Jeff Mordock

Ex-NFL players charged with scheme to defraud league’s health care benefit plan

Clinton Portis and four other former Washington Redskins are among 12 retired NFL players accused by federal prosecutors of submitting false medical claims to the league's health care program for retired players.

December 12, 2019

Michael Horowitz: IG report doesn’t vindicate FBI

The Justice Department's inspector general warned Wednesday that his report does not vindicate the FBI's actions in the investigation of 2016 Trump campaign collusion with Russia.

December 11, 2019

John Kennedy said IG report made him ‘want to heave,’ compared it to acid trip

Sen. John Kennedy said Wednesday he wanted to throw up after reading the inspector general's report on the FBI's investigation into the Trump campaign.

December 11, 2019

Senate Republicans savage FBI, DOJ: ‘This was Beavis and Butt-Head’

GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee savaged the FBI and Justice Department Wednesday as they listened to testimony from the Justice Department watchdog.

December 11, 2019

Michael Horowitz says FBI meeting with Trump campaign was to gather evidence in Russia probe

The intelligence briefing the FBI gave to Trump campaign officials in 2016 was a pretext to collect evidence for the bureau's probe into alleged links to Russia, the Justice Department's inspector general said Wednesday.

December 11, 2019

Horowitz ‘surprised’ by Durham pushback, says U.S. attorney offered no evidence to change findings

Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said Wednesday he was surprised that U.S. Attorney John Durham issued a statement disputing his conclusions on the FBI's probe of the Trump campaign.

December 11, 2019

Michael Horowitz, IG, says FBI’s should have disclosed Steele’s bias to the FISA court

Inspector General Michael Horowitz said Wednesday the FBI should have disclosed to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court the known political biases of an ex-British spy whose salacious and unverified dossier was used to obtain a wiretap on a key Trump campaign aide.

December 11, 2019

Lisa Page sues Justice Department over release of personal texts

Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page Tuesday is suing the Justice Department and FBI, saying the release of nearly 400 text messages between her and paramour Peter Strzok was illegal.

December 10, 2019

William Barr says FBI may have acted in ‘bad faith’

Questions about the FBI's motives in targeting President Trump's 2016 campaign are mounting despite a Justice Department inspector general report that could not pin down evidence of bias.

December 10, 2019

Rick Gates, former Trump aide, may get probation; federal prosecutors won’t seek jail time

Federal prosecutors Tuesday requested leniency for former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates, citing his "extraordinary assistance" with cases stemming from the Russia probe.

December 10, 2019

Lindsey Graham: FBI Russia probe a ‘criminal enterprise’

Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham Monday said the FBI's investigation into alleged ties between President Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia was a "criminal enterprise."

December 9, 2019

James Comey hails IG report as vindication, says Barr ‘slimed’ the DOJ

Former FBI Director James Comey said Monday Attorney General William Barr "slimed" the Justice Department by claiming FBI agents may have spied on the Trump campaign.

December 9, 2019

John Durham says he disagrees with DOJ IG conclusion that Russia probe was justified

U.S. Attorney John Durham said Monday he disagrees with the Justice Department inspector general's conclusion that the FBI was justified in 2016 when it launched an investigation into President Trump's campaign.

December 9, 2019

FBI warrant application to spy on Carter Page was fraught with errors: IG report

The FBI's application for a wiretap on a Trump campaign adviser was riddled with errors, omissions and uncorroborated information, the Justice Department inspector general said in a scathing report released Monday.

December 9, 2019

Doug Collins wants Hunter Biden, Adam Schiff and whistleblower to testify

The ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee Friday called for witness testimony from Rep. Adam Schiff, Hunter Biden, the whistleblower and others in the impeachment inquiry.

December 6, 2019

Jonathan Turley, GOP witness, says he’s received threats after impeachment testimony

A law school professor summoned by Republicans as a witness in this week's impeachment hearing said Thursday night that he's received threats over his testimony.

December 6, 2019

Romero Langhorne indict in aiding ISIS with bomb-making videos

A Florida man was indicted Thursday on a charge of attempting to support the Islamic State terrorist group by posting online bomb-making videos.

December 5, 2019

Doug Collins calls for hearing of Republican witnesses in impeachment inquiry

The ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee Thursday called for Chairman Jerrold L. Nadler to hold a "minority day of hearings," which would allow Republicans to call their own witnesses to testify before the panel.

December 5, 2019

Senators seek information on Hunter Biden, Burisma from consulting firm

Senators are probing a consulting firm over its reported name-dropping of Hunter Biden while working for the Ukrainian energy company, Burisma, which has been plagued with allegations of corruption and mentioned in connection to the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

December 5, 2019

Trump files second Supreme Court petition to block release of tax documents

President Trump Thursday asked the Supreme Court to block a congressional subpoena to his longtime accounting firm seeking his financial records.

December 5, 2019