Jeff Mordock

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

Senate Judiciary Committee postpones vote to subpoena 53 Obama-era officials

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday postponed a vote to authorize subpoenas for 53 Obama-era officials, a move that would have dramatically ramped up its investigation into the origins of the Russia probe.

June 4, 2020

Lindsey Graham, Ben Sasse engage in fiery exchange: ‘It’s bulls—t’

Two of the top Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday got into a heated exchange over the length of a hearing to authorize subpoenas for Obama-era officials.

June 4, 2020

Kayleigh McEnany: Trump is ‘dismayed’ by Rod Rosenstein’s testimony

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Wednesday President Trump was "dismayed," by the testimony of former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

June 3, 2020

Rod Rosenstein slams claims he secretly wanted to record Donald Trump as ‘ridiculous’

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday slammed a 2018 report that he discussed secretly recording President Trump and using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office as "ridiculous."

June 3, 2020

Rod Rosenstein says he was led to believe the Carter Page FISA applications were accurate

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Wednesday that he would never have signed off on a surveillance warrant for Trump campaign adviser Carter Page if he had known about the FBI's errors and omissions, and he faulted Obama-era officials for misleading him about the warrant's accuracy.

June 3, 2020