Jeff Mordock

San Diego County sheriff arrests 8 in alleged coronavirus price gouging scam

Authorities in suburban San Diego late Wednesday arrested eight people for allegedly selling coronavirus-related supplies at more than 20 times their ordinary retail price.

March 19, 2020

Prosecutors file charges for coronavirus fraud, probe price gouging

Prosecutors across the country this week opened up a two-pronged battle against coronavirus, filing the first criminal charges against people falsely claiming to have the deadly virus while also probing claims of price gouging on desperately needed supplies.

March 18, 2020

Bipartisan coalition of lawmakers urge AG Barr to take action on coronavirus price gouging

A coalition of bipartisan lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday demanded Attorney General William P. Barr take "decisive steps" to stop retailers from hiking up prices for essential items during the coronavirus pandemic.

March 18, 2020

Baltimore to stop prosecuting nonviolent crimes amid coronavirus outbreak

The city of Baltimore will stop prosecuting nonviolent criminal charges including drug possession, trespassing, prostitution and public urination during the coronavirus pandemic, State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby said Wednesday.

March 18, 2020

Coronavirus price gouging forcing state attorneys general to take drastic steps

Attorneys general across the country have ramped up their efforts to combat coronavirus price gouging.

March 18, 2020

New Jersey woman charged after coughing on officers, telling them she had the coronavirus

A New Jersey woman has been charged with causing a false public alarm after she told police last week she was infected with the coronavirus and coughed on officers, Hanover police said Wednesday.

March 18, 2020

Texan believed to be first arrest for falsely claiming on social media to have coronavirus

An individual in Tyler County, Texas was charged Tuesday night for falsely claiming in a social media post that they were infected with the novel coronavirus in what is believed to be the first arrest related to the pandemic.

March 18, 2020

Concord Management, Concord Consulting Mueller probe charges dropped by Justice Department

The Justice Department filed a motion Monday to dismiss charges against Concord Management and Consulting, a Russian company accused of bankrolling schemes to meddle in the 2016 election.

March 16, 2020

FISA temporary extension approved by Senate

The Senate on Monday agreed to pass a temporary extension of three expired national security tools so it could spend more time debating a broad overhaul of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

March 16, 2020

Justice Department’s immigration review office suspends hearings

The Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review -- already grappling with more than 1 million pending cases -- will suspend hearings for non-detained aliens through April 10 because of the coronavirus.

March 16, 2020

D.C. Superior Court postpones new criminal trials amid coronavirus outbreak

The D.C. Superior Court will postpone all new criminal trials amid the coronavirus outbreak, the court said Monday.

March 16, 2020

Adam Schiff FISA reform intervention protects FBI power

Attempts to rein in the government's ability to spy on Americans fell flat after Rep. Adam B. Schiff intervened to protect the types of powers that the FBI used to go after the Trump campaign in 2016.

March 15, 2020

Australian official who met with Ivanka Trump, William Barr last week tests positive for coronavirus

An Australian diplomat who last week met with U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr, White House senior adviser and first daughter Ivanka Trump and other administration officials announced on Friday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus.

March 13, 2020

Chelsea Manning release ordered by federal judge

A federal judge ordered the release of Chelsea Manning from jail, days after a reported suicide attempt.

March 12, 2020

Donald Trump suggests he may veto FISA bill

President Trump hinted Thursday that he may veto a bipartisan bill that would impose more safeguards against federal agents abusing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to spy on Americans.

March 12, 2020

House passes FISA reform over bipartisan objections

Reforms to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act passed the House on Wednesday despite objections from civil libertarians in both the conservative and progressive caucuses.

March 11, 2020

DEA carries out largest-ever strike against ‘remorseless’ Mexican drug cartel

U.S. authorities carried the largest-ever strike against the dangerous Mexican drug gang Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, resulting in roughly 600 arrests and the confiscation of more than 600 kilograms of drugs, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

March 11, 2020

Judiciary Democrats thwart Republican effort to add left-wing violence to domestic terrorism bill

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday thwarted Republican efforts to label left-wing groups such as antifa as domestic terrorists in a bill aimed at bolstering the Justice Department's response to the white supremacy threat.

March 11, 2020

Jim Jordan, Jerry Nadler agree on FISA reform proposal

The House Rules Committee Tuesday evening advanced a bipartisan agreement to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act reforms, sending it to the House Floor for a full vote with less two legislative days before key surveillance provisions are set to expire.

March 10, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak delays major opioid trial in suburban New York

An eagerly awaited criminal trial accusing some of the nation's largest healthcare companies of recklessly causing the opioid epidemic has been pushed back of the coronavirus outbreak.

March 10, 2020