Jeff Mordock

DOJ scolds Montgomery Co., Md., for allowing indoor protests but banning religious gatherings

The Justice Department Thursday scolded Montgomery County, Maryland officials saying it is "selectively enforcing" Constitutional rights by allowing an indoor civil rights protest last week, while still imposing its ban on religious gatherings larger than 10 people.

June 11, 2020

Senate approves subpoenas of Obama officials in Russian collusion probe

A Senate committee approved subpoenas Thursday for more than 50 mostly Obama-era officials in a dramatic escalation of the investigation into origins of the Trump-Russia collusion probe.

June 11, 2020

Minneapolis looters released from jail without bail

Hundreds of rioters arrested by the Minneapolis police during the George Floyd protests were immediately back on the streets when authorities refused to press charges and released them without bail.

June 10, 2020

Head of DOJ’s criminal division to step down next month

The head of the Justice Department's criminal division announced Wednesday that he will be stepping down next month.

June 10, 2020

Devinare Parker, Seattle protester, charged with federal firearms violation

A protester in Seattle, who allegedly attacked a police officer during the civil unrest last week, is now facing federal firearm charges, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.

June 10, 2020

Dianne Feinstein: Coronavirus unemployment program ‘riddled with fraud’

Financial institutions have already detected $500 million in bogus coronavirus unemployment benefit claims from overseas fraudsters, officials revealed to Congress on Tuesday, saying the scammers use databases of stolen personal identifying information and file jobless claims in the names of unsuspecting Americans.

June 9, 2020

Charles Lieber, Harvard professor in China case, facing new charges

The Justice Department on Tuesday filed new charges against Harvard University's chemistry chairman, accusing him of making false statements about his ties to a controversial Chinese talent recruit program.

June 9, 2020

Jim Kenney, Philadelphia mayor, to eliminate proposed $19M budget increase for police department

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Tuesday that he will eliminate a proposed $19 million budget increase for the city's police department, making him the latest big-city mayor to cave to the "defund police" movement.

June 9, 2020

DOJ official says PPP fraud prosecutions expected to increase

Prosecutions for Paycheck Protection Program fraud are expected to increase even as the coronavirus pandemic itself begins to wane, a top Justice Department official told senators on Tuesday.

June 9, 2020

Branden Wolfe charged in Minneapolis police precinct arson

Federal prosecutors Monday filed the first criminal charges for the torching of a Minneapolis police precinct last as protests raged through the city of the death of George Floyd.

June 8, 2020

William Barr: Movement to defund police is ‘wrong,’ ‘dangerous’

Attorney General William P. Barr on Monday criticized the movement to defund the police as "wrong" and "dangerous."

June 8, 2020

Prince Andrew refuses to cooperate in Jeffrey Epstein probe, feds say

U.S. authorities said Monday that Prince Andrew has "unequivocally" refused to cooperate with the investigation into sex trafficking crimes committed by deceased billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

June 8, 2020

Police organization slams Democrats’ proposed overhauls

The National Association of Police Organizations on Monday slammed Democrats' police reform bill as an "unworkable hodgepodge of conflicting laws and policy."

June 8, 2020

Democrats introduce sweeping police reform package in response to nationwide protests

Democrats on Capitol Hill unveiled a sweeping police reform package on Monday, calling for significant changes to training, resources and accountability policies for police nationwide.

June 8, 2020

U.S. prosecutors demand that Prince Andrew answer questions about Jeffrey Epstein: Report

U.S. prosecutors are demanding the United Kingdom hand over Prince Andrew to address questions about his ties to deceased billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a report published Monday.

June 8, 2020

Defund police movement advances in Minneapolis, New York

Key Democrats on Sunday tamped down expectations of the "defund police" movement but said there will need to be a reexamination of how money is spent, as they prepared to announce a major piece of legislation designed to set national standards for how state and local police can operate.

June 7, 2020

Minneapolis City Council votes to reform, not dismantle, city police force; chokeholds banned

The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously voted to immediately reform the city's beleaguered police department, including banning chokeholds, but opted against dismantling the department entirely as some activists have advocated.

June 5, 2020

Black Lives Matter, ACLU sue Donald Trump, William Barr for ‘criminal attack’ on protesters

Black Lives Matter and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration, saying it violated the constitutional rights of demonstrators who were cleared out of a park Monday so President Trump could walk to a historic church for a photo op.

June 4, 2020

William Barr defends federal response to Lafayette Park protests

Attorney General William P. Barr on Thursday defended the federal response to the protest in Lafayette Park in D.C. this week, saying the demonstrators had become increasingly unruly.

June 4, 2020

William Barr says evidence of ‘foreign actors’ involved in civil unrest

Federal investigators believe foreign agents are helping foment dissension and inflaming the violence that has erupted in cities across the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd's death, Attorney General William P. Barr said Thursday.

June 4, 2020