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Eric Tucker
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I cover national security at the FBI and Justice Department for The Associated Press in Washington
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Mar 13, 2019
    Judge Amy Berman Jackson: "Court is one of those places where facts still matter."
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Aug 6, 2019
    New: Peter Strzok has sued the FBI and the Justice Department over his firing, saying they were influenced by "unrelenting pressure" from the president to force him out
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Nov 21, 2018
    Mueller's team, like the rest of the planet, has caught notice of Papadaopoulos' tweets. "Following the defendant’s sentencing," they note, "he made a variety of public statements that appear to be inconsistent with his stated acceptance of responsibility at sentencing."
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Apr 27, 2018
    MOSCOW (AP) — An organization established by an exiled Russian tycoon says it has obtained emails showing collaboration between Russian government officials and the Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. in 2016.
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Aug 28, 2021
    A week before she was killed, Sgt. Nicole Gee cradled a baby in her arms at the Kabul airport. She posted the photo on Instagram and wrote, “I love my job.”
    In this Aug. 20, 2021, image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), including Sgt. Nicole Gee calms an infant during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Officials said Aug. 28, that Gee of Sacramento, Calif., was one of the Marines killed in Thursday's bombing at the airport. (Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/U.S. Marine Corps via...
    Slain Marine who cradled baby at Kabul airport loved her job
    From apnews.com
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Jan 2, 2019
    Acting AG Matt Whitaker had breakfast at the Willard Hotel this AM with former AG Ed Meese, who tells me Whitaker told him John Huber continues his investigation into various FBI-related concerns raised in the last year by GOP lawmakers, including claims of improper surveillance
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Jan 3, 2020
    Two important appeals court cases are being argued today in DC: one about whether former White House counsel Don McGahn can be made to testify before Congress, the other about whether Congress can have access to Mueller grand jury material. Follow @shermancourt and me for updates
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Aug 31, 2018
    SCOOP from me and @ChadSDay: At a July 2016 breakfast between Chris Steele and Bruce Ohr, Steele told him that Russian intelligence believed it had Trump "over a barrel." Details of that breakfast were shared this morning in a private interview with lawmakers
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Apr 13, 2018
    NEW YORK (AP) — Sally Yates, the former acting U.S. attorney general, says President Donald Trump would lose the "moral authority" to lead the nation should he refuse to be interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller. via @sppeoples
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Oct 14, 2021
    US to restore full pension of FBI official fired under Trump (from @AP)
    FILE - In this June 7, 2017, file photo, former FBI acting director Andrew McCabe listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCabe, who was fired by President Donald Trump after allegations that he misled the Justice Department's inspector general, has won his pension back under a settlement with the federal government. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
    US to restore full pension of FBI official fired under Trump
    From apnews.com
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Nov 13, 2018
    Attorneys for George Papadopoulos have filed motion to withdraw from the case.
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Dec 4, 2023
    NEW: Justice Dept is preparing to announce big counterintelligence case involving a former diplomat. Two sources tell @AP the FBI has arrested Manuel Rocha, ex-US ambassador to Bolivia. He’s accused of serving as agent for Cuba. W/⁦@APjoshgoodman⁩
    FILE - An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb. A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
    Former US ambassador arrested in Florida, accused of serving as an agent of Cuba, AP source says
    From apnews.com
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Jun 18, 2020
    “The White House’s contention that so much of the book was classified appeared to be a tacit admission that many of Bolton’s allegations were accurate — as inaccurate information could not be classified.” ⁦
    FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, former national security adviser John Bolton gestures while speakings at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
    Bolton says Trump asked China to help him get reelected
    From apnews.com
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    Eric Tucker
    @etuckerAP
    Oct 10, 2018
    (AP) _ Sen. Mitch McConnell is warning Democrats to think carefully about "presidential harassment" if they win majority of the House. The Kentucky Republican told AP that threats to investigate Trump's finances and businesses would "help the president get re-elected" in 2020.
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