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American lawyer and 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (born 1960)
Available reporting shows no credible evidence that Barack Obama “is in” the Epstein files as a conspirator or that he “made up” investigative files; multiple outlets report that claims tying Obama to...
Claims that the “Russia hoax” (that allegations of links between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia in 2016 were invented) is decisively true or false are contested in the record and in news coverage....
Donald Trump’s 34-count case has ; available reports indicate a conviction and ongoing appellate activity or continued litigation rather than a final resolution. Contemporary pieces show conflicting p...
Available reporting shows no evidence that Presidents Barack Obama or Joe Biden “created” or were responsible for the investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein; the two main federal investigations occurr...
The materials summarize competing claims that the “Russian hoax” narrative involved a mix of political operatives, intelligence officials, journalists, and private researchers who either promoted, inv...
Reporting varies but the clearest figures in the provided sources point two ways: historic counts show Donald Trump has been named as a defendant in thousands of suits over decades (USA Today review c...
Scholars, journalists, former officials and advocacy groups in the provided reporting describe many Trump actions and rhetoric as matching “authoritarian” or “authoritarian-style” behavior — for examp...
Hillary Clinton’s email controversy centered on her use of a private email server and account for official State Department business from 2009–2013, which the State Department inspector general and th...
Pam Bondi prosecuted high‑profile cases while Florida Attorney General that her DOJ biography summarizes as ranging "from domestic violence to capital murder" and includes a major role in shutting dow...
Pam Bondi’s public career as a prosecutor and elected official includes work as a Florida state prosecutor and two terms as Florida Attorney General (2011–2019), where she prosecuted and prioritized c...
The FBI concluded its initial probe of Hillary Clinton’s private email server in 2016 without recommending charges; Director James Comey said investigators reviewed roughly 30,000 emails Clinton provi...
Donald Trump has been sanctioned repeatedly for lawsuits courts called frivolous; most recently an appeals court upheld nearly $1 million in sanctions over his 2022 racketeering-style suit against Hil...
Hillary Clinton used a private email server at her home for official State Department business from 2009–2013; the FBI concluded she and her aides were “extremely careless” with classified information...
Multiple women and several organizations have sued Donald Trump in high‑profile civil cases through 2025, producing mixed outcomes: E. Jean Carroll secured a $5 million judgment for defamation and sex...
Yes. A former U.S. president — Donald J. Trump — was arrested after leaving office; his 2023 booking in Georgia marked the first time a former president faced criminal charges and had a mugshot taken ...
Available reporting in the provided sources shows multiple public accusations and calls for discipline about Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of investigative materials — especially in recent hig...
A federal grand jury decides in secret whether there is probable cause to charge someone with a felony; at least 12 jurors of a 16–23 member panel must agree to return an indictment (a “true bill”) an...
Available reporting from several outlets says newly released Epstein-related materials include emails that reference Donald Trump and communications involving people who worked in or around President ...
The claim that President Barack Obama “buried” the Jeffrey Epstein files is not supported by available reporting and public records: recent reporting shows no direct evidence that Obama ordered files ...
The FBI under Director James Comey opened and led an inquiry in 2016 into and possible links to the Trump campaign, a probe that later became the basis for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s work after ...