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![Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray stand together to announce a crime reduction initiative on December 18, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/2020_1023-barr-wray-400x300.jpg)
Trump May Fire Barr and FBI Director for Not Investigating Biden
Sources say that Trump is demanding a repeat of the FBI announcement that contributed to his 2016 electoral win.
![FBI Charges Men Involved in Whitmer Kidnapping Plot With Domestic Terrorism](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/10/seg1-michigan-400x300.jpg)
FBI Charges Men Involved in Whitmer Kidnapping Plot With Domestic Terrorism
Local Democrats have been warning for months about the threat posed by far right extremists.
![Illustration by Emory Douglas of law enforcement officers as pigs.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/07/2020_0714-emory-art-400x300.jpg)
Veteran Black Panther: Links Between Capitalism and Racism Are in Plain Sight
Former Black Panther Party Minister of Culture Emory Douglas discusses revolutionary art amid the current uprisings.
![Attorney General William Barr listens during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House on July 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0514-william-barr-c-400x300.jpg)
McConnell’s PATRIOT Act Expansion Would Hand Barr Unprecedented Spy Powers
The amendments could guarantee the ability of an incumbent administration to spy on its political opponent.
![Attorney General William Barr arrives with President Donald Trump to speak with members of the coronavirus task force during a briefing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/04/GettyImages-1209810939-400x300.jpg)
Attorney General Barr Refuses to Release 9/11 Documents to Victims’ Families
Barr says he cannot even explain why the material must stay secret without putting national security at risk.
![The file on Coretta Scott King, who appears in this photo taken on May 1, 1968, a testament to the larger racist ugliness festering in the U.S., then as now.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/01/GettyImages-517481486-400x300.jpg)
In Anti-Communist Fervor, FBI Built a 500-Page File on Coretta Scott King
The file is a testament to the larger racist ugliness festering in the U.S., then as now.
![Rep. Matt Shea speaks on the House floor](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1222-matt-shea-400x300.jpg)
Republican Legislator in Washington State Accused of “Domestic Terrorism”
A report named Rep. Matt Shea, who took part in the armed Bundy militia takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge in 2016.
![Secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance System Targets Mostly Muslims](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/S3_FISA-ACLU-400x300.jpg)
FBI Surveillance of Trump Aide Reflects Flaws in Secretive FISA System
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) disproportionately targets Muslims.
![A man looks at DNA](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1213-genetics-tech-400x300.jpg)
Genetic Testing Company Acquired by Company With Ties to FBI and Law Enforcement
Genealogy searches by law enforcement invade our privacy in unique and potentially dangerous ways.
![Hillary Clinton makes a face while holding a microphone](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/12/2019_1211-hillary-clinton-400x300.jpg)
FBI Agents Showed Bias Against Hillary Clinton, Not Against Trump, DOJ Says
Numerous FBI agents sent anti-Clinton text messages and expressed a desire to investigate the Clinton Foundation.