Jeff Mordock

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

Accused rapist, sprung because of COVID-19, back in jail on new rape charge: Report

A Brooklyn man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a woman just 10 days after being released from Rikers Island to halt the spread of the coronavirus. He was being held at the New York City prison on a separate rape charge and an unrelated parole violation.

April 27, 2020

Matthew Whitaker to release book detailing alleged DOJ efforts to sabotage Donald Trump

Former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will release a book next month detailing what he says was a plot by Justice Department "deep state" insiders to sabotage President Trump.

April 27, 2020

Justice Department says partnerships with tech companies have disrupted ‘hundreds’ of COVID-19 scams

Federal authorities and private businesses, including tech companies, have teamed up to disrupt "hundreds" of COVID-19 scams, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

April 22, 2020

Senate Intelligence Committee affirms Russian interference in 2016 election was to help Trump

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Tuesday released a bipartisan report affirming the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election with the goal of electing President Trump.

April 21, 2020

William Barr says revelations from John Durham probe ‘not imminent’

The public is going to have to wait a little longer to learn the revelations from U.S. Attorney John Durham's ultra-secret review of the origins of the Russia investigation, Attorney General William P. Barr said Tuesday.

April 21, 2020