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Credit Suisse, UBS among banks facing U.S.’s Russia-sanctions probe
FILE PHOTO: Logos of Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse are seen in Zurich, Switzerland March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse//File Photo
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Judge orders more Trump lawyer testimony in Mar-a-Lago probe
Attorney M. Evan Corcoran arrives at federal court in Washington, July 22, 2022. Justice Department prosecutors investigating the mishandling of classified documents at Donald Trump's Florida estate are seeking to pierce the attorney-client privilege. They want to again question Corcoran, one of former President Donald Trump's lawyers, before a grand jury. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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Trump team turns over items marked as classified
FILE - This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and partially redacted by the source, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Lawyers for fTrump have in recent months turned over to federal investigators additional documents with classified markings as well as a laptop belonging to a Trump aide.(Department of Justice via AP, File)
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FBI searches Pence’s Indiana home in classified docs probe
Carmel, Ind. police secure the entrance to the neighborhood of former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023 in Carmel, Ind. The FBI is searching Pence's home as part of a classified records probe. That's according to a person familiar with the search who was not authorized to discuss it and spoke on condition of anonymity. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Former VP Pence, ex-Trump official subpoenaed in special counsel probes
FILE - This image contained in a court filing by the Department of Justice on Aug. 30, 2022, and redacted by in part by the FBI, shows a photo of documents seized during the Aug. 8 search by the FBI of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The discovery of classified documents at the home of former Vice President Mike Pence is scrambling the blame game in Washington. Now, lawmakers from both parties seem united in frustration with the string of mishaps in the handling of the U.S. government's secrets.(Department of Justice via AP, File)
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U.S. charges three in Iran-backed effort to assassinate journalist
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The Justice Department has charged three men in a plot to kill an Iranian American author and activist who has spoken out against human rights abuses in Iran, officials said Friday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
international business
Google says U.S. Justice Department complaint is ‘without merit’
The Google Headquarters in Manhattan, on Jan. 24, 2023. The Justice Department and a group of eight states sued Google on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, accusing it of illegally abusing a monopoly over the technology that powers online advertising, in the agency’s first antitrust lawsuit against a tech giant under President Biden and an escalation in legal pressure on one of the world’s biggest internet companies. (John Taggart/The New York Times)
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U.S. Justice Department found more classified documents in search of Biden’s home
President Joe Biden walks from St. Edmund Roman Catholic Church after attending Mass in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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U.S. Justice Department official cleared to oversee Google probes, source says
FILE PHOTO: The logo for Google LLC is seen at the Google Store Chelsea in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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Bank owned by RBC to pay $31-million redlining settlement, largest in Justice Department history
A City National Bank office is seen in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., on January 22, 2015.
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Jan. 6 panel eyes recommending three criminal charges for Trump
FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, holds a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 13, 2022. Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., is left. The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is considering recommending the Justice Department pursue three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, including insurrection.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Return to in-person work a contentious issue among federal public servants
Pedestrians make their way along Sparks Street Mall near the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. The mayor of Canada's capital city has urged the federal government to send its workers back to their downtown offices to bolster flagging local businesses. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Trump probe: Court halts Mar-a-Lago special master review
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. The Treasury Department says it has complied with a court order to make available Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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Sedition trial victory bolsters Justice Department in Jan. 6 Capitol riots probe
FILE - This artist sketch depicts the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, left, as he testifies before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on charges of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Nov. 7, 2022. Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy on Nov. 29. (Dana Verkouteren via AP, File)
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Special counsel in Trump cases vows independent judgment
FILE - Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he pauses while speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. Attorney General Merrick Garland named a special counsel on Friday to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate as well as key aspects of a separate probe involving the Jan. 6 insurrection and efforts to undo the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Trump ally appears before Mar-a-Lago grand jury, source says
FILE - Kash Patel, former chief of staff for President Donald Trump, speaks at a rally in Minden, Nev., Oct. 8, 2022. Patel who has said he was present as Trump declassified broad categories of materials appeared before a federal grand jury Thursday, Nov. 4, after being given immunity for his testimony, according to a person familiar with the matter. Patel appeared after the Justice Department agreed to grant him immunity from prosecution for his testimony and after a federal judge in Washington entered a sealed order to that effect. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas, File)
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Families separated at border push back on new evaluations
Asylum-seeking migrants, mostly from Venezuela, walk out of the Rio Bravo river after crossing it to turn themselves in to U.S Border Patrol agents to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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U.S. Justice Department seeks expedited ruling in Trump special master case
FILE - This photo shows an aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., Aug. 31, 2022. The FBI search of Donald Trump’s Florida estate has spawned a parallel special master process that this month slowed down a criminal investigation and exposed simmering tensions between Justice Department prosecutors and lawyers for the former president. The probe into the presence of top-secret information at Mar-a-Lago continues. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Judge rules for Trump, blocks review of seized classified records
FILE - An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 31, 2022. A federal judge has appointed Raymond Dearie, a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter and review records seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's home last month. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Trump lawyers oppose Justice Department request on classified documents
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 3, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
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Finding special master in Trump classified documents case no easy task
A page from the order granting a request by former President Donald Trump's legal team to appoint a special master to review documents seized by the FBI during a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate is photographed Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. The decision by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon came despite the objections of the Justice Department, which said an outside legal expert was not necessary in part because officials had already completed their review of potentially privileged documents. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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U.S. judge agrees to appoint special master in Trump search case
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (Sean McKeag/The Citizens' Voice via AP)
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FBI found more than 11,000 government records at Trump’s Florida home
FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump departs Trump Tower two days after FBI agents searched his Mar-a-Lago Palm Beach home, in New York City, New york, U.S., August 10, 2022. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo
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U.S. judge signals willingness to appoint special master in Trump search case
This photo shows an aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. The Justice Department says classified documents were "likely concealed and removed" from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate as part of an effort to obstruct the federal investigation into the discovery of the government records. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
u.s. politics
Possible obstruction now a major focus in Trump documents probe
Pages from a Department of Justice court filing on Aug. 30, 2022, in response to a request from the legal team of former President Donald Trump for a special master to review the documents seized during the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago, are photographed early Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Included in the filing was a FBI photo of documents that were seized during the search. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
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Justice Department says it uncovered efforts to ‘obstruct’ probe of docs at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence
FILE - This is an aerial view of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. The Justice Department on Friday, Aug. 26, released a partially blacked-out document explaining the justification for an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate earlier this month, when agents removed top secret government records and other classified documents. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Justice Department completes review of documents seized in search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence
FILE - This is an aerial view of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. The Justice Department on Friday, Aug. 26, released a partially blacked-out document explaining the justification for an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate earlier this month, when agents removed top secret government records and other classified documents. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Judge orders unsealing of redacted affidavit in Trump search
FILE - This is an aerial view of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. The National Archives and Records Administration recovered 100 documents bearing classified markings, totaling more than 700 pages, from a initial batch of 15 boxes retrieved from Mar-a-Lago earlier this year. That's according to newly public correspondence with the Trump legal team. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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U.S. Justice Department memo sheds light on decision to clear Donald Trump in Russia probe
FILE - Then-Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference, Dec. 21, 2020, at the Justice Department in Washington. Justice Department officials who evaluated then-President Donald Trump's actions during the Russia investigation concluded that nothing he did, including firing the FBI director, rose to the level of obstruction of justice and that there was no precedent for a prosecution.(Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)
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Trump ally Scott Perry sues to block U.S. from searching seized cellphone
FILE PHOTO: Representative Scott Perry (R-PA) speaks during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 10, 2021. Ting Shen/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Trump seeks special master to review Mar-a-Lago documents
Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., is pictured on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. (Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post via AP)
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Justice Department under William Barr improperly withheld portions of memo in Russia probe, panel rules
US Attorney General William Barr participates in a news conference to provide an update on the investigation of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 on the 32nd anniversary of the attack, at the US Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on December 21, 2020. - The US Justice Department unveiled charges against the Libyan who allegedly built the bomb that exploded aboard Pan Am flight 103 over Scotland exactly 32 years ago. Attorney General Bill Barr said a former Libyan intelligence operative, "Abu Agela Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi," helped build the explosive device that blew up the aircraft -- killing 259 people, including 190 Americans, aboard the US-bound flight and 11 people on the ground. (Photo by MICHAEL REYNOLDS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL REYNOLDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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How did the FBI get a warrant to search Trump’s home?
A supporter of former President Donald Trump drives past his Mar-a-Lago estate, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump said in a lengthy statement that the FBI was conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate and asserted that agents had broken open a safe. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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U.S. gives Canadian man life in prison for aiding Islamic State
FILE PHOTO: An American flag waves outside the U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, U.S., December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo