Articles by Jeff Mordock
Attorneys for Paul Manafort on Friday accused special counsel Robert Mueller of manufacturing witness-tampering claims to pressure business associates of the former Trump campaign chief into perjuring themselves at his upcoming trial.
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June 9, 2018
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A federal judge on Friday issued some tough pretrial restrictions on James Wolfe, the former Senate Intelligence committee staffer accused of lying to the FBI about his contacts with reporters.
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June 8, 2018
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James A. Wolfe, a former staffer on the Senate intelligence committee, has been indicted in a leak investigation that resulted in the seizure of New York Times reporter Ali Watkins' phone and email records.
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June 7, 2018
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The inspector general reviewing the Obama administration's handling of investigations into Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election plans to release his report June 14.
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June 7, 2018
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President Donald Trump's attorneys on Thursday asked a New York federal judge for permission to file under seal their challenges to a review of documents seized in the raid of the president's personal attorney, Micheal Cohen.
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June 7, 2018
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President Trump on Thursday complained about a lack of appreciation for his firing former FBI Director James Comey, a move that has drawn attention from federal investigators.
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June 7, 2018
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The Drug Enforcement Administration is tackling the opioid crisis in the plains states with the creation of a new field office in Omaha, Nebraska, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.
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June 7, 2018
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President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the Department of Justice not to accept a plea agreement from a former IT aide to congressional Democrats who is being prosecuted in a scheme to fraudulently obtain home equity loans.
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June 7, 2018
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Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has asked witnesses in the Russia probe to hand over their personal phones to inspect their encrypted messaging programs.
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June 6, 2018
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An 18-year-old Taiwanese foreign exchange student who jokingly threatened to shoot up a suburban Philadelphia high school will face federal charges, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
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June 6, 2018
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A Dutch lawyer indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller has been deported to the Netherlands, according to media reports.
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June 5, 2018
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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort made several attempts to tamper with witnesses in his ongoing criminal cases, prosecutors said Monday as they asked a federal judge to consider revoking his house arrest.
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June 4, 2018
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Tens of thousands of people banned from buying guns try to buy them each year. Some are successful, and few are prosecuted.
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June 4, 2018
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A former defense intelligence officer was arrested Saturday for attempting to sell U.S. defense information to the Chinese government, the Department of Justice said Monday. Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, of Syracuse, Utah, held a Top Secret clearance for many years at the Defense Intelligence Agency, which provides information to policy makers and others at the Department of Defense.
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June 4, 2018
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions is adding more than 300 new prosecutors across the country to combat the opioid crisis, violent crime and illegal immigration, the Justice Department announced Monday.
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June 4, 2018
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Two financial institutions will each pay a hefty price to resolve claims related to their roles in a scheme to bribe Gadhafi-era Libyan government officials, the Justice Department announced Monday.
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June 4, 2018
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David Waldman, a New York man, is facing federal charges for a an extensive, four-year cyberstalking campaign against a woman he briefly dated, the Department of Justice said Friday.
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June 1, 2018
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In a bizarre scheme to threaten more than a 100 young girls into sending him pornographic pictures of themselves, an Atlanta man is accused of sharing illicit photos of the girls with their parents, friends and, in one case, posting an image on a high school Twitter page.
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June 1, 2018
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Special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation cost taxpayers $4.5 million between October 2017 and March 2018, the Justice Department said Thursday.
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May 31, 2018
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The Department of Justice on Thursday shut down two websites accused of selling fentanyl or a fentanyl precursor and filed federal drug trafficking charges against the owners.
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May 31, 2018
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