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Federal prosecutors have charged former FBI Director James Comey with transmitting national defense information and conspiracy. It is the third federal case against a prominent Trump critic, and it comes eight days before the midterm election.
Reports of a fresh Comey charge could not be confirmed. The former FBI director's second indictment, filed in April over an Instagram photo, is still pending, and a judge ruled Monday that his daughter was illegally fired.
House Judiciary Committee Democrats released a staff report Monday saying there is enough evidence for a criminal investigation. The White House denies the allegations, and Democrats admit Trump's Justice Department is unlikely to act.
A preliminary federal survey found violent crime victimization fell about 25% in 2025, and the Justice Department says it is the largest drop since 1973. Readers can weigh that claim against the survey's limits eight days before the midterms.
Democratic parties and outside groups have trained tens of thousands of volunteers to watch polling places on Nov. 3. The Justice Department plans its largest-ever monitoring effort, and some officials worry about confusion outside polling places.
Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department's Alaska lawsuit is not meant to stop certification of the Senate election. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the department "should never have filed" it, just days before Nov. 3.
Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola both spoke to Alaska Native leaders in Anchorage, about a week before Election Day. Alaska Natives are about one-fifth of the state's population, and the race is tied up in a Trump-ordered Justice Department lawsuit.
Democrats and voting-rights groups filed Friday to defend Alaska's election against a Justice Department suit that Trump says he ordered. It could stop certification if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.
The Justice Department says Ian Brinksman, a contractor with a top-secret clearance, took classified reports and gave them to a journalist he was dating. The case tests how the Trump administration handles leaks and the independent press.
A New York Times/Siena poll finds 50% of likely voters fear the GOP may use illegal means to overturn the Nov. 3 election. Most voters still say they trust the count.
A federal judge ended the citizenship of a Nigerian-born woman the Justice Department says used another person's identity to get a passport. The case is one of a sharply rising number of denaturalization filings.
A federal judge in California ruled that the Homeland Security Department's armed home visits, which relied on error-prone voter lists, likely amount to voter intimidation. Her order covers nine states, including Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, through Election Day unless the administration wins an appeal.
The Justice Department is reportedly examining whether Kristi Noem's former top adviser used his Homeland Security position for personal profit. Lewandowski denies wrongdoing and has not been charged.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said Thursday that the Justice Department could get involved in how states certify midterm results. He gave no details, and the department has no clear legal power to do it.
The Justice Department says the 82-year-old Democrat led a marijuana and money-laundering scheme. The charges came 12 days before the midterms, and Lucas helped lead Virginia's redistricting push.
Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward wants Judges Patrick Schiltz and John Tunheim off two cases because of comments they made to a newspaper. Ethics experts and a Democratic attorney general say the real goal is to intimidate judges who have ruled against the administration.
