Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A federal judge says the Justice Department may have engaged in profound investigative missteps in its prosecution of former FBI Director and President Trump critic James Comey. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports the judge has ordered prosecutors to turn over all grand jury materials to Comey's defense lawyers.
Comey was indicted by a grand jury in September on false statements and obstruction charges tied to his congressional testimony in 2020. His attorneys have requested the grand jury materials, arguing that irregularities may have tainted the prosecution.
Chapter 2: What are the recent developments in the Comey prosecution case?
Now, Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick has granted that request. In an opinion, Fitzpatrick says the record, quote, points to a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps that led an FBI agent and a prosecutor to potentially undermine the integrity of the grand jury proceedings. This is one of several ways Comey is challenging the Trump Justice Department's case against him.
Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
Saudi Arabia's crown prince heads to Washington, D.C. tonight for a meeting at the White House tomorrow with President Trump. NPR's Aya Batrawi reports the meeting's agenda is expected to cover a lot of ground from investment deals to a U.S. defense pact.
The last time Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited Washington was seven years ago, just before his aides killed Saudi critic and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, sparking international outcry. But the heir to the Saudi throne returns to Washington as a partner, not a pariah.
The prince, known also for major social and economic reforms that have changed life in Saudi Arabia, has vowed hundreds of billions of dollars in investments in the U.S. under Trump. He's expected to ask for F-35 fighter jets, advanced AI chips, nuclear technology, and a defense pact that wouldn't require congressional approval.
Underpinning those talks are personal ties between Trump and Prince Mohammed. That was on display in May when the president chose Saudi Arabia again as his first overseas trip. And those personal ties mixed with business as billions from the Gulf flow into Trump's family ventures. Aya Patrawi, NPR News, Dubai.
A new analysis finds the administration's cuts to national institutes of health grants affected hundreds of clinical trials and thousands of patients. NPR's Rob Stein reports on the findings published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.
Since returning to office, the Trump administration has terminated hundreds of grants from the NIH for medical research. Researchers at Harvard analyzed clinical trials funded by the NIH between the end of February and the middle of August. They found 383 clinical trials involving at least 74,000 participants were affected.
Studies involving infectious diseases, heart disease, and respiratory diseases were hit hardest. One out of every 37 NIH cancer trials was affected. Rob Stein, NPR News.
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