The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, fired many agents in a public corruption unit at the Washington field office that had handled the Kao investigation who had gone on to work for the special counsel Jack Smith.
The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
The former president and Texas senator are headlining a fund-raiser in Dallas for top Republican Senate candidates. Not included: Ken Paxton, the nominee in their own state.
Senator John Cornyn of Texas, left, lost a costly and bitter Republican primary this year to Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, right. Former President George W. Bush, center, has mostly stayed out of the fray, but his politics align more with Mr. Cornyn’s.