Jeff Mordock

Derek Chauvin trial: Minneapolis to call up to 2,000 National Guard troops

Thousands of Minnesota National Guard troops will descend upon Minneapolis ahead of the upcoming trial for the former officer charged in George Floyd's death, city and state officials said Wednesday.

February 17, 2021

Burgess Owens, Black GOP congressman, blasts reparations hearing as ‘unfair and heartless’

Rep. Burgess Owens, a Black Republican congressman from Utah, on Wednesday blasted House Democrats for holding a hearing on reparations for Black Americans, saying it gives them false hope.

February 17, 2021

Gun registry bill from Sheila Jackson Lee called ‘dangerous’

The legislation, H.R. 127, would create a mandatory registry that lists the names of gun owners, the number of firearms they possess and where they keep the guns.

February 16, 2021

Former Capitol Police chief, sergeants-at-arms to testify before Senate on Jan. 6 riot

The former head of the U.S. Capitol Police and other security officials will testify before the Senate next week in the first major hearing on the siege at the U.S. Capitol last month, leaders of two committees said Tuesday.

February 16, 2021

Police forces deny White supremacists have co-opted ranks

While officers concede some White supremacists may have entered their ranks, they say civil rights groups insisting it's a ticking time bomb have exaggerated those numbers.

February 11, 2021

David Kyle Reeves, North Carolina man, charged with threatening to kill President Biden

A North Carolina man was charged with threatening to kill President Biden, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.

February 11, 2021

Georgia prosecutors open criminal probe into Trump phone call with secretary of state

Prosecutors in Georgia's largest county have opened a criminal investigation into former President Trump's phone call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger urging him to "find" enough votes to overturn the state's election results, a spokesperson for the Fulton County District Attorney's office said Wednesday.

February 10, 2021

Jenny Louise Cudd, charged in Capitol riot, can travel to Mexico, judge rules

A federal judge late Friday granted a woman charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol to travel to Mexico later this month.

February 5, 2021

Hunter Biden is ‘working to unwind’ investment in Chinese firm, White House says

President Biden's son Hunter still owns a stake in an investment company affiliated with the Chinese government, according to the White House.

February 5, 2021

Peter Schwartz, alleged Capitol rioter, accused of macing police officers during assault

A Kentucky man arrested in connection with last month's deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol sprayed mace at police officers during the assault, prosecutors said in court documents unsealed Friday.

February 5, 2021

Jacob Chansley, ‘QAnon Shaman’ at Capitol riots, moved to Virginia jail for organic diet

The U.S. Capitol rioter known as the "QAnon Shaman" was transferred to Virginia jail Friday morning after a federal judge ordered authorities to serve him organic food while in custody.

February 5, 2021

D.C. Homeland Security head says FBI shared information about potential for violence ahead of riot

Washington's top security official on Thursday pushed back against claims that the FBI did not share information about the potential for violence ahead of last month's deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.

February 4, 2021

Capitol riot was a ‘watershed’ moment for White supremacist movement, witness tells Congress

The deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol was a "watershed" moment for the White supremacist movement that will inspire future attacks within the coming months, a panel of counterterrorism terrorism experts told Congress on Thursday.

February 4, 2021

ATF increases reward for St. John’s Episcopal Church fire suspects

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Tuesday upped its reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of the individuals responsible for a fire set in the historic St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington during last summer's George Floyd protests.

February 2, 2021

Christopher Wray to testify as Dick Durbin, Chuck Grassley demand Capitol riot answers

The top two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday demanded the Justice Department and FBI answer questions about security failures that led to the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last month.

February 2, 2021

Merrick Garland’s confirmation hearing pushed back until after Trump’s impeachment trial

The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee denied a request from Democrats to hold a quick hearing on Judge Merrick Garland, President Biden's nominee for attorney general, before former President Trump's impeachment trial.

February 2, 2021

Myles Carter, BLM activist tackled by police during protests, announces campaign for sheriff

A Black Lives Matter protester who made headlines after he was tackled by police while marching in last summer's racial justice demonstrations announced Tuesday that he is running for sheriff in Erie County, New York.

February 2, 2021

Tipsters in Capitol attack aid FBI in most arrests

The Washington Times analyzed 160 criminal cases filed from the assault as of this weekend, and more than 100 of them included the help of a tipster or cooperating witness. In most instances, the tipster was the one who put the FBI on the trail.

January 31, 2021

Judges go easy on fed workers convicted of crimes linked to Russia collusion lies

Carter Page has received death threats, suffered economic losses and is trying to repair a reputation that is in tatters while the two government employees convicted in relation to the smear against him walked away with a slap on the wrist.

January 31, 2021

Kevin Clinesmith, ex-FBI, sentenced to year of probation for falsifying document in Russia probe

A former FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty last year to falsifying a document to justify the surveillance of a former Trump 2016 campaign adviser was sentenced Friday to one year of probation.

January 29, 2021