Eric Tucker

I cover national security at the FBI and Justice Department for The Associated Press in Washington

[Eric Tucker @etuckerAP]

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Pete Hoekstra, a former House Intel chairman and current ambassador to Canada, is in conversations with the White House about the DNI position, according to a source familiar.

Hoekstra also played a key role in rebuilding the Michigan GOP in 2024.
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[Eric Tucker @etuckerAP]

“When that drone comes into the TFR (Temporary Flight Restricted area), we’re handling it as if it’s something that could hurt people, and we’re aggressively locating its operator,” FBI assistant director Devin Kowalski told the @AP. More here:

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Five FBI employees tied to the creation of a 2023 memo on “radical” Catholic ideology were fired today by FBI Director Kash Patel, per multiple people familiar with the matter. W/@aedurkinricher

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate blocked an extension Friday of a key surveillance program used by U.S. intelligence agencies as concerns mounted over the selection of housing finance regulator Bill Pulte as director of national intelligence. @Cappelletti7

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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton will plead guilty to retaining classified information, AP source says

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Blanche is set to return to Capitol Hill as Trump reconsiders plans for his $1.8 billion fund via @ETuckerAP @AEDricher https://t.co/Am623ou5aY

[Alanna Durkin Richer @aedurkinricher]

Trump is reconsidering whether to move forward with a $1.8B fund meant to compensate his allies, a person familiar with his thinking said, as DOJ said it would pause its implementation to comply with a court order. @seungminkim @etuckerAP

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A criminal investigation into Paxton by the FBI and the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section was quietly closed without charges last year, in the final days of the Biden administration. ICYMI, from @aedurkinricher and me.

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[Eric Tucker @etuckerAP]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center is part of a vindictive “top-down” campaign of retribution against President Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies and must be dismissed, defense lawyers said

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“The purge of news releases documenting criminal charges, convictions and sentencings is the latest step by the Trump administration to dramatically rewrite the history of the assault on the Capitol.”

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But the eyebrow-raising move — the latest in a succession of splashy decisions as he aims to prove his loyalty to Trump — has agitated the same Republican lawmakers he would need to secure the permanent job.

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[Jason Meisner @jmetr22b]

JUST IN: The transcript of Judge April Perry's comments in the Broadview Six hearing is in, and it is as described. "I have never seen the types of prosecutorial behavior before a grand jury that I saw in those transcripts."

[Eric Tucker @etuckerAP]

Todd Blanche led a cross-examination of Michael Cohen during the Trump hush money trial that went on for days and opened with a memorable and colorfully worded question

[Katherine Doyle @katiadoyl]

NEW: Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer who served nearly three years in prison on tax evasion and other charges, told NBC News he is planning to apply for a payout from the DOJ's so-called anti-weaponization fund. He told @NBCNews he's working through the process on his own and will submit a letter directly to the DOJ. 
“Nobody told me or called me up to say, ‘Hey, you should do this,’” he said. “I saw it on television. I saw @MichaelRCaputo put it in via a letter.” https://t.co/ZUf33XYel0