Jeff Mordock

Trump declines to say if he’ll pardon Roger Stone

President Trump on Wednesday declined to say if he'd pardon long time associate and former campaign adviser Roger Stone.

February 12, 2020

Michael Caputo launches group to push for a presidential pardon for Roger Stone

Former Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo on Wednesday announced the launch of a committee to demand a presidential pardon for longtime Republican political operative Roger Stone.

February 12, 2020

Randy Credico, witness who requested leniency for Roger Stone, defends prosecutors

Randy Credico, a star witness against Roger Stone who later requested the longtime GOP operative be spared jail time, on Wednesday defended the federal prosecutors who resigned in protest of the Justice Department's sentencing reversal.

February 12, 2020

Lindsey Graham says he won’t call William Barr to testify over Roger Stone sentencing recommendation

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said Wednesday he will not call Attorney General William P. Barr to testify over the Justice Department's reversal of an earlier stiff sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, a longtime Trump associate.

February 12, 2020

Prosecutor brings six new charges against Jussie Smollett for alleged hate crime hoax

A special prosecutor indicted former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett on six new charges of disorderly conduct for allegedly lying to police about a January 2019 hate crime widely believed to be a hoax.

February 12, 2020

Roger Stone prison sentence of 7 to 9 years requested by prosecutors

Prosecutors Monday asked a federal judge to sentence a longtime Trump campaign official to serve between 7 and 9 years for lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction.

February 10, 2020

William Barr ‘process’ on Rudy Giuliani Ukraine info angers Jerry Nadler

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Monday demanded Attorney General William P. Barr answer questions about the Justice Department's "process" for receiving information about Ukraine.

February 10, 2020

Judge Emmet Sullivan postpones Michael Flynn sentencing

A federal judge on Monday postponed the sentencing of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, the second sentencing delay in a case that has dragged on for over two years.

February 10, 2020

Federal prosecutors seek to delay Michael Flynn’s sentencing

Federal prosecutors are seeking to delay the sentencing of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, saying his request to withdraw his guilty plea makes sentencing him in late February unlikely.

February 10, 2020

William Barr says DOJ must be ‘very careful’ vetting information on Bidens

Attorney General William Barr said Monday the Justice Department must be "very careful" when evaluating information from Ukraine obtained by President Trump's personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani regarding former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and his son, Hunter.

February 10, 2020

Four members of China’s military indicted for massive Equifax breach

The U.S. has indicted four members of China's military for hacking credit reporting giant Equifax in 2017 and stealing data on more than 145 million Americans, the Justice Department said Monday.

February 10, 2020

Christopher Steele fires back at Trump for ‘false claims,’ stands by dossier

Christopher Steele clapped back Friday at President Trump's criticism, defending his salacious dossier in a rare public statement.

February 7, 2020

Play based on Page-Strzok texts will be performed at CPAC

A play based on the anti-Trump text messages between former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page will be performed at the Conservative Political Action Conference later this month, the play's creators announced Friday.

February 7, 2020

Peter Strzok vows to respond to Donald Trump’s ‘attacks’

Peter Strzok, the former FBI agent who was kicked off special counsel Robert Mueller's probe for anti-Trump texts, vowed late Thursday night that he will respond to the president's "attacks" on him.

February 7, 2020

Eric Eoin Marques, ‘Kingpin of child porn,’ pleads guilty in Maryland federal court

A man dubbed "the kingpin of child porn" pleaded guilty Thursday in a Maryland federal court to operating a web server that hosted more than 8.5 million images of child pornography.

February 6, 2020

Senate Intelligence report faults Obama administration’s inaction on Russian election interference

Too much analysis hamstrung the Obama administration's efforts to effectively respond to Russian hacking during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to a bipartisan report released Thursday by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

February 6, 2020

William Barr, AG, warns against Chinese domination of 5G technology: ‘The time is very short’

Attorney General William Barr warned Thursday that if China wins the battle for control of the world's 5G wireless networks, it could be devastating for the United States.

February 6, 2020

Christopher Wray, FBI director: Partnering with Chinese companies risks intellectual property theft

FBI Director Christopher Wray Thursday warned U.S. executives that partnering with Chinese businesses makes their company a target for intellectual property theft.

February 6, 2020

Christopher Wray, FBI director, scolded by House Republicans for feeble response to IG report

House Republicans scolded FBI Director Christopher A. Wray for what they characterized as a feeble response to a damning report about the bureau's bungling of a surveillance warrant application for Trump campaign aide Carter Page.

February 5, 2020

FBI Director Wray, Rep. Jim Jordan spar: ‘You’re not taking this seriously enough’

FBI Director Christopher Wray and Rep. Jim Jordan sparred Wednesday over his response to a heavily critical report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz.

February 5, 2020