Carrie Johnson

Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee. In preview remarks, he says President Trump asked him to ease off of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

In a tweet, the president says he'll name former prosecutor Christopher Wray to be his next FBI director. Wray would replace James Comey, who Trump fired.

Testimony by fired FBI Director James Comey to the Senate Intelligence Committee has become one of the most highly anticipated congressional proceedings in decades.

A bipartisan team of lawmakers has been drafting a bill that would create new sentencing guidelines for people who sell and distribute synthetic opioid drugs blamed for a steep rise in U.S. overdoses.

President Trump has appealed to the Supreme Court over the travel ban. Just one week ago, the 4th Circuit Appeals Court rejected an appeal by the government, and the executive order has been on a legal hold since it was issued.

Lawyers are dissecting the performance of White House counsel Donald McGahn — and the top lawyer at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. is getting mixed reviews amid several Trump administration controversies.

Robert Mueller, a former FBI director, had been working for a law firm whose clients include Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort. Justice has ruled Mueller may serve as special counsel.

The move by Attorney General Jeff Sessions comes after a federal judge blocked a key part of the directive, the threat of withholding federal funds.

We examine criminal justice reform and drug sentencing. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered federal prosecutors to impose the most serious charges for drug offenses.

Ethics experts said the Justice Department needs to review possible conflicts involving special counsel Robert Mueller III because his former law firm represents people involved in the Russia probe.

On Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller to oversee the growing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible ties to Trump associates.

Robert Mueller led arguably the biggest FBI overhaul in the bureau's history during his 12-year term as director. Now, he'll investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The Justice Department appointed Robert Mueller to lead the inquiry into Russia's influence on the 2016 presidential election. This comes after FBI Director James Comey was fired last week.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has named former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate Russian meddling in last year's election.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has appointed Robert Mueller to oversee the growing probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible ties to Trump associates.

It's too soon to determine whether obstruction of justice laws may have been broken in President Trump's conversations with James Comey. A D.C. defense lawyer says the key issue is Trump's intent.

According to a memo written by former FBI director James Comey, President Trump asked Comey to drop the bureau's investigation of ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn's connections to Russia.

Multiple reports say that former FBI Director James Comey wrote in a memo that President Trump asked him to shut down the investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

The White House is denying reports by multiple media outlets that President Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to end an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

The executive has a lot of legal power vested by the Constitution and Congress but what happens when the executive is careless with information, overreaches that authority or no longer has the full trust of the rest of the government?