Jeff Mordock

‘Typo’ concealed Clinton lawyer’s connection to Trump-Russia allegations, FBI agent testifies

An FBI agent testified in court Tuesday that a "typo" in an email led investigators in 2016 to believe that false allegations linking former President Trump to Russia's Alfa Bank originated with the Department of Justice, when in fact they came from Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann.

May 24, 2022

FBI agent testifies he’s under investigation for withholding evidence in Trump-Russia probe

FBI agent Curtis Heide testified in court Tuesday that he is currently the subject of an internal investigation into allegations that he withheld key evidence from an application to surveil a figure in the bureau's probe into former President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.

May 24, 2022

FBI leadership concealed Sussmann’s identity from field investigators, agent testifies

FBI leaders pulled field agents from other investigations in 2016 to pursue a false tip linking presidential candidate Donald Trump to a Russian bank, but they concealed that the probe was spurred by information provided by rival Hillary Clinton's campaign, an FBI agent testified in court Monday.

May 23, 2022

FBI official struggles to recall key details in Sussmann case, dealing blow to prosecution

Prosecutors in the criminal case against former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann were stonewalled Monday by their own witness, a former top FBI official, who struggled to recall key details about the bureau's 2016 meeting with the defendant.

May 23, 2022

Jurors await key evidence in trial of Clinton campaign lawyer charged in Durham’s probe

Prosecutors in the criminal trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Micheal Sussmann are expected to introduce their most important piece of evidence this week.

May 22, 2022

Clinton campaign lawyer peddled anti-Trump claims to CIA after the election, officials testify

Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Mark Sussmann peddled his false theories about former President Donald Trump to the CIA in the early days of the Trump administration, two former CIA officials testified Friday.

May 20, 2022

Hillary Clinton approved sharing debunked Trump-Russia claims with media, says campaign manager

Hillary Clinton personally approved sharing with the news media a false theory linking Donald Trump to Russia even though campaign officials were not "totally confident" in the accuracy of the information, the manager of her 2016 campaign testified in court.

May 20, 2022

Judge in Clinton lawyer trial denies prosecution request to remove juror over ties to defendant

A federal judge in the criminal trial of Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann denied a prosecution request Thursday to remove a juror whose daughter plays on the same high school sports team as the defendant's daughter.

May 19, 2022

FBI official ‘100% confident’ Clinton lawyer denied repping client to peddle Trump-Russia dirt

A top FBI official told jurors Thursday that a Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer repeatedly stressed that he was not representing the campaign while urging the bureau to investigate former President Donald Trump's link to a Russian bank.

May 19, 2022

Evidence in Sussmann trial points to Clinton campaign’s link to a Trump-Russia collusion theory

Billing records introduced Wednesday in the trial of Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann underscored the presidential campaign's connections to the promotion of a now-debunked tale linking former President Donald Trump to Russia's Alfa Bank.

May 18, 2022

FBI agent says bureau opened Trump probe even after Russian Bank link debunked

An FBI cyber expert testified Tuesday that the bureau's counterintelligence unit opened an investigation into former President Trump's alleged ties to a Russian bank in September 2016, even though his team had raised questions about the evidence provided by a Clinton campaign attorney.

May 17, 2022

FBI agent says Sussmann claims of Trump ties to Russia bank ‘didn’t make any sense’

An FBI agent told jurors Tuesday that Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann's purported evidence tying former President Trump to Russia's Alfa Bank strained credibility because there was no effort to hide what Mr. Sussmann claimed was secret back-channel communications.

May 17, 2022

Clinton used FBI as ‘tool,’ jurors are told

Prosecutors argued Tuesday, the opening day of a criminal trial testing special counsel John Durham's Russia investigation, that a Hillary Clinton campaign attorney "used and manipulated the FBI" with anti-Trump dirt to create an October surprise before the 2016 presidential election.

May 17, 2022

Hillary supporters in jury pool frustrate prosecutors in trial of ex-Clinton attorney

Support for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign among potential jurors in the trial of former campaign attorney Michael Sussmann frustrated prosecutors as jury selection began Monday.

May 16, 2022

Durham prosecution of Clinton campaign lawyer Sussmann also puts FBI on trial

A slew of current and former FBI officials are slated to take the stand in a trial set to begin Monday of former Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann, offering testimony that could lay bare the FBI's eagerness to seize on unverified anti-Trump political dirt.

May 15, 2022

Emotional Jen Psaki bids adieu to press, thanks Bidens

An emotional Jen Psaki thanked President Biden and the press on her last day as chief White House spokeswoman Friday, saying she tried to show "integrity and grace" from the podium.

May 13, 2022

Federal judge orders Fusion GPS to turn over 22 emails to John Durham

A federal judge late Thursday ordered Fusion GPS, the research firm tapped by Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign to gin up dirt on former President Trump, to turn over nearly two dozen emails to special counsel John Durham, who is investigating the Russian-collusion narrative.

May 12, 2022

Biden scrambles to address baby formula shortage as critics say he was caught flat-footed

President Biden scrambled Thursday to show he is on top of the baby formula shortage as frustrated parents and Republicans slammed the administration for getting caught flat-footed and sending scarce formula to illegal immigrants while American parents stare at empty store shelves.

May 12, 2022

Biden looks overseas for baby formula to address the monthslong shortage in the U.S.

President Biden plans to increase the amount of baby formula imported into the U.S. to address a long-running shortage that has frustrated and desperate parents running from store to store trying to feed their babies, a senior administration official said Thursday.

May 12, 2022

Illegal immigrants get ‘pallets’ of scarce baby formula, GOP lawmaker says

A Republican lawmaker on Thursday said illegal immigrants detained by Border Patrol have access to hard-to-find baby formula, as U.S. parents go scrambling from store to store due to a nationwide shortage.

May 12, 2022