Espionage

U.S. Ends Spying Case Against Former Envoy

The Justice Department has closed its espionage investigation into the former American diplomat Robin L. Raphel and will file no charges, her lawyer said on Monday, ending a case that had put her under a cloud of suspicion over her ties to Pakistan for more than a year.

F.B.I. agents raided Ms. Raphel’s home and office in 2014, looking for evidence that she was spying for Islamabad, which Ms. Raphel adamantly denied.

“It was clear from the outset that this investigation was based on a fundamental misunderstanding,” the lawyer, Amy Jeffress, said in a statement that sharply criticized government officials for revealing details of the investigation to reporters.