Articles by Jeff Mordock
A longtime business partner of Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to tax fraud late Tuesday and reportedly will cooperate with the government, as prosecutors turn up the heat on President Trump's personal attorney.
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May 22, 2018
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A Federal Aviation Administration employee had 17 images of suspected child pornography on his taxpayer-funded work computer, yet the government allowed him to keep his job and ordered him to attend after-hours counseling on appropriate computer use.
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May 22, 2018
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A group of House conservatives Tuesday introduced a resolution calling for a second special counsel to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by the Department of Justice and FBI during the 2016 presidential election.
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May 22, 2018
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President Trump said Tuesday morning it "would be a disgrace" if allegations that the FBI had embedded a spy in his 2016 campaign turned out to be true.
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May 22, 2018
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President Trump ordered his chief of staff Monday to make sure Congress gets "highly classified" information from the Justice Department, intelligence community and FBI -- including details that could shed light on whether the FBI had an informant investigate the Trump campaign.
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May 21, 2018
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Nearly three years after his arrest, a Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges.
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May 21, 2018
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President Donald Trump demanded the Justice Department give members of Congress the documents related to an FBI informant who had contacted campaign officials during the 2016 election.
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May 19, 2018
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The former National Director of Anti-Corruption in Colombia was extradited to the United States Thursday where he will face wire fraud, money laundering and bribery charges, the Department of Justice said.
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May 18, 2018
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The embattled director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons abruptly announced his resignation Friday, the Justice Department confirmed.
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May 18, 2018
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday the Trump administration will not treat religious individuals as an "afterthought" and vowed that the Justice Department will get involved in more cases regarding freedom of religion.
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May 18, 2018
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A Michigan publishing company on Thursday claimed it has identified the mysterious skyjacker D.B. Copper, who disappeared in 1971 with $200,000 in cash.
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May 18, 2018
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Two former leaders of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club were found guilty of 13 charges for the murder of the 2006 murder of a rival gang leader, a federal jury in San Antonio, Texas ruled Thursday.
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May 17, 2018
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Special counsel Robert Mueller on Thursday provided a federal judge in Virginia copy of an unredacted memo outlining the scope of his investigation into Russian collusion.
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May 17, 2018
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The Justice Department inspector general said Wednesday he has completed his long-awaited report on the agency's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during the 2016 election.
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May 17, 2018
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The CEO of Bumble Bee foods was indicted late Wednesday by a federal grand jury for his role in conspiracy to fix tuna prices on the international market.
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May 16, 2018
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The Justice Department has not publicly lodged charges against anyone associated with the Islamic State since February in what analysts said suggests the terrorist organization's reach is waning in the U.S.
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May 16, 2018
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President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that special counsel Robert Mueller's team has concluded it can't indict a sitting president.
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May 16, 2018
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Three Palm Beach County, Fla., men were sentenced Wednesday for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State, better known by the acronym ISIS.
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May 16, 2018
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A federal judge sentenced a Turkish banker to 32 months in prison Wednesday for his role in a scheme to help Iran avoid U.S. sanctions, the Justice Department announced.
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May 16, 2018
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Three former executives of a publicly traded medical-billing company were charged Wednesday, accused of creating phony customers, subsidiaries and acquisitions to make the business appear more attractive to investors before taking it private.
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May 16, 2018
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