Author: Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY

Whitey Bulger was one of the nation’s more notorious criminals as head of a violent South Bosten crime ring known as the Winter Hill Gang.

Garland’s appointment is an attempt to shield the Justice Department from conflicts of interest in an unprecedented criminal investigation.

Investigators seized a roll of tape, white rope, a second hammer, a pair of rubber and cloth gloves, along with zip ties from the crime scene.

The chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee had been the subject of a corruption investigation five years ago that ended in mistrial.

Trump amped up John Durham’s investigation of the Russia probe. More than three years later, it’s netted a guilty plea and two acquittals.

Jeremy Bertino, 43, acknowledged his role in helping to plan the Proud Boys’ participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Donald Trump’s legal jeopardy deepens as New York’s attorney general refers findings to federal authorities.

Suspects are accused of using a local nonprofit organization as cover and spending federal COVID-19 money on luxury cars, houses and jewelry.

The filing comes after a U.S. district judge signaled her intent to appoint a special master to serve as a third-party screener of the documents.