Defense lawyers and Democrats say a blitz of headline-making actions and cases is no coincidence and reeks of politics — in both the timing and the targets.

It's the latest setback in the Justice Department's efforts to charge Trump's perceived adversaries.

A federal judge has scolded the Justice Department for its unorthodox handling of a criminal case against two former FBI officials.

The judge noted that Comey had worked on some of the nation's highest-profile cases and consistently received stellar reviews.

Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged Friday with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden's laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.