Jeff Mordock

Lindsey Graham demands FBI director address allegations bureau misled senators about Steele dossier

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham on Tuesday demanded FBI Director Christopher A. Wray address accusations that bureau officials lied to a Senate panel in 2018 about a notorious, unverified anti-Trump dossier.

August 11, 2020

William Barr sought to dismiss Michael Flynn case based on ‘undisclosed’ evidence, DOJ attorney says

A top Justice Department lawyer said Tuesday that there is even more to the Michael Flynn legal saga than what has been disclosed to the public.

August 11, 2020

More than 100 rounds fired at Dubois Place SE, suspect four or more shooters: Police

D.C. police said Monday more than 100 rounds of gunfire were shot at a large social gathering in Southeast, killing one and injuring at least 21 people.

August 10, 2020

How judge in Michael Flynn case did an about-face on prosecutorial misconduct

Sidney Powell, the lawyer for FBI perjury-trap target Michael Flynn, used to think she was on the same side as the judge who now refuses to let FBI misconduct stand in the way of prosecuting her client.

August 8, 2020

Letitia James, New York attorney general, moves to dissolve NRA after probe

New York's attorney general filed a lawsuit Thursday to dissolve the National Rifle Association after an 18-month probe found the organization "fraught with fraud and abuse," though the damage to the struggling gun rights group could be more political than legal.

August 6, 2020

Criminals behind mass attacks share many common traits, Secret Service says in new report

The U.S. Secret Service has uncovered many similarities among the perpetrators of deadly mass attacks that took place across the United States last year, according to a report released Thursday.

August 6, 2020

GOP senators propose withholding DOJ funds for cities that don’t prosecute rioters

A pair of Republican senators on Wednesday proposed withholding Justice Department grants, including emergency coronavirus funds, from cities and states that do not prosecute individuals arrested for crimes allegedly committed during the George Floyd riots.

August 5, 2020

Sally Yates says Comey went ‘rogue’ in Michael Flynn investigation

Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates told senators Wednesday that James B. Comey went rogue as FBI director in January 2017 when he dispatched agents to interview Michael Flynn, President Trump's national security adviser at the time, without her authorization.

August 5, 2020

Yates testifies she would not have approved Carter Page surveillance if she were aware of errors

Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told a Senate committee Wednesday that she would not have signed an application to surveil former Trump campaign aide Carter Page had she known it contained errors and omissions.

August 5, 2020

Trump, Graham differ on Yates credibility ahead of Senate testimony

President Trump and close ally Lindsey Graham on Wednesday offered contrasting views of ex-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates ahead of her Senate Judiciary Committee testimony on the origins of the Russian collusion investigation.

August 5, 2020

Sally Yates testifies on Crossfire Hurricane to Senate Judiciary Committee

Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates will be in a tight spot Wednesday in front of a Senate panel, forced to square her 2017 testimony that Michael Flynn could be blackmailed by Russia with new revelations that the probe was an FBI setup targeting the Trump White House.

August 4, 2020

FISA errors did not influence court decisions: FBI, DOJ says

An investigation into 29 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court warrant applications found to be riddled with mistakes by a Justice Department watchdog concluded that the errors did not influence how the court ruled, the Justice Department and FBI said.

August 3, 2020

Cyrus Vance, Manhattan DA, asks federal court to stop Trump’s latest challenge to tax subpoena

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. on Monday suggested that his office wants President Trump's tax returns as part of an investigation into criminal conduct at the Trump Organization.

August 3, 2020

Protect Our Police PAC says its raised $750K in the first three weeks

A pro-police political action committee formed by former officers said Monday it has raised $750,000 in its first three weeks.

August 3, 2020

Justice Department schedules two federal executions for September

The Justice Department on Friday scheduled the execution of two death row inmates, who were each convicted murder.

July 31, 2020

Florida teen arrested over Twitter hack that hijacked Obama, Biden accounts

A Florida teen is among three individuals charged Friday in connection with the recent high-profile hack of 130 Twitter accounts, including Bill Gates, former President Barack Obama and Joseph R. Biden.

July 31, 2020

Ghislaine Maxwell converted girl into Epstein sex-slave, unsealed courts documents allege

Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly helped convert an underage girl into Jeffrey Epstein's "sex-slave," according to court documents unsealed late Thursday night.

July 31, 2020

Ghislaine Maxwell documents unsealed in Jeffrey Epstein case

A federal judge late Thursday unsealed a trove of highly-anticipated documents from a settled civil lawsuit filed against her in 2015 by alleged victims of disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.

July 30, 2020

John Boampong accused of shooting at Boston police during protests faces federal charges

A Boston man accused of firing a gun at 21 police officers during the city's George Floyd protests last month was slapped with federal charges Thursday.

July 30, 2020

Michael Flynn case to be heard by full appeals court

A federal appeals court on Thursday agreed to take a second look at whether the Justice Department can withdraw the criminal charges against Michael Flynn, keeping President Trump's first national security adviser in legal jeopardy for at least a little while longer.

July 30, 2020