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In this Oct. 17, 2016, photo, attorney Gregory Craig arrives at U.S. District Court in Washington. Lawyers for former Obama administration White House counsel Craig say they expect their client to be charged in a foreign lobbying investigation that grew out of the special counsel’s Russia probe. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ex-White House counsel accused of lying about lobbying

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Chad Day Associated PressApril 11, 2019

Attorney General William Barr appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee to make his Justice Department budget request, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Barr: ‘I think spying did occur’ against Trump campaign

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated PressApril 10, 2019

FILE - In this March 22, 2019, file photo, Attorney General William Barr leaves his home in McLean, Va. Barr told Congress on March 29, to expect version of special counsel's Russia report by mid-April. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Redacted Mueller report expected to be released by mid-April

by Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressMarch 29, 2019

Attorney General William Barr leaves his home in McLean, Va., on Saturday morning, March 23, 2019. Special counsel Robert Mueller closed his long and contentious Russia investigation with no new charges, ending the probe that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump's presidency. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Key findings coming on Mueller report – but not quite yet

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Chad Day Associated PressMarch 23, 2019

FILE - In this June 21, 2017, file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs after a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Though the special counsel’s findings remain unknown, Trump has grown increasingly confident that the report would produce what he insisted all along _ no clear evidence of a conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign. And the president and his closest advisers are now considering how to weaponize those possible findings. A subtle change is underway among congressional Democrats, as well, who have long believed the report would offer damning evidence against the president. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Mueller concludes Russia-Trump probe; no new indictments

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, Michael Balsamo Associated Press, and Chad Day Associated PressMarch 22, 2019

This courtroom sketch shows Paul Manafort listening to Judge Amy Berman Jackson in the U.S. District Courtroom during his sentencing hearing, in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Manafort sentenced to 7 years, faces fresh New York charges

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Chad Day Associated PressMarch 13, 2019

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, is sworn in to testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Racist,’ ‘con man’: Cohen assails Trump before Congress

by Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press, Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Michael R. Sisak Associated PressFebruary 27, 2019

In this July 27, 2016, file photo, then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump National Doral in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Court records reveal a Mueller report right in plain view

by Chad Day Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressFebruary 23, 2019

This image provided by the FBI shows part of the wanted poster for Monica Elfriede Witt. The former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran despite warnings from the FBI has been charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government, including the code name and secret mission of a Pentagon program, prosecutors said Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. (FBI via AP)

U.S. says ex-intel specialist defected to Iran, revealed secrets

by Eric Tucker Associated PressFebruary 13, 2019

A protester holds up a sign as Roger Stone, right, a confidant of President Donald Trump, speaks outside of the federal courthouse following a hearing, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Stone was arrested Friday in the special counsel's Russia investigation and was charged with lying to Congress and obstructing the probe. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

In Stone’s Case, Mueller Finds Crime in Cover-Up

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, and Chad Day Associated PressJanuary 26, 2019