A Florida federal judge has empaneled a grand jury for January that a close Donald Trump ally recently suggested is related to a criminal investigation into allegations of a long-running Democratic conspiracy against the president https://t.co/bEMmEKY6MI ...

A senior Justice Department official tells me uh just moments ago that the former national security adviser to Donald Trump during his first term, John Bolton, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the state of Maryland. Court documents made public last month revealed that Bolton was under criminal investigation for alleged mishandling of classified documents. And significantly, this marks now the third individual that the president has described as a political adversary who has now been indicted by ...

We have some late breaking developments. Utah Public Safety is now releasing additional photos of the person of interest. We saw those two other photos of this same individual earlier today in connection with the shooting of Charlie Kirk.Um they are coming in from again from the state here and seems to be uh looks like we're looking at some sort of a a Twitter slideshow here that has multiple images. Your reaction to seeing to seeing these photographs as this investigation um continues to unfold. uh my reac ...

Investigation & Justice Department Concerns - The Trump administration is perceived as using the Justice Department to appease supporters who believe crimes were committed by the Biden and Obama administrations [2] - The leaking of a criminal investigation to the press is considered unusual and potentially intended to embarrass individuals and inflict legal costs [3][4][5] - Concerns exist that the Justice Department is becoming a political tool of the presidency, undermining the independence of career prosecutors [12][13] Legality & Timing - The investigation's timing is questioned, particularly in relation to deflecting attention from other issues [8] - Even if a crime had occurred, the statute of limitations (5 years) has likely passed, making an investigation unwarranted [10] - It is considered unprecedented for an attorney general to order prosecutors to open a case without sufficient evidence [11] Russian Interference & Prior Investigations - The intelligence community's assessment of Russian interference in the 2016 election is not considered startling [9] - Previous investigations, including one by Special Counsel John Durham, found no evidence to charge key individuals [5][6] - John Durham's report did not even address the intelligence community's assessment on Russian interference [7]