy-termination pill, or who cross state lines to get a legal abortion.
What to expect at Thursday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing
Efforts to pressure Justice Department officials to embrace false election-fraud claims will be the focus of a hearing by the House select committee.
How the Jan. 6 hearings could complicate the upcoming Proud Boys trial
Prosecutors and defense lawyers say the high-profile Jan. 6 congressional hearings could jeopardize fairness in upcoming criminal trials.
Justice Dept. says Jan. 6 House panel hampering major Proud Boys trial
Prosecutors say a lack of access to committee evidence, which the Justice Department has sought for months, could delay a key seditious conspiracy trial.
Agent allegedly used law enforcement database to track acquaintances
A deputy U.S. marshal is accused of monitoring the cellphone locations of personal acquaintances through a law enforcement database — then lying about it when confronted.
As hearing’s star witness, Barr says Trump was ‘detached from reality’
Former attorney general aimed a rhetorical dagger at Donald Trump, a man he spent years defending.
Man with weapon detained near Brett Kavanaugh’s home
The man apparently did not make it onto Kavanaugh’s property in Maryland but was stopped on a nearby street, people familiar with the investigation said.
Lawyer Sussmann, who worked for Clinton, acquitted of lying to FBI in 2016
A jury cleared Michael Sussmann, a lawyer for Democrats, of lying to the FBI at the height of the 2016 campaign — a defeat for Special Counsel John Durham.
Jurors deliberating in FBI lying trial that revisited 2016 election
The prosecution of cyber-security lawyer Michael Sussmann is a major courtroom test for Special Prosecutor John Durham, appointed by then-Attorney General William Barr to probe the investigation of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.