Jeff Mordock

Democrats clamor for police union endorsements, but cops refused to back ‘defunders’

In the wake of George Floyd's death, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee declared "systemic racism" plagued police departments across the country, demanded that the Justice Department investigate police departments and pushed for legislation that would strip away some legal protection for officers.

October 28, 2022

An unusually leaky DOJ keeps Trump’s legal woes in voters’ minds for midterms

A deluge of Justice Department leaks has sprung up in the run-up to the Nov. 8 midterm elections, and legal analysts say it appears to be designed to remind voters about the investigations of former President Donald Trump.

October 26, 2022

Justice Department asks judge to force Trump White House lawyers to testify in Jan 6 probe: Report

The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to force the top two lawyers from the Trump White House to testify before a grand jury about the former president's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a media report.

October 26, 2022

Chinese nationals charged with crimes of subverting U.S. justice including meddling in Huawei case

The Justice Department announced charges Monday against a total of 13 Chinese nationals for offenses including trying to steal U.S. law enforcement secrets.

October 24, 2022

Biden’s snippy exchanges with reporters mask midterm fears

President Biden increasingly shows flashes of rage, responding to reporters with angry outbursts and prickly retorts when he doesn't like the questions.

October 21, 2022

Jill Biden goes to bat for stepson Hunter Biden: ‘I know Hunter is innocent’

First lady Jill Biden insisted that her stepson Hunter Biden is innocent as federal prosecutors weigh possible tax and gun charges against him.

October 21, 2022

Trump blasts ‘biased, partisan’ jurors who acquitted Steele dossier source in ‘disgraceful’ system

Former President Donald Trump lashed out at a group of Northern Virginia jurors who earlier this week acquitted Igor Danchenko, the primary source for the so-called Steele dossier, on four counts of lying to the FBI about how he gathered information for the dossier.

October 21, 2022

Appeals court ruling threatens to unravel Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

A federal appeals court's severe blow to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is poised to chill the agency's financial oversight authority and possibly imperil much of the work it has already carried out.

October 20, 2022

Biden gets testy when asked if he supports any restrictions on abortions

President Biden snapped at a reporter on Thursday after he asked the commander-in-chief if there should be any restrictions on abortion, telling the reporter to "get educated."

October 20, 2022

Ex-FBI official to face Congress about claims of W.H. pressure to inflate domestic extremism numbers

A former top FBI official will testify before Congress to address claims that the Biden administration pressured agents to label cases as domestic extremism or a White supremacist threat even if it did not meet that criteria, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee announced Thursday.

October 20, 2022

Durham probe falls flat in courtroom but still exposes depth of FBI’s anti-Trump mania

Special counsel John Durham's failed prosecution of Igor Danchenko exposed how FBI officials eagerly accepted unproven claims tying former President Donald Trump to Russia, though Mr. Durham also failed to bring charges against any FBI officials.

October 19, 2022

Primary source of Steele dossier acquitted on charges of lying to the FBI in major defeat for Durham

Special counsel John Durham's likely final trial ended in another defeat Tuesday as a federal jury acquitted Igor Danchenko, a Russian analyst who was the primary source of the anti-Trump Steele dossier, on charges of making false statements to the FBI.

October 18, 2022

Defense attorneys blast Durham investigation as Danchenko jury begins deliberations

Jurors in the trial of Igor Danchenko, the primary source for the Steele dossier, deliberated for roughly four hours on Monday without reaching a verdict and will continue their work Tuesday morning.

October 17, 2022

Top Cops? Durham probe paints FBI as an easily duped Keystone Cops unit

Special counsel John Durham, in what is likely the final trial of his probe into the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia collusion investigation, let the bureau off the hook for misconduct, casting it as a hapless victim of a dishonest Russian analyst named Igor Danchenko.

October 16, 2022

Justice Department asks appeals court to shut down special master in Mar-a-Lago probe

The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal appeals court to shut down a special master's review of the documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, arguing the review interferes with an active criminal probe.

October 14, 2022

Durham stumbles in Danchenko trial: Judge dismisses one of five counts against Steele dossier source

A federal judge on Friday dismissed one of the five criminal charges special counsel John Durham lodged against Russian analyst Igor Dancehnko before sending the remaining four charges to a jury.

October 14, 2022

FBI refused to question Clinton operative linked to anti-Trump dossier in Russia collusion inquiry

An FBI agent who served on special counsel Robert Mueller's team has revealed that her request to grill a Democratic operative involved in the anti-Trump dossier was scuttled by top officials at the bureau.

October 14, 2022

Forced to fess up: Dem operative admits under oath he lied about Team Trump in Steele dossier

Democratic operative Charles Dolan Jr. testified Thursday that he lied to Igor Danchenko in 2016 when he claimed to have information from a GOP insider about why Paul Manafort resigned from the Trump campaign.

October 13, 2022

Danchenko trial puts spotlight on FBI as top official grilled for not checking Trump-Russia claims

A senior FBI official Brian Auten was hammered by prosecutors and defense lawyers on Wednesday when he took the stand in the trial of Russian analyst Igor Danchenko, who is accused of lying to federal agents about information he provided for an anti-Trump dossier.

October 12, 2022

Goals of Danchenko, Clinton ally ‘coincided,’ FBI agent says

A top FBI intelligence official testified Wednesday that a top source for the anti-Trump "Steele dossier" did not divulge to agents that a key ally of Hillary and Bill Clinton was the source for some of the allegations against the former president that found that their way into the dossier.

October 12, 2022