Jeff Mordock

Defund police movement drives cops to back Trump

Police unions and associations across the country are bucking the AFL-CIO to endorse President Trump.

October 14, 2020

Bruce Ohr, controversial DOJ official, resigns amid disciplinary review

Bruce Ohr, a veteran Justice Department official whose ties to British former spy Christopher Steele led to his 2017 demotion, resigned from the department while awaiting the results of a "disciplinary review," a department spokesperson said Wednesday.

October 14, 2020

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Melania Trump book author, sued by Justice Department

The Justice Department on Tuesday sued the author of a tell-all book about First Lady Melania Trump, claiming the ex-friend breached a 2017 non-disclosure agreement.

October 13, 2020

North Carolina bans police officers from being stationed at polling places

Just days before early voting will begin in North Carolina, state election officials barred local police officers from stationing officers at polling places.

October 13, 2020

FBI opening office in Cambodia amid tense ties between two nations

The FBI will open an office in Cambodia to track down fugitive American criminals as well as combat human trafficking and money laundering, a bureau spokesperson said Tuesday.

October 13, 2020

NYPD officers told to prepare for election protests: report

New York Police Commissioner Dermot Shea told all uniformed officers to remain on high alert for protests leading up to and following next month's presidential election, according to an internal memo obtained by The New York Post.

October 13, 2020

Officials record second-largest meth bust ever at U.S.-Mexico border

Federal authorities over the weekend seized more than 3,000 pounds of methamphetamine, making it the second-largest bust in U.S. history, Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday.

October 12, 2020

House Democrats file legal brief opposing Texas’ limits on absentee ballots

The Democratic chairs of two key House committees on Monday filed a legal brief opposing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's order limiting counties to only one drop-off location for absentee ballots.

October 12, 2020

Donald Trump demands FBI focus on Antifa after riot declared in Portland

President Trump on Monday called for the FBI to crack down on Antifa following another night of rioting in downtown Portland where demonstrators smashed windows and toppled statues of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt.

October 12, 2020

Emboldened Antifa increasingly violent as national profile rises

As the movement enters the mainstream, its sympathizers are escalating the violence from throwing rocks and blocking doors to physical assaults and, for the first time, killing.

October 11, 2020

AG William Barr tells Republicans that the Durham report won’t be ready before the election: Report

Attorney General William P. Barr told top Republican officials that U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the origins of the Trump-Russia collusion probe will not be ready before Election Day, according to a report published Friday.

October 9, 2020

Trump rips Gretchen Whitmer after she blames him in kidnapping plot

President Trump said Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has done "a terrible job" responding to the coronavirus threat just hours after she accused him of being "complicit" in stoking extremist groups, like the militia accused of plotting to kidnap and kill her.

October 8, 2020

FBI says it thwarted militia plot to kill Michigan Gov. Whitmer

Federal and state authorities on Thursday arrested 13 men they say conspired to kidnap and kill Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer because, in part, of her strict coronavirus lockdown measure that sparked protests across the state.

October 8, 2020

Donald Trump declines to say if he’ll fire Christopher Wray, calls FBI head ‘disappointing’

President Trump on Thursday declined to say if he would fire FBI Director Christopher A. Wray after the election but called him "disappointing."

October 8, 2020

Group of attorneys, ex-judges say they will ‘support’ DOJ employees who speak out against AG Barr

A coalition of attorneys and judges on Thursday said they will support any Justice Department official who resigns or speaks out against what they say is "political misuse" of the department by Attorney General William P. Barr ahead of next month's presidential election.

October 8, 2020

Flynn attorneys say Judge Sullivan ‘increasingly hostile,’ demand recusal from case

Attorneys for Michael Flynn on Wednesday demanded U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan recuse himself from the case, claiming the judge is "increasing hostile" and "improperly biased" against President Trump's one-time national security adviser.

October 7, 2020

Republican attorneys general slam former colleague Kamala Harris as ‘original lawless liberal’

Republican attorneys general assailed Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala D. Harris on Wednesday, blasting their former colleague as the "original lawless liberal."

October 7, 2020

Justice Department unseals charges against British ISIS members involved in the death of 4 Americans

The Justice Department unsealed charges Wednesday against two British members of the Islamic State who were part of a cell that killed four Americans, including aid worker Kayla Mueller in 2015.

October 7, 2020

Antifa violence escalates as movement goes mainstream

As the Antifa movement enters the mainstream, its sympathizers are escalating the violence from throwing rocks and blocking doors to physical assaults and, for the first time, killing.

October 6, 2020

Andrew McCabe’s attorney: Senate hearing on FBI Russia probe canceled because of COVID-19 fears

The Senate Judiciary Committee canceled Tuesday's hearing on the origins of the Trump-Russia probe after disgraced former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe cited the coronavirus outbreak in refusing to testify in person or remotely.

October 5, 2020