Articles by Jeff Mordock
An FBI informant posing as a research assistant met with Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos roughly two months before the 2016 presidential election, The New York Times reported Thursday.
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May 2, 2019
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Roughly 20 Democrats -- including at least four presidential candidates -- have publicly called for Attorney General William P. Barr to resign from the Justice Department.
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May 2, 2019
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With Attorney General William P. Barr's chair empty, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler lashed out Thursday at Trump administration for the growing clash, saying the government itself "is very much at stake."
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May 2, 2019
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House Democrats said they are considering holding Attorney General William P. Barr in contempt of Congress after he informed them he won't meet their deadline for turning over the unredacted special counsel's report and won't appear to testify Thursday.
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May 1, 2019
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A former CIA officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to giving Chinese spies information about the agency's top-secret operations in China.
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May 1, 2019
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Attorney General William P. Barr has told House Democrats he won't testify Thursday after they changed their rules to create a new format that would have subjected him to tougher scrutiny by lawyers.
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May 1, 2019
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Attorney General William Barr described a letter written by special counsel Robert Mueller complaining about his summary of the Russia probe as "a bit snitty."
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May 1, 2019
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In the most fiery exchange so far during Attorney General William P. Barr's Senate Judiciary testimony, Sen. Lindsey Graham interrupted questioning to accuse Sen. Mazie Hirono of "slandering" the Justice Department's top official.
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May 1, 2019
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Attorney General William P. Barr told Senators Wednesday that he had "no substantive" discussions with White House officials about open investigations spun out of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.
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May 1, 2019
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Attorney General William P. Barr said Wednesday it was unclear why special counsel Robert Mueller did not reach a conclusion on whether President Trump tried to thwart the Russia investigation.
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May 1, 2019
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Attorney General William P. Barr took a veiled shot at the Obama administration's lack of action on Russian election meddling in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
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May 1, 2019
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President Trump ordering White House counsel Don McGahn to remove special counsel Robert Mueller because of "conflicts" is not the same as directly firing him, Attorney General William P. Barr told senators in a hearing Wednesday.
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May 1, 2019
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Attorney General William P. Barr on Wednesday insisted he did not misrepresent the final conclusions by special counsel Robert Mueller in a contentious Senate hearing.
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May 1, 2019
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Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday he was "surprised" that special counsel Robert Mueller left it up to him to decide whether or not President Trump obstructed the Russia investigation.
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May 1, 2019
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Wednesday special counsel Robert Mueller needs to testify before lawmakers and has asked Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham call him to the Hill.
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May 1, 2019
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Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham praised special counsel Robert Mueller in opening remarks ahead of Attorney General William P. Barr's testimony on Mr. Mueller's final conclusions.
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May 1, 2019
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal feels betrayed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, for whom Democrats spent more than a year defending as the bulwark against an unruly president and the overseer of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
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April 30, 2019
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Randy Credico, a former Roger Stone associate, has been subpoenaed to testify in Mr. Stone's upcoming November trial, The Hill reported Tuesday.
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April 30, 2019
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, resigned Monday, ending a turbulent two-year run as the Justice Department's second-in-command.
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April 29, 2019
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Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Monday accused Attorney General William Barr of mischaracterizing special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election and whether President Trump obstructed the investigation.
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April 29, 2019
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