Hayat’s family and new legal team said in a statement that the case is “a stark example of how, in the post 9/11 era, the government’s effort to protect the public from terrorism could and did in this case go terribly wrong.”

The decision is likely to further agitate Trump, who has loudly complained that federal prosecutors have pursued cases against his allies but not against his perceived political enemies.

Twenty-seven year FBI veteran Jack Cloonan says that The Base and international terrorist groups share similar goals, such as the destruction of U.S. government.

Trevor Doyle, a former host with Capital FM, was charged with attempted enticement of a minor after he allegedly tried to solicit sex from an FBI agent pretending to be a 13-year-old girl.

A write-up of an October 2018 interview was among hundreds of pages of heavily redacted documents released by the Justice Department in response to public records lawsuits from BuzzFeed News and CNN.

Two law enforcement sources said a principal focus of the FBI's investigation is Maxwell and others who allegedly facilitated Epstein's behaviour.

Facial recognition technology has come under increased scrutiny in recent years amid fears that it may lack accuracy, lead to false positives and perpetuate racial bias.

The report also found, however, that the FBI’s actions were not motivated by partisan bias and that the investigation was opened for a proper cause.

The findings undercut U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that he was the target of a “witch hunt.”

Black Friday 2019 saw the second-highest single-day total for gun purchases in the United States, according to the FBI.