Jeff Mordock

Federal court extends deadline for DOJ to turn over Mueller materials, setting up SCOTUS fight

A federal appeals court has granted the Justice Department an extra 10 days to provide Congress with the redacted grand jury materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, setting up a potential battle for the secret documents before the Supreme Court.

May 1, 2020

William Barr, attorney general: ‘It’s time to start rolling back’ coronavirus restrictions

Attorney General William Barr has called for curtailing some of the restrictive coronavirus measures imposed by local and state governments.

May 1, 2020

Jonathan Turley calls on Joe Biden to make Senate records public

Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley said Friday that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden should allow searches of his Senate papers in response to a former Senate staffer's sexual assault allegation.

May 1, 2020

House committee demands Bezos testify over whether Amazon lawyer lied to Congress

Members of the House Judiciary Committee said Friday they want to hear from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos about whether an Amazon lawyer made "criminally false statements" in his congressional testimony last year.

May 1, 2020

Trump: Michael Flynn ‘capable’ of White House return

President Trump said Thursday he would welcome Michael Flynn back into the administration after bombshell court filings have raised questions about the criminal case against his former national security adviser.

April 30, 2020

FBI closed Flynn case in early 2017, but Peter Strzok ordered it to stay open: Court documents

The FBI had closed its investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in early January 2017, but now-disgraced anti-Trump FBI official Peter Strzok reopened it the same day, new court documents unsealed Thursday revealed.

April 30, 2020

Roger Stone appeals criminal conviction to D.C. appellate court

President Trump's longtime confidante Roger Stone on Thursday filed an appeal of his criminal conviction for witness tampering and obstructing a congressional investigation into allegations that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia in 2016.

April 30, 2020

Trump offers support for Michael Flynn, attacks media after new documents raise questions about case

President Trump in a series of tweets Thursday reaffirmed his support for his former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and blasted the news media for coverage of the criminal case.

April 30, 2020

Michael Flynn case: FBI goal was ‘get him to lie,’ bombshell documents reveal

Bombshell documents unsealed late Wednesday revealed that top FBI officials viewed the goal of interviewing former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in 2017 was to "get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired."

April 29, 2020

Feng Chen charged with stealing stimulus checks from mailboxes

A Brooklyn man is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing credit cards, mail and coronavirus stimulus checks totaling more than $12,000 from neighborhood mailboxes, prosecutors said Wednesday.

April 29, 2020

Pennsylvania man accused of threatening Gov. Wolf; family, over late unemployment check

A Pennsylvania man was arrested and charged this week after he allegedly threatened to kill Gov. Tom Wolf and his family over a late unemployment check, the Pennsylvania State Police said Wednesday.

April 29, 2020

Federal judge orders Utah company to stop peddling silver product as a COVID-19 cure

A federal judge has ordered a Utah company to stop selling silver products, including gels, that it says cures COVID-19 and that prosecutors allege is a "phony cure-all" designed to defraud consumers, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

April 29, 2020

FBI docs show Stone communicated with Assange; no evidence of conspiring to release DNC emails

FBI documents released late Tuesday revealed longtime Trump ally Roger Stone communicated with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange before the 2016 election, but they did not offer evidence the two had conspired to release emails hacked from the Democratic Party.

April 29, 2020

Kent Bulloch charged in coronavirus mask price gouging scheme

A California lawyer has been charged with violating the Defense Production Act by conspiring to inflate the price of one million masks needed because of the coronavirus crisis, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.

April 28, 2020

Federal judges skeptical of DOJ bid to keep Facebook encryption ruling sealed

Federal judges expressed skepticism Tuesday for the Justice Department's bid to keep secret the details of a court order to compel Facebook to wiretap voice calls on its Messenger app.

April 28, 2020

Rod Blagojevich: Donald Trump saved ‘millions of lives’ with coronavirus response

Rod Blagojevich congratulated President Trump on Tuesday for saving "millions of lives" with his leadership on the coronavirus outbreak, while urging Mr. Trump to keep an eye on officials he says are violating civil rights with heavy-handed social distancing edicts.

April 28, 2020

Trump administration urges full appeals court to stay out of fight for Don McGahn testimony

The Trump administration on Tuesday urged a federal court to stay out of its fight with House Democrats who are again seeking to compel the testimony of former White House lawyer Don McGahn.

April 28, 2020

Coronavirus patents HIPAA rights trump first responders’ need to know

Police and firefighters are fuming that the Cook County Public Health Department, which serves the largest county population in Illinois, is refusing to share the information.

April 27, 2020

William Barr orders legal action against governors whose COVID-19 actions infringe on civil rights

Attorney General William P. Barr on Monday ordered federal prosecutors across the country to consider legal action against governors if their efforts to stop the spread of the new coronavirus infringe on Americans' civil rights.

April 27, 2020

Federal coronavirus watchdog panel adds veteran investigator

The panel of federal investigators charged with overseeing the $2.4 trillion coronavirus relief package on Monday named a longtime federal inspector to coordinate its efforts.

April 27, 2020