{
  "id": 16808070,
  "title": "Judge criticizes Justice Department's handling of ex-FBI officials' charges over Hunter Biden investigation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/judge-criticizes-justice-departments-handling-of-ex-fbi-officials",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T22:24:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/6176490-judge-criticizes-doj-hunter-biden-fbi-case/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A federal magistrate judge criticized the Justice Department (DOJ) during a lengthy hearing on Tuesday for attempting to tack on new charges overnight in a case against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about their knowledge regarding the federal investigation into Hunter Biden's laptop ahead of the 2020 election. \"Why today on...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "FBI agents charged with lying about Hunter Biden probes accuse DOJ of 'serious abuse'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/fbi-agents-charged-with-lying-about-hunter-biden-probes-accuse-doj-of",
        "published": "2026-10-27T18:53:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}