Jeff Mordock

Hunter Biden says he doesn’t remember anything about controversial laptop, calls it a ‘red herring’

Hunter Biden said late Thursday that he doesn't remember anything about a controversial laptop that allegedly belonged to him, but says it's a "red herring."

April 9, 2021

Gaetz associate facing sex trafficking charges agrees to cooperate with feds

Rep. Matt Gaetz's legal woes deepened Thursday after an attorney for a political backer of the congressman indicated his client will cooperate with investigators probing sex-trafficking allegations against the Florida Republican.

April 8, 2021

DOJ looking into Matt Gaetz’s trip to the Bahamas: Report

Federal investigators are looking into a Bahamas trip Rep. Matt Gaetz allegedly took with a marijuana executive in late 2018 or early 2019 as part of its sex trafficking probe, according to a report late Wednesday.

April 7, 2021

Medical examiner releases cause of death for four at Capitol riot, but not Brian Sicknick

The D.C. medical examiner said Wednesday that the cause of death for a U.S. Capitol Police officer who died after responding to the Jan. 6 riot is "still pending."

April 7, 2021

Trump says Matt Gaetz never asked him for a pardon

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday refuted reports that Rep. Matt Gaetz asked his office for a blanket preemptive pardon in the final days of his administration.

April 7, 2021

Grassley, Johnson demand Secret Service answer questions about Hunter Biden gun incident

The top Republicans on two powerful Senate committees Tuesday demanded the Secret Secret answer questions surrounding a bizarre incident in which Hunter Biden's gun went missing after being thrown in the trash in Delaware.

April 6, 2021

Federal judge skeptical of DOJ effort to jail Proud Boys members charged in Capitol riot

A federal judge appeared skeptical Tuesday about the Justice Department's bid to revoke pretrial release for two members of the Proud Boys awaiting trial on charges stemming from the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol.

April 6, 2021

William Evans, Capitol Police officer killed in car attack, will lie in honor in Rotunda

The U.S. Capitol Police officer killed in the line of duty during last week's car attack will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda next week, congressional leaders announced Tuesday.

April 6, 2021

Bob Kent, accused of trying to extort Matt Gaetz, admits he asked for money

The man accused of trying to extort Rep. Matt Gaetz admitted Monday that he asked for money, but insists he wasn't trying to blackmail the embattled Florida Republican.

April 6, 2021

Former Gaetz staffer says he has no knowledge of any illegal activity, calls claims ‘fabricated’

A former staffer for embattled Rep. Matt Gaetz on Monday vehemently denied that he had knowledge or evidence that the Florida congressman had engaged in illegal activity, refuting the claims as "baseless."

April 5, 2021

Homicide spike inundates cities that slashed police funding

Last year's hefty spike in homicides is extending into 2021, with cities that slashed police budgets seeing some of the largest upticks, according to an analysis of data by The Washington Times.

April 4, 2021

U.S. Capitol Police officer becomes seventh to die in the line of duty

William Evans, the U.S. Capitol Police officer who was killed Friday after a car rammed into a security barricade at the Capitol complex, is the seventh member of the department to die in the line of duty.

April 2, 2021

Matt Gaetz says rumors he will resign are false

Rep. Matt Gaetz on Friday said he will not step down amid a Justice Department investigation into sex trafficking allegations, even as one of his senior staffers resigned.

April 2, 2021

Hunter Biden concedes that controversial laptop ‘absolutely’ could belong to him

Hunter Biden said in an interview Friday that the laptop purportedly left in a Delaware repair shop that revealed alleged shady business dealings in Ukraine could "absolutely" belong to him.

April 2, 2021

Proud Boys leader charged in Capitol riot asks judge to keep him out of jail ahead of trial

A Proud Boys leader facing conspiracy charges for his role in the U.S. Capitol siege on Thursday asked a federal judge to keep him out of jail ahead of his trial, saying the Justice Department's bid to detain him is based on old evidence.

April 1, 2021

Matt Gaetz’s dad says son is victim of extortion plot

Don Gaetz, the father of Rep. Matt Gaetz, on Wednesday stood behind his son's claims that he is the victim of an extortion plot by a former Justice Department official.

March 31, 2021

NYPD unions slam bail reform over the release of suspect accused of assaulting Asian woman

New York police unions on Wednesday slammed the state's leftist politicians for the release of a man who killed his own mother in 2002 and was arrested this week for assaulting an Asian American woman in an incident that went viral.

March 31, 2021

Matt Gaetz’s extortion allegations are ‘completely false,’ ex-DOJ official says

The former Justice Department employee accused of trying to extort $25 million from Rep. Matt Gaetz slammed the accusations as "completely false" Wednesday even as the Florida Republican's father backed up some of his son's claims.

March 31, 2021

Two U.S. Capitol Police officers sue Donald Trump over injuries sustained in Jan. 6 riot

A pair of U.S. Capitol Police officers who say they suffered physical and emotional injuries in the Jan. 6 riot sued former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, accusing him of inciting the insurrection.

March 31, 2021

Suspect in attack on Asian American woman in NYC is arrested, fatally stabbed his mother in 2002

The New York Police Department Wednesday morning arrested a 38-year-old man for the brutal beating of an Asian American woman in Manhattan this week.

March 31, 2021