Jeff Mordock

Kristen Clarke, DOJ nominee, says she doesn’t support defunding police, despite her op-ed

Kristen Clarke, President Biden's nominee to head the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, told senators on Wednesday that she does not support defunding the police despite appearing to endorse it in an op-ed.

April 14, 2021

Dan Kildee, Michigan congressman, says he sought PTSD treatment after Capitol riot

Rep. Dan Kildee said Monday he sought treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

April 12, 2021

Biden administration halts plans for police oversight commission

The White House has halted plans to create a national police oversight commission and instead will focus on changing policing through legislation, Director of Domestic Policy Susan Rice said Monday.

April 12, 2021

House Ethics Committee opens investigation into Matt Gaetz

The House Ethics Committee announced Friday it has opened an investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz who is ensnared in a federal sex-trafficking probe.

April 9, 2021

Nevada man accused of creating phony Trump, Biden PACs to defraud investors, prosecutors say

A Nevada man who allegedly created phony political action committees to support both President Biden and former President Trump was charged with wire fraud Friday as prosecutors say he pocketed more than $340,000 donations.

April 9, 2021

House inches closer to enacting slavery reparations

A bill that could lead to slavery reparations took a major step forward Friday when the House Judiciary Committee scheduled it for a debate and vote next week.

April 9, 2021

Adam Kinzinger calls for Matt Gaetz to step down amid sex trafficking probe

Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Thursday night called for the resignation of fellow Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, making him the first GOP lawmaker to do so.

April 9, 2021

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