Jeff Mordock

Don McGahn subpoena made moot by impeachment: Justice Dept.

Democrats' legal battle to compel testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn is likely moot now that President Trump has been impeached, the Justice Department told a federal court Thursday.

December 19, 2019

State Department employee accused of using Embassy computer to sell counterfeit handbags

A State Department employee is accused of using his embassy computer in South Korea to sell counterfeit Vera Bradley handbags to customers in the United States, according to an indictment unsealed late Wednesday.

December 19, 2019

AG William Barr unveils DOJ initiative to combat violent crime in 7 cities

The Justice Department on Wednesday announced a new initiative to crack down on crime in several of the nation's most violent cities.

December 18, 2019

IG Horowitz says questions remain about FBI’s FISA failures

Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz told senators Wednesday questions remain about the FBI's missteps in investigating a former Trump campaign adviser.

December 18, 2019

IG Horowitz says FBI should have considered ending Carter Page surveillance

The FBI should have reassessed whether to continue surveilling Trump campaign aide Carter Page after learning allegations he was a Russian spy might not be credible, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz said Wednesday.

December 18, 2019

Michael Horowitz says he did not reach a conclusion on bias in FISA warrant

Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said Wednesday his team did not reach a conclusion on whether anti-Trump bias influenced the FBI's botched application to wiretap a Trump campaign figure.

December 18, 2019

Judge tosses Paul Manafort’s fraud case in New York

A New York judge Wednesday dismissed a state mortgage fraud case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, saying the indictment violated double jeopardy laws.

December 18, 2019

FISA court raps FBI’s faulty affidavits for Trump wiretaps: ‘Serious misconduct’

In a rare order, the chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court condemned the FBI on Tuesday for misleading the court in its application to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, saying the sheer number of problems with the petition raises questions about other filings by the law enforcement agency.

December 17, 2019

Lev Parnas, Giuliani associate, received $1M payment from Ukrainian oligarch, prosecutors say

Lev Parnas, an associate of President Trump's personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani, received a $1 million payment from a Ukrainian oligarch who faces criminal charges in the United States, prosecutors said Tuesday.

December 17, 2019

Paul Manfort hospitalized with ‘cardiac event’

President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was hospitalized last week for "a cardiac event," ABC News reported Tuesday.

December 17, 2019

Lisa Page to appear Tuesday on MSNBC’s ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’

Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page said she will be interviewed Tuesday night on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show."

December 17, 2019

Rick Gates sentenced to 45 days in prison; 36 months probation

Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates received 45 days in prison from a federal judge Tuesday, the latest in a string of underwhelming sentences handed down in the Mueller probe that has cost taxpayers roughly $32 million and brought no Russia collusion-related convictions.

December 17, 2019

Mueller grand jury materials necessary for impeachment probe, Democrats tell court

Lawyers for the House Judiciary Committee told a federal court Monday the panel's impeachment investigation will continue even after the House votes on the impeachment of President Trump.

December 16, 2019

William Webster, only man to serve as head of FBI and CIA, assails Trump, Barr in scathing op-ed

William Webster, the only man to serve as director of the CIA and FBI, blasted President Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr in a blistering op-ed published Monday.

December 16, 2019

Edward O’Callaghan, top DOJ official who oversaw Russia probe, to step down

The Justice Department official who served as the main liaison to former special counsel Robert Mueller's team will step down later this month, the department announced Monday.

December 16, 2019

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