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.

Moulton is the latest Democrat to lose his job after staking out anti-trans positions.

They won't take a big stand to protect the election, or resist Trump's broader lawlessness, before the midterms.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that the United States government has historically used drug trafficking accusations against individuals or politicians as a strategy to create conditions for interference and weaken sovereign governments. She added that this strategy is not only being applied against her government but was also previously used against that of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. To illustrate these interventionist mechanisms, she spoke about historical cases such as the Iran-Contra scandal, where the US used drug cartels to transport weapons to Nicaragua to overthrow the legitimate government there.