Jeff Mordock

Trump’s attorneys say DOJ can’t be trusted with seized documents, will ‘impugn,’ ‘leak’ materials

Former President Trump's lawyers said Wednesday that the Justice Department's "unchecked investigators" can't be trusted to conduct a fair investigation.

August 31, 2022

White House claims Biden never briefed on FBI’s Trump raid or anything about the investigation

"The president has not been briefed on the latest development," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. "He has not been briefed on anything that's connected to this particular investigation, which is an independent investigation."

August 31, 2022

Trump ‘concealed and removed’ documents in violation of grand jury subpoena, Justice Department says

The Justice Department said classified documents were "likely concealed and removed" from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in violation of a grand jury subpoena.

August 31, 2022

AG Garland bans DOJ employees from talking to Congress amid flood of whistleblower complaints

Attorney General Merrick Garland has issued a memo blocking Justice Department employees from communicating with members of Congress in the wake of stunning whistleblower disclosures regarding the FBI probe into Hunter Biden's business affairs.

August 31, 2022

Biden rips GOP support for police, calls for increased funding for cops

President Biden sought to blunt criticism that he's soft on crime by calling for increases to police funding and depicting Republicans as anti-cop for their anti-FBI rhetoric during a trip Tuesday to the swing state of Pennsylvania.

August 30, 2022

Garland restricts Justice Department appointees’ political activities amid GOP criticism

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday banned political appointees at the Justice Department from participating in political campaign events, changing a longtime policy at an agency under intense political scrutiny and fending off allegations of partisanship.

August 30, 2022

White House braces for slow August job growth after labor surge

After touting for months the strong employment numbers as a way to deflect criticism of soaring inflation, the White House on Tuesday warned that the numbers released later this week by the Labor Department will likely a jobs markets that is "cooling off."

August 30, 2022

Judge orders source of anti-Trump dossier to explain his need for classified docs for defense

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Igor Danchenko, who was a key source for the infamous anti-Trump dossier, to explain why he wants to present classified evidence as part of his defense in his upcoming criminal trial.

August 30, 2022

Racial justice activists say Biden abandons them with latest crime plan

President Biden's plan to crack down on soaring crime rates by spending $13 billion to hire 100,000 police officers has drawn sharp criticism from some of his biggest allies, who say he's repeating the mistakes of his 1994 crime bill.

August 29, 2022

Top agent exits FBI amid charge of political bias undermining Hunter Biden probe, sources say

A senior FBI official in the bureau's Washington field office has abruptly resigned after coming under congressional scrutiny for suspected political bias in handling the investigation of Hunter Biden's laptop computer.

August 29, 2022

DOJ admits materials seized from Trump may be protected by attorney-client privilege

The Justice Department said Monday that some of the materials seized in the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump's residence may be protected under attorney-client privilege.

August 29, 2022

FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago: What’s known and what’s unknown

The FBI's unprecedented raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club has split the nation, with Democrats calling to "lock him up" and Republicans railing that it's more political harassment of Mr. Trump by a partisan Justice Department.

August 28, 2022

Affidavit: Top-secret docs, classified material stored at Mar-a-Lago triggered Trump raid, FBI says

The FBI justified its unprecedented raid of former President Donald Trump's home based on agents' previous recovery of 184 classified documents Mr. Trump had removed from the White House, according to the affidavit for the search.

August 26, 2022

IRS to use some of its $80B windfall to hire phone operators

The IRS will use some of the $80 billion windfall it will receive from President Biden's massive climate, spending and tax bill to hire people to answer phone calls from taxpayers during the 2023 tax filing season.

August 26, 2022

VP Harris skips student loan, spending bill events for Hawaiian vacation

Vice President Kamala Harris has been noticeably absent from two of President Biden's biggest White House events so far, spending the time with her husband enjoying a Hawaiian vacation.

August 26, 2022

Biden slams Republican platform as ‘semi-fascism’ at campaign rally

In his first campaign-style event, President Biden on Thursday made the argument to vote for Democrats by slamming the Republican platform as "semi-fascism."

August 25, 2022

Justice Department files redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit for possible release

The Justice Department on Thursday filed under seal its proposed redactions to the affidavit that explains the reasons for its unprecedented raid of former President Donald Trump's residence in the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.

August 25, 2022

Biden’s new restrictions on ‘ghost guns’ take effect after judge denies legal challenges

The Biden administration's new regulations on so-called "ghost guns" is now in effect after a federal judge denied a request to delay the rules pending a legal challenge.

August 25, 2022

Biden appoints 27-year veteran as head of Secret Service

President Biden on Wednesday named Kimberly Cheatle, a 27-year-veteran of the Secret Service, to be the agency's next head as it faces scrutiny over missing text messages during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

August 24, 2022

Biden says he didn’t have any advance notice of Trump raid

President Biden on Wednesday insisted that he was not given a heads-up about the FBI's raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence.

August 24, 2022