Jeff Mordock

Lawmakers blaming Christopher Wray for FBI’s failure to catch Capitol riot warning signs

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray on Tuesday fended off hostile lawmakers from both parties who blamed him for the bureau's failure to catch warning signs ahead of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

March 2, 2021

Feds charge South Carolina man who allegedly dressed up as Antifa during Capitol riot

A South Carolina man was charged Tuesday after allegedly telling relatives he dressed up like an Antifa supporter, assaulted a police officer and stole gear from officers during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

March 2, 2021

Every FBI agent mentioned in Horowitz report on Trump-Russia probe subject to disciplinary action

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray said on Tuesday that every FBI employee referenced in a scathing Justice Department Inspector General report on the origins of the infamous Trump-Russia probe has been referred for discipline.

March 2, 2021

FBI Director Wray says he can’t disclose cause of Brian Sicknick’s death

FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday refused to answer questions about the death of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died from injuries sustained in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

March 2, 2021

FBI Director Christopher Wray says Capitol attack was domestic terrorism

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told lawmakers Tuesday that bureau officials have deemed the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Trump as domestic terrorism.

March 2, 2021

Jim Jordan urges ‘cancel culture’ hearings from Nadler

The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee Monday urged Chairman Jerrold Nadler to hold hearings on the "dangerous phenomenon" of cancel culture.

March 1, 2021

GOP attorneys general demand Biden withdraw Vanita Gupta’s DOJ nomination

The Republican attorneys general in five states on Monday urged President Biden to withdraw the nomination of Vanita Gupta for the No. 3 position at the Justice Department, saying her controversial statements about policing would damage the department's relationship with local law enforcement.

March 1, 2021

Senate panel advances Merrick Garland, Biden’s pick for attorney general

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday voted to advance Judge Merrick Garland's nomination for attorney general, despite opposition from Republicans who accused President Biden's pick to lead the Justice Department of dodging their questions.

March 1, 2021

Yogananda Pittman, Capitol Police chief: Intel underestimated threat of Jan. 6 riot

Acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told lawmakers Thursday that the government was aware that armed extremists were planning mayhem at the Capitol on Jan. 6, but the intelligence grossly underestimated the scope of the attack.

February 25, 2021

Thomas Webster, retired NYPD officer, charged in Capitol riot

A retired New York City police officer was charged Tuesday for allegedly using a flagpole to attack a member of the U.S. Capitol Police during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.

February 23, 2021

U.S. Capitol Police need authority to call in National Guard, former chief says

Former Capitol Police Chief Steve Sund told lawmakers Tuesday that future police chiefs must have the authority to request the National Guard when there is a threat to the U.S. Capitol.

February 23, 2021

Former U.S. Capitol Police chief says rioters displayed ‘significant coordination’ in Jan. 6 attack

Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund on Tuesday told lawmakers there is evidence of "significant coordination among rioters" to carry out the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

February 23, 2021

Capitol security officials say information shared by feds ahead of Jan. 6 attack was inaccurate

Intelligence assessments shared with top security officials at the U.S. Capitol before the Jan. 6 attack concluded that there was only a "remote" chance of violence that day, former Capitol security officials told senators Tuesday.

February 23, 2021

Emma Coronel Aispuro, ‘El Chapo’ wife, arrested at Dulles International Airport

The wife of Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested on Monday at an airport in Virginia on international drug trafficking charges, the Justice Department said.

February 22, 2021

Merrick Garland says DOJ would advance Joe Biden’s gun control policies

Judge Merrick Garland, President Biden's nominee for attorney general, suggested Monday that if confirmed he would direct the Justice Department to advance the administration's position on gun control.

February 22, 2021

Merrick Garland, attorney general nominee, says he doesn’t support defunding police

Attorney General nominee Judge Merrick Garland said Monday he doesn't support defunding the police.

February 22, 2021

Merrick Garland says he hasn’t discussed the Hunter Biden investigation with the president

Attorney General nominee Judge Merrick Garland told a Senate committee Monday that he has not spoken with President Biden about the federal investigation into his son, Hunter Biden.

February 22, 2021

Merrick Garland dodges questions about Durham probe of Trump-Russia connection

Judge Merrick Garland, President Biden's nominee for attorney general, sidestepped senators' questions about the Russian collusion probe and Hunter Biden's business dealings on Monday but vowed an aggressive prosecution of last month's U.S. Capitol rioters.

February 22, 2021

Merrick Garland decries ‘heinous’ Capitol riot, vows to oversee prosecutions if confirmed as AG

Judge Merrick Garland, President Biden's nominee for attorney general, will tell a Senate panel Monday that the U.S. Capitol riot was "a heinous attack" and vow to personally oversee the prosecutions of those charged in the assault.

February 22, 2021

Merrick Garland civil rights record questioned by activists

The biggest hurdle for President Biden's pick of Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general is not Senate Republicans -- he has got to get past the Democratic Party's racial justice activists.

February 21, 2021