Judge takes aim at White House over 'objective evidence' of vindictive prosecution

A federal judge ruled that a Harvard researcher showed evidence she was in the White House's crosshairs, clearing her to probe whether her prosecution was retaliation. It is one of a growing number of successes in the mounting claims that accuse President Donald Trump's government of carrying out vindictive prosecutions.U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin denied the Justice Department's appeal Thursday in the criminal case against...