The FBI is disbanding a squad in its Washington field office that investigates allegations of fraud and public corruption against members of Congress and other federal officials.

The FBI’s Washington Field Office is folding its federal public corruption squad, the same unit which aided Jack Smith’s special counsel investigation into now-President Donald Trump, three people familiar with the matter tell NBC News.

Washington Field Office is dismantling its public corruption squad that helped Jack Smith lead two federal investigations into President Donald Trump after the 2020 election, according to NBC News. The unit,

Andrew Weissmann, Former top official at the Department of Justice and Melissa Murray, NYU Law Professor, who clerked for Justice Sotomayor while serving at the U.S. Court of Appeals joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the news that the FBI is shutting down the Public Corruption Unit at the Washington D.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI agent and Pentagon contractor has sued the founder of a conservative nonprofit known for its hidden camera stings over secretly recorded videos showing the contractor criticizing President Donald Trump to a woman he thought he had taken on a date.

The reassigning of some 2,000 federal agents would signal a sharp escalation of efforts to enact a crucial element of President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Scammers impersonating U.S. and foreign government officials have targeted students living in the United States on valid student visas, the FBI said