Jeff Mordock

Black protesters charged with felonies at rate five times higher than White ones: New York AG

Authorities charged Black protesters in New York City with felonies at a rate five times higher than white protesters during the civil unrest that followed George Floyd's death, according to a New York State Attorney General preliminary report released Wednesday.

July 8, 2020

University of Delaware sued over ignoring FOIA requests for Joe Biden’s records

Conservative group Judicial Watch on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the University of Delaware demanding access to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden's senatorial papers.

July 8, 2020

William Barr, AG, urges balanced approach to police reform

Attorney General William P. Barr on Wednesday urged lawmakers and municipalities to take a measured approach to overhauling police practices.

July 8, 2020

Tim Scott says policing overhaul bill is not dead

Sen. Tim Scott said Wednesday a bill he authored on overhauling policing practices is not dead and he expects an agreement with the Democrat-controlled House in the next few weeks.

July 8, 2020

House Democrats distance themselves from defund police movement: ‘It takes more money, not less’

Democrats on a key House committee Wednesday distanced themselves from the defund-the-police movement as they advanced a spending bill with a nearly $1 billion boost for law enforcement.

July 8, 2020

Black Lives Matter mural defacing in Martinez, California leads to charges

A pair of Martinez, California residents accused of painting over a Black Lives Matter mural were charged with hate crimes, local authorities said late Tuesday.

July 7, 2020

House Democrats propose increasing DOJ spending, more money for policing overhauls

Democrats on Tuesday bucked calls to defund the police and proposed a nearly $1 billion increase for law enforcement in the annual Justice Department spending bill.

July 7, 2020

Deutsche Bank hit with $150M fine over ties to Jeffrey Epstein

New York state financial regulators fined Deutsche Bank $150 million Tuesday for "significant compliance failures" in its dealings with accused pedophile sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

July 7, 2020

Ghislaine Maxwell has compromising tapes of Jeffrey Epstein associates, former friend says

A former friend of Ghislaine Maxwell says the accused accomplice of disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein likely has a secret stockpile of potentially compromising tapes, a British paper reported.

July 7, 2020

Roger Stone asks court to delay prison sentence over coronavirus fears

Attorneys for Roger Stone, a longtime associate of President Trump, late Monday asked a federal appeals court to delay his 40-month prison sentence citing concerns about the coronavirus in the Georgia facility where he is scheduled to report later this month.

July 7, 2020

Violence sweeps U.S. as ‘systemic liberalism’ handcuffs police

The eruption of violence is a perfect storm of animosity toward the police and liberal criminal justice reform policies that have put violent offenders back on the streets and hamstrung police departments, law enforcement professionals say.

July 6, 2020

Mary Trump’s tell-all book to be released two weeks earlier than scheduled

The release date of a tell-all book by President Trump's niece Mary has been pushed up two weeks, publisher Simon & Schuster announced Monday.

July 6, 2020

Chuck Grassley says time is running out on John Durham probe

Sen. Charles E. Grassley on Monday called for U.S. Attorney John Durham to speed up any planned prosecutions stemming out of his investigation into the Russian collusion probe, warning it'll be too late if he waits until after the presidential election.

July 6, 2020

Ghislaine Maxwell ordered by federal judge to face sex charges in New York

A federal judge in New Hampshire on Thursday sent alleged Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell to New York, where she will face federal sex crime charges.

July 2, 2020

ACLU sues AG William Barr to delay federal execution of convicted child killer

The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday sued Attorney General William Barr demanding the Justice Department delay the federal execution of rapist and murderer Wesley Purkey so his Buddhist priest, who is staying away because of coronavirus, can attend the lethal injection.

July 2, 2020

Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime Jeffery Epstein confidante, arrested and charged with sex crimes

Federal agents on Thursday nabbed Ghislaine Maxwell, the British heiress and confidante of deceased sex trafficking suspect Jeffrey Epstein, while she was hiding out in New Hampshire.

July 2, 2020

‘Defund police’ movement hurts recruitment, effort to change culture, experts warn

Racial justice activists are cheering the huge budget cuts to police departments across the country, though officers say the downsizing hurts one of the most effective means of changing police culture: recruiting a new generation of officers.

July 1, 2020

Los Angeles cuts police budget by $150 million

Los Angeles on Wednesday became the latest major city to give in to demands from protesters calling for defunding the police, slashing Los Angeles Police Department's budget by $150 million.

July 1, 2020

FBI gun background checks set new record in June amid coronavirus, rioting fears

Background checks for gun sales surged again in June, smashing the record for the highest number of background checks in a single month, according to FBI data released Wednesday.

July 1, 2020

Sheila Jackson Lee says reparations bill will get a floor vote

Legislation that would establish a commission to study whether Black Americans should receive reparations for slavery will ultimately head to the House floor for a vote, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said Wednesday.

July 1, 2020