Jeff Mordock

Lawmakers push AG Garland: Shooting at 2017 congressional baseball practice was domestic terrorism

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday promised House lawmakers that he will look into why the FBI deemed the 2017 shooting that nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican, and several GOP colleagues as "suicide by cop," instead of domestic terrorism.

May 4, 2021

Rudy Giuliani says of federal investigators: ‘They are trying to frame me’

Rudolph W. Giuliani on Monday insisted he's done nothing wrong and accused federal prosecutors of "trying to frame" him because of his support for former President Trump.

May 3, 2021

Merrick Garland, in first appearance before Congress, to seek money for police probes

Attorney General Merrick Garland will testify before Congress for the first time Tuesday when he asks lawmakers to fund the Justice Department's aggressive scrutiny of police departments.

May 3, 2021

Justice Department to launch review of cybersecurity threats

The Justice Department will launch a four-month review of cybersecurity challenges facing the nation, a top official said Friday.

April 30, 2021

Attorneys for Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, DOJ say they need more time in wrongful termination lawsuit

Attorneys for former FBI employees Lisa Page and Peter Strzok joined Justice Department lawyers Friday in asking a federal judge for more time to prepare for courtroom proceedings in the anti-Trump lovebirds' wrongful termination lawsuit.

April 30, 2021

FBI investigating alleged Antifa threat against Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler: Report

Portland, Oregon, police and the FBI are investigating a threatening video posted by a purported Antifa sympathizer against Mayor Ted Wheeler, according to a media report Friday.

April 30, 2021

Brad Wiegmann: DOJ eyes push for expanding domestic terrorism charges

The Justice Department is coming under intense pressure from the White House and congressional Democrats to increase investigations and prosecutions of white supremacists and racist crimes in America.

April 29, 2021

Joe Biden says he was not told in advance about Giuliani raid

President Biden said Thursday he was not given advance notice of the FBI raid on Rudolph W. Giuliani's apartment.

April 29, 2021

Widow of Cpl. Keith Heacook, slain Delaware police officer, says violence against cops must stop

The widow of a slain Delaware police officer late Wednesday called for an end to the violence against police officers as 2021 is on pace to be the deadliest in history for law enforcement.

April 29, 2021

Police officers under siege with violent attacks, job scrutiny

A Delaware police officer died Wednesday after he was viciously beaten this week and became one of the latest victims in a growing wave of violent attacks on police in America.

April 28, 2021

Feds execute warrant at Rudy Giuliani’s NYC home

Federal investigators on Wednesday raided former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's home and office as part of an ongoing investigation into his dealings in Ukraine.

April 28, 2021

Brian Sicknick, Capitol Police Officer, sprayed with Mace, not bear spray: Prosecutors

Prosecutors told a federal judge Tuesday that U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick was assaulted with Mace -- not the more dangerous bear spray as originally reported -- debunking another false narrative that emerged after the officer's death the day after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

April 27, 2021

Merrick Garland announces probe into Louisville Police Department following Breonna Taylor’s death

The Justice Department will investigate the policies and operations of the Louisville, Kentucky, police department in the wake of the police shooting of Breonna Taylor, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday.

April 26, 2021

Merrick Garland pledges to give police groups heads-up on future probes

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday afternoon promised to give leaders of some of the nation's largest police groups advance notice of future investigations into local departments, sources involved in the meeting told The Washington Times.

April 23, 2021

Brad Wenstrup calls for FBI to review decision labeling 2017 congressional shooting ‘suicide by cop’

A Republican lawmaker who witnessed the 2017 shooting at a congressional baseball practice is demanding a new investigation into how the FBI determined the incident was "suicide by cop."

April 23, 2021

Senators spar over dispatching mental health experts to police calls

Democrats on a Senate Judiciary subcommittee Thursday championed dispatching mental health experts instead of police to some emergency calls to reduce fatal police encounters, but Republicans said having unarmed civilians respond to emergencies puts the public at greater risk.

April 22, 2021

LeBron James’ tweet on police shooting is ‘disgraceful’ and ‘reckless,’ police unions say

The nation's top police unions Thursday ripped LeBron James saying his tweet reacting to the deadly police shooting of a Black teenager in Columbus, Ohio was "disgraceful and extremely reckless."

April 22, 2021

Vanita Gupta confirmed by Senate as No. 3 at Justice Department over Republican objections

The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm Vanita Gupta as the third highest official at the Justice Department, despite near unanimous opposition from Republicans, who branded her as a radical who would defund police.

April 21, 2021

Manhattan will no longer prosecute prostitution and unlicensed massages

City prosecutors in Manhattan will no longer prosecute prostitution and unlicensed massages, District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said Wednesday.

April 21, 2021

Justice Department to launch sweeping probe into Minneapolis Police Department

The Department of Justice will open an investigation into whether the Minneapolis Police Department engages in illegal conduct, including civil rights violations, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday.

April 21, 2021