Carrie Johnson

National Security Correspondent for the Washington Post

Carrie Johnson appears in the following:

Jan. 6 rioter who assaulted Capitol Officer Sicknick sentenced to 6 years in prison

Friday, January 27, 2023

Julian Khater pleaded guilty to two felony counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers with a dangerous weapon in a D.C. court last September.

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Justice Department racks up some important victories in Jan. 6 cases

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Prosecutors won convictions of four Oath Keepers on seditious conspiracy charges, while a separate jury convicted the rioter who put his feet on then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk.

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Biden joins Trump under scrutiny of special counsel investigating classified documents

Saturday, January 14, 2023

Both the former and current presidents are under scrutiny now that a special counsel is investigating classified documents found at President Biden's home and former office.

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A special counsel will probe documents found at Biden's home and private office

Friday, January 13, 2023

Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed special counsel Robert Hur, who will take charge of an investigation of classified documents found at President Biden's home and private office.

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Jurors in the Proud Boys trial hear the start of the seditious conspiracy case

Friday, January 13, 2023

Prosecutors say five defendants "took aim at the heart of our democracy" on Jan. 6, 2021. Defendants' lawyers tell jurors their clients didn't plan the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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A special counsel will probe government documents at Biden's home and private office

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Robert Hur is authorized to probe "possible unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or other records."

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A bill that would have impacted racial disparity in cocaine crimes died in the Senate

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

The Senate failed to advance a bill that would have reduced one of the most persistent racial disparities in criminal justice: punishment for crack cocaine.(Story aired on ATC on Jan. 9, 2023.)

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A bill that would have impacted racial disparity in cocaine crimes died in the Senate

Monday, January 09, 2023

The Senate failed to advance a bipartisan bill that would have reduced one of the most persistent racial disparities in criminal justice: the punishment for crack cocaine.

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The ongoing quest for accountability two years after the Jan. 6 riot

Friday, January 06, 2023

Two years ago, rioters who supported Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in order to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It has taken time to hold people accountable.

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Encore: President Biden has made choosing diverse federal judges a priority

Tuesday, January 03, 2023

President Biden has appointed dozens of judges with lifetime tenure for the federal bench, setting records on professional and racial diversity. Advocates press for more action in 2023.

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President Biden has made choosing diverse federal judges a priority

Monday, January 02, 2023

He has set records in his first two years for the sheer numbers of jurists, dozens of them women. He helped confirm 11 Black women to the appeals courts, more than all other presidents combined.

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Jan. 6 committee votes on criminal referrals against Trump

Monday, December 19, 2022

The Democratic-led House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack voted on criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump to the Department of Justice.

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Senate probe found some federal prison staff abused female inmates without discipline

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

A new Senate probe finds some men who work for federal prisons have systemically preyed on women in their custody, with few criminal or disciplinary consequences.

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Male prison employees assault women in at least two-thirds of U.S. prisons

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

A bipartisan Senate investigation has found male prison employees have assaulted women in at least two-thirds of the nation's federal prisons. Women testify about their stories.

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The man accused of the Lockerbie plane bombing makes a U.S. courtroom appearance

Monday, December 12, 2022

The man accused of making a bomb that killed 270 people in the skies above Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 has made an initial appearance in a U.S. courtroom.

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Justice Department wins a conviction in a rarely used seditious conspiracy charge

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

A jury has convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes of seditious conspiracy for his actions surrounding the Capitol siege on Jan. 6. The jury rendered mixed verdicts for other defendants.

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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes convicted of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 trial

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

A federal jury found the Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one other defendant guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Biography traces public support for J. Edgar Hoover in most of his 48 years in power

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

G-Man by Yale historian Beverly Gage examines how Hoover held onto power and describes his complicated legacy on racial justice and surveillance.

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The DOJ names special counsel to oversee two investigations involving Trump

Saturday, November 19, 2022

The U.S. attorney general has named a special counsel to oversee two sensitive investigations involving former President Donald Trump.

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Attorney General Garland appoints special counsel to oversee Trump investigations

Friday, November 18, 2022

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a veteran prosecutor to serve as special counsel overseeing the criminal probe of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and the Jan. 6 investigation.

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