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Special counsel Robert Mueller walks with his wife, Ann, in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. The Justice Department is expected to send a summary of his findings to Congress.

Mueller Report Doesn't Find Russian Collusion, But Can't 'Exonerate' On Obstruction

Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein prepared a summary of the special counsel's findings after learning on Friday from Robert Mueller that his work was complete.

In this sketch, Judge Amy Berman Jackson presides over a court hearing for Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington, D.C., in February. Jackson is among the women judges playing a central role in the Russia investigation.

D.C.'s Female Judges Are Central To The Russia Imbroglio, Often Behind The Scenes

Some of the least-known but most important figures in the Russia investigation and its aftermath are the women who preside over its headline-grabbing cases.

Attorney General William Barr hasn't served in the administration for very long, but he already has made a mark on the Justice Department.

Attorney General Barr, Only Weeks Into Job, Makes A Mark Under The Spotlight

William Barr has garnered headlines over the special counsel investigation, but he also has been at the center of several other big story lines in Washington.

Protesters confront law enforcement on April 13 outside the police headquarters in Brooklyn Center, Minn., over the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by an officer. The NAACP Legal Defense And Education Fund is asking the Justice Department to suspend local police grants, citing ongoing killings of Black people like Wright by police.

Civil Rights Group Calls On Justice Dept. To Suspend Local Police Grants

A major civil rights group is demanding the attorney general pause federal grants to local police until he confirms they aren't engaging in discrimination, citing more police killings of Black people.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announces a Justice Department probe of possible patterns of excessive force and discrimination by the Minneapolis Police Department on Wednesday.

DOJ To Investigate Minneapolis Police Over Possible Patterns Of Excessive Force

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the inquiry a day after a jury convicted former officer Derek Chauvin on murder charges in the death of George Floyd.

The Rev. Paul Scalia, here in 2016, has apologized for not wearing a mask at a recent White House event, saying his actions "did not follow my own expectations, caused disquiet and anxiety, and have distracted from the work of the Gospel."

Justice Scalia's Son Apologizes To His Parish For Not Wearing Mask At White House

The Rev. Paul Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court justice, attended the Rose Garden event on Sept. 26 when President Trump announced his high court nominee. He apologized for creating "anxiety."

J. Edgar Hoover is seen in his Washington, D.C., office in 1936. A new biography of the long-time FBI director looks at public support for his policies during most of his tenure.

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

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

Security officers guard the entrance to the Paul G. Rogers Federal Building & Courthouse as the court holds a hearing to determine if the affidavit used by the FBI as justification for last week's search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate should be unsealed, at the U.S. District Courthouse for the Southern District of Florida in West Palm Beach on Aug. 18.

Justice Department filing on Mar-a-Lago documents puts Trump's lawyers in focus

With more details emerging about the Justice Department probe of how top secret documents came to be stored at Trump's Florida resort, his legal representatives are once again under scrutiny.

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

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.

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in 2017.

Oath Keepers' Stewart Rhodes denies he organized the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol

He testified that the attack was "nowhere in the mission scope at all" of his group, He and four other members are charged with seditious conspiracy.

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