WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is scrutinizing a trip that Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser took to Qatar, but the mayor is not a target of the investigation, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday.

The probe into a trip Bowser took with staff in 2023 is focused on a lobbyist tied to the Democratic mayor, according to the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the investigation.

The New York Times reported Thursday that federal prosecutors in Washington had opened a corruption investigation into Bowser and were looking into potential violations of bribery or campaign finance laws related to the trip.

But Washington's top federal prosecutor, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, said in a statement Friday that the mayor is “not und

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