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.

A judge rejected arguments that the former lawmaker’s appearance was “not necessary and would impose an undue hardship” to travel to Atlanta.

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.

An Atlanta appeals court found Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, S.C., a Trump ally,’failed to demonstrate’ that his appeal would succeed.

Donald Trump amped up John Durham’s investigation of the Russia probe when it started, promising it would prove a “deep state” vendetta against him.

The information about the billings raises new concerns about Trump’s “self-dealing” at taxpayer expense, a top Democrat said.

The former Trump White House strategist was convicted of contempt of Congress in July.

Trump’s lawyers did not address the DOJ’s obstruction allegations or why the ex-president possessed the documents at an unsecure beach resort.