Prosecutors asked a judge to give Butina more prison time, citing the threat they said she posed to national security. Her attorneys said her motives weren't "nefarious" and she is ready to go home.

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler issued a subpoena for the full Mueller report on Friday, setting up a legal conflict with the Justice Department.

Before releasing the redacted Mueller report, Attorney General William Barr said the evidence is not enough to establish that President Trump committed an obstruction-of-justice offense.

Attorney General William Barr explained before the release of the special counsel report that the law and regulations kept him from including everything that Robert Mueller uncovered, as well as how.

Attorney General William Barr is expected to hold a press conference at the Department of Justice just ahead of the release of a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report.

The Justice Department is expected to release a redacted version of the Mueller report on Thursday. And Attorney General William Barr is expected to hold a news conference ahead of its release.

While the fight over the report will continue, its release is the culmination of investigations that go back nearly three years. (This piece initially aired April 14, 2019 on All Things Considered.)

After years of anticipation, the Justice Department is charging Julian Assange. He is in custody in London after being ejected from Ecuador's embassy there.

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was arrested in London after being evicted by Ecuador's embassy, where he has sought refuge since 2012.

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was taken into custody in London by the police. He had been living at the embassy since 2012. Assange was under Ecuadorian protection for roughly 7 years.

Attorney General Bill Barr told Congress he's looking into the origins of the Russia investigation. He told members he has no evidence of wrongdoing but some "unanswered questions."

Attorney General William Barr told Congress on Tuesday a redacted copy of the Mueller report would be out within a week. He says the report will include notes explaining why certain details are shielded.

A woman carrying two Taiwanese passports and an infected thumb drive gaining entry to Mar-a-Lago has raised questions about security at President Trump's Florida resort.

The woman told Secret Service agents she wanted to go to the pool. But she didn't have a swimsuit. Then she said she wanted to attend a United Nations event. Nothing was scheduled.

Paul Manafort on Wednesday stood before a judge for sentencing for the second time. This latest sentence means the former Trump campaign chairman will spend more than 7 1/2 years in prison.

Donald Trump's former campaign chairman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges and admitted that he tried to tamper with potential jurors. Wednesday's sentencing could lengthen his time in prison.

President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced in a Virginia court Thursday to 47 months in prison for his financial crimes. He faces another sentencing next week in D.C.

The sentence in federal court followed Manafort's conviction in a bank and tax fraud trial last summer. The case involved Manafort's political work for powerful clients in Eastern Europe.

Michael Cohen instructed his attorney to explore the possibility of a presidential pardon, says Cohen's current counsel. This appears to contradict Cohen's statement under oath last week.

On Thursday, a federal judge will tell the president's former campaign chairman how much time in prison he must serve and how much money he must pay for bank and tax fraud.