Jeff Mordock

Kaan Damlarkaya, Texas man, pleads guilty to attempting to support ISIS

A Texas man pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State, the Justice Department announced on Monday.

July 8, 2019

Democrats renew call for Acosta resignation after latest Epstein charges

The indictment of financier Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking charges Monday unleashed fresh demands from Democrats for the resignation of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, who helped Epstein secure a sweetheart plea deal for similar charges more than a decade ago.

July 8, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein charged with operating sex trafficking ring, using underage girls to recruit

Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein ran a "vast network of underage victims" he paid for sex, using some of them to recruit other juvenile girls to expand his targets, federal prosecutors in New York said Monday.

July 8, 2019

Christine Pelosi warns Democrats: ‘Some of our faves’ may be implicated in Jeffrey Epstein scandal

Christine Pelosi warned Democrats that some of their favorite people could be caught up in the sex trafficking case against Jeffrey Epstein in a tweet Saturday just hours after the politically connected financier was arrested.

July 8, 2019

Adam Schiff renews focus on former Trump business associate Felix Sater

Rep. Adam Schiff seems to run hot and cold on Felix Sater, a former business associate of President Trump who Democrats at one point thought was the key to proving collusion between Russia and Mr. Trump's 2016 campaign. Lately Mr. Schiff, chairman of the House intelligence committee, has been running hot again.

July 7, 2019

Federal appeals court orders release of Jeffrey Epstein files

Potentially explosive sealed records accusing financier Jeffrey Epstein of participating in an underage sex-trafficking ring will be made public, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

July 3, 2019

Justice Department watchdog to investigate FBI decision to abandon relocation plan

The Justice Department's inspector general will investigate the FBI's role in the decision to scrap its decade-long plan to move its headquarters to suburban District of Columbia, according to a letter released Wednesday.

July 3, 2019

Justice Department allocates $10M for ‘law enforcement emergency’ in Alaska

Attorney General William P. Barr on Friday declared a law enforcement emergency in rural Alaska, as the state grapples with an alarmingly high crime rate and a shortage of police.

June 28, 2019

Paul Manafort pleads not guilty to mortgage fraud charges in New York

President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty to state mortgage fraud charges in New York on Thursday.

June 27, 2019

House panel blasts FBI for not turning over documents in relocation probe

Lawmakers from both parties on the House Oversight and Reform Committee scolded a top FBI official on Thursday, saying the bureau failed to turn over documents related to the decision to cancel the relocation of its headquarters.

June 27, 2019

House Judiciary members ask DOJ to probe sexual harassment allegations at FBI training center

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday requested a Department of Justice watchdog probe allegations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination at the FBI training facility.

June 26, 2019

William Barr surprises DOJ conference by jamming on bagpipes

Attorney General William P. Barr broke out a set of bagpipes and jammed during a Justice Department conference Wednesday.

June 26, 2019

Robert Mueller search warrants, documents released from Russia probe

A collection of search warrant applications and other materials from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation were made public with redactions on Monday, according to a federal judge's ruling.

June 24, 2019

Elijah Cummings demands White House turn over Trump-Putin communication records

House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings on Monday renewed his demand for documents and witness interviews related to President Trump's communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

June 24, 2019

Russia election meddling in 2018 less, lawmakers debate reason

All sides agree that Russian meddling appeared to have a smaller impact on the 2018 elections than it did two years earlier.

June 23, 2019

Manafort-Hannity text message exchanges released by federal judge

Conservative talk show host Sean Hannity and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort railed against special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation in a series of text exchanges released late Friday.

June 22, 2019

Andrew Weissmann, top Mueller prosecutor, lands book deal

Andrew Weissmann, the top prosecutor on special counsel Robert Mueller's team, has signed a book deal with Random House, according to reports Friday in The New York Times and CNN.

June 21, 2019

Felix Sater fails to show up for House Intelligence testimony

Felix Sater, the middleman between Michael Cohen and Russian officials on the aborted Trump Tower Moscow project, refused to show up for his scheduled testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Friday.

June 21, 2019

Roger Stone Facebook, Instagram posts violated gag order, federal prosecutors say

Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., say Roger Stone's posts on Instagram and Facebook violated a gag order that barred him from speaking about his case.

June 20, 2019

Hope Hicks says hacked Hillary Clinton emails didn’t boost Donald Trump campaign

Former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks told lawmakers she was unaware of any hush payments made to two women who had alleged affairs with President Trump, according to a transcript of testimony released Thursday.

June 20, 2019