JIM MUSTIAN

Investigative reporter

Mustian is an Associated Press investigative reporter for breaking news.

A Virginia jury acquits an ex-CIA recruit in an assault case that led to sexual misconduct reforms

A former CIA officer-trainee has been acquitted of charges that he attacked a female colleague in a stairwell at CIA headquarters.

Louisiana trooper avoids jail time in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene

A Louisiana trooper has pleaded no contest to significantly reduced charges for his role in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene.

Soul-searching and regret over unheeded warnings follow Helene’s destruction

Before Hurricane Helene’s landfall last week the National Weather Service began an all-out blitz to alert emergency planners, first responders and residents of the impending perils.

FBI to pay $22M to settle claims of sexual discrimination at training academy

The FBI has agreed to pay more than $22 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging female recruits were singled out for dismissal in training and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments about their breast size, false allegations of infidelity and the need to take birt

Louisiana prosecutors drop most serious charge in deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene

Louisiana prosecutors have dismissed the most serious state charge in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene.

Ex-CIA officer convicted of groping coworker in spy agency’s latest sexual misconduct case

A veteran CIA officer has been found guilty of assault and battery for reaching up a colleague’s skirt and forcibly kissing her during a drunken party at a CIA worksite.

Veteran CIA officer who drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of women gets 30 years in prison

A longtime CIA officer who drugged, photographed and sexually assaulted more than two dozen women in postings around the world has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.

DEA closing 2 offices in China even as the agency struggles to stem flow of fentanyl chemicals

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is closing two of its offices in China, a move that comes even as the agency struggles to disrupt the flow of precursor chemicals from the country that have fueled a fentanyl epidemic.

New CIA workplace assault case emerges as spy agency shields extent of sexual misconduct in ranks

A veteran CIA officer is facing assault and battery charges accusing him of drunkenly groping a woman and forcibly kissing her during an impromptu party in the office last year celebrating his 50th birthday.

Elite prosecutor misused position by offering Justice Department card in DUI stop, watchdog finds

A Justice Department watchdog found one of the nation’s most prolific federal narcotics prosecutors flouted ethics rules last year when he drunkenly handed his business card to Florida police investigating a hit-and-run crash.

‘He had everyone fooled': Former FBI agent sentenced to life for child rape in Alabama

A former FBI agent has been sentenced to life behind bars for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl.

US arrests a former Green Beret over the failed 2020 raid into Venezuela to remove Maduro

A former U.S. Green Beret who organized a failed cross-border raid in 2020 to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested in New York.

FBI says Trump was indeed struck by bullet during assassination attempt

The FBI says former President Donald Trump was struck in the ear by a bullet during an assassination attempt on July 13, as the agency moved Friday to clarify what happened after nearly two weeks of confusion and conflicting accounts.

Takeaways from AP’s investigation into DEA corruption, agent accused of rape

MIAMI (AP) — Thousands of secret law enforcement documents obtained by The Associated Press offer a never-before-seen window into a culture of corruption among U.S.

Secret DEA files show agents joked about rape in a WhatsApp chat. Then one of them was accused of it

A group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted in a WhatsApp chat of their “world debauchery tour,” shared lurid images of their latest sexual conquests and at one point even joked about “forcible anal rape.”

Three days after attempted assassination, Trump shooter remains an elusive enigma

Three days after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the 20-year-old man who came close to killing the former president remains an enigma.

In the wake of Trump’s attempted assassination, investigators search for clues around the motive

Investigators are hunting for any clues about what may have driven Thomas Matthew Crooks to try to assassinate former President Donald Trump.

Takeaways from AP’s report on new footage from the fatal shooting of a Black motorist in Georgia

In the months after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd, the fatal shooting of Julian Lewis generated headlines far beyond rural Georgia.

Shot in 1.6 seconds: Video raises questions about how trooper avoided charges in Black man’s death

Dash camera video and investigative documents are raising new questions about the fatal shooting of a Black motorist by a Georgia state trooper nearly four years ago.

Trooper with checkered FBI past convicted of child rape in Alabama

An Alabama jury has convicted a state trooper of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. An Associated Press investigation found Christopher Bauer landed the trooper job even after he was kicked out of the FBI’s New Orleans office amid earlier claims he raped a co-worker at knifepoint.

Top US drug agency a notable holdout in Biden’s push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

The Biden administration’s push to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous drug is going forward without the support of the nation’s premier narcotics agency.

Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 3 years for bribing former colleague to leak intelligence

A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisor has been sentenced to three years in prison for bribing a longtime colleague to leak DEA intelligence to Miami defense lawyers seeking to profit off the timing of indictments and other investigative information.

‘Where’s Ronald Greene’s justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist’s deadly arrest

Ronald Greene’s deadly arrest on a rural Louisiana roadside in 2019 sparked outrage after The Associated Press published long-suppressed body-camera video showing white state troopers stunning, beating and dragging the Black motorist as he wailed, “I’m scared!”

Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders

Authorities are expanding their investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include church leaders suspected of shielding predatory priests and failing to report crimes to law enforcement.

US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it’ll remain controlled substance

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.

Veteran DEA agent sentenced to 4 years for leaking intelligence in Miami bribery conspiracy

A federal judge has sentenced a longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent to four years in prison for leaking DEA intelligence to defense lawyers.

Lawmakers criticize CIA’s handling of sexual misconduct but offer few specifics

A congressional committee is criticizing the CIA’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations in its ranks, saying victims have been deterred from coming forward and were aware of “little to no accountability or punishment for the perpetrators of the assaults.”

Jury convicts former DEA agent of obstruction but fails to reach verdict on Buffalo bribery charges

A federal jury has convicted a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents.

Former US ambassador sentenced to 15 years in prison for serving as secret agent for Cuba

A former career U.S. diplomat has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after admitting he worked for decades as a secret agent for communist Cuba.

Career US diplomat abruptly admits to spying for communist Cuba for decades

A former career U.S. diplomat says he will plead guilty to charges of serving as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades.

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