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  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
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    US charges new suspect over 1988 Lockerbie bombing

    Justice department unseals indictment accusing Libyan man of building explosive device

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
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    Barr dismisses calls to seize voting machines in rebuke to Trump

    Outgoing US attorney-general knocks down advisers floating outlandish ideas to overturn election

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    US presidential election 2020
    Barr to step down as US attorney-general after Trump attacks

    Resignation comes after president criticises government’s top lawyer as ‘big disappointment’

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
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    Barr says he has not seen proof that voter fraud swayed US election

    Attorney-general contradicts Trump’s claims of vast conspiracy to rig presidential vote

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    News in-depthUS presidential election 2020
    As Biden’s margin of victory grows, so does Republican resistance

    Party backs Donald Trump in refusing to acknowledge outcome of election

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    US presidential election 2020
    US attorney-general authorises probes into possible election fraud

    Biden campaign describes William Barr’s action as a ‘clumsy’ and ‘cynical’ partisan move

  • Tuesday, 28 July, 2020
    US politics & policy
    Barr defends use of federal forces in Portland protests

    US attorney-general justifies record working for Trump in combative hearing

  • Thursday, 16 July, 2020
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    Barr warns against corporate America’s China ‘appeasement’

    US attorney-general suggests executives advocating for Beijing may be deemed foreign agents

  • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
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    William Barr: defender of the presidency or a threat to rule of law?

    The US attorney-general’s role in protecting Donald Trump is generating a Washington backlash

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    SEC chairman claims he expressed interest in prosecutor role

    Jay Clayton says he told Trump and Barr of keenness for Manhattan job ahead of Berman ousting

  • Wednesday, 24 June, 2020
    Michael Flynn
    Appeals court orders charges against Flynn to be dropped

    Decision is expected to end prosecution of Trump’s first national security adviser

  • Wednesday, 24 June, 2020
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    US prosecutors to say politics drove Trump-linked DoJ cases

    Testimony will address ‘significant pressure’ from top officials to ‘distort events’ in Roger Stone case

  • Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Congress has ways to resist politicisation of justice

    As attorney-general, William Barr has proved useful to Donald Trump and his allies

  • Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
    US politics & policy
    Democrats prepare to subpoena Barr over US attorney’s firing

    Congressional panel wants explanation on why Manhattan prosecutor of Trump allies was removed

  • Monday, 18 May, 2020
    Trump Russia ties
    Investigation of Obama and Biden over Russia inquiry unlikely

    US attorney-general Barr says ‘focus on others’ regarding origins of probe into Trump

  • Monday, 18 May, 2020
    US politics & policy
    Barr faults Apple for failing to help in terrorism case

    US attorney-general says unlocked iPhone links shooter in Florida attack to al-Qaeda

  • Tuesday, 12 May, 2020
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    Trump and the politicisation of US justice

    Dismissal of charges against Michael Flynn points to corrosion of rule of law

  • Thursday, 5 March, 2020
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    Redacted information about Russian election interference to be reviewed

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2020
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    President reignites speculation about future clemency: ‘I’d love to see Roger exonerated’

  • Sunday, 16 February, 2020
    Former justice officials demand US attorney-general resigns

    More than 1,100 ex-DoJ lawyers condemn William Barr’s intervention in Roger Stone case

  • Friday, 14 February, 2020
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    US attorney-general William Barr publicly rebuked Donald Trump on Thursday

  • Thursday, 13 February, 2020
    Barr says Trump tweets make it ‘impossible’ to do his job

    Rare rebuke of president by his attorney-general comes amid Roger Stone sentencing controversy

  • Thursday, 13 February, 2020
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    President tests his powers as he intervenes on behalf of friends and against enemies

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
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    Justice department faces questions about Trump’s influence after Roger Stone prosecutors quit

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