Jeff Mordock

Justice Department pushes back at Democrats’ quest for Mueller grand jury material

The Justice Department on Friday pushed back hard against the House Democrats' quest to gain the secret grand jury material underlying former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

September 13, 2019

Andrew McCabe’s lawyers push DOJ to reveal if grand jury declined to charge him

Attorneys for Andrew McCabe on Friday demanded to know if a grand jury declined to bring charges against embattled ex-FBI director.

September 13, 2019

Doug Collins says DOJ IG has completed FISA report, demands hearing

The House Judiciary Committee's top Republican on Friday demanded hearings on a now-completed investigation by the Justice Department's inspector general concerning alleged surveillance abuses by the department and the FBI.

September 13, 2019

Justice Department mulled using fentanyl in federal executions: Report

The Department of Justice last year considered using the deadly opioid fentanyl for use in executing death row prisoners, according to a report Friday.

September 13, 2019

House Judiciary Committee requests documents from big tech companies in antitrust probe

Leaders of the House Judiciary Committee on Friday requested a trove of documents from Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google parent company Alphabet as part of its antitrust investigation.

September 13, 2019

Michael Cohen questioned on Trump affair hush money payments

Prosecutors with the New York district attorney's office interviewed Michael Cohen, President Trump's former fixer, as part of their probe into how the Trump Organization handled hush payments to two women who alleged affairs with the president, according to a report Wednesday.

September 11, 2019

DHS official to Congress: Letting program lapse leaves chemical plants prone to terrorism

Chemical plants could be vulnerable to attacks if a program regulating how the industry handles terror threats expires next year, a Department of Homeland Security official warned Wednesday.

September 11, 2019

DEA proposes lowering opioid production quotas, expanding marijuana research

The Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday proposed reducing the manufacturing quotas for the five most frequently abused opioids by an average of 30 percent in 2020.

September 11, 2019

Michael Flynn sentencing tentatively set for Dec. 18

A lawyer for Michael Flynn accused federal prosecutors Tuesday of withholding documents that would "completely exonerate" President Trump's former national security adviser.

September 10, 2019

Christopher Hasson, Coast Guard officer accused of terror plot, wants gun charges dropped

Lawyers for a Coast Guard officer accused of plotting a massive terror attack urged a federal judge Monday to throw out the firearms charges against their client, signaling a possible defense strategy when the case goes to trial next month.

September 9, 2019

Justice Department launches antitrust probe into automakers over emissions standards

The Justice Department has launched an antitrust probe into four automakers that agreed with each other to follow stricter emissions standards than those proposed by the Trump administration, according to a report Friday.

September 6, 2019

Foreign Agents Registration Act weakness helped Greg Craig, Obama White House counsel, walk free

The Justice Department's efforts to crack down on questionable foreign lobbying practices suffered another major setback this week when a jury in Washington acquitted a onetime top Obama White House attorney.

September 5, 2019

Ajay Dhingra bump stock charge first since ban after Bush Foundation call

A Houston man was indicted Thursday for possessing a bump stock, the first known case since the device was banned earlier this year.

September 5, 2019

Greg Craig, former Obama White House counsel, found not guilty of lying to Justice Department

A federal jury acquitted President Obama's former White House counsel Greg Craig on one felony count of lying to the Justice Department about his work for the Ukraine government in 2012.

September 4, 2019

Greg Craig broke law trying to protect reputation, prosecution argues

Greg Craig was so worried about protecting his reputation that he broke the law to try to preserve it, the government said Tuesday as it wrapped up its prosecution of the one-time top White House lawyer for President Obama.

September 3, 2019

James Comey damages trust in FBI

Former FBI Director James B. Comey's leaks, in addition to violating bureau policy, also could scare future witnesses away from cooperating in investigations because their confidential conversations could be exposed, a former high-ranking agent warns.

September 1, 2019

Rod Rosenstein trolls James Comey on Twitter, spars with MSNBC, CNN reporters over IG report

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday appeared to chide James B. Comey after the Justice Department's Inspector General released a scathing report blasting the ex-FBI director.

August 30, 2019

Greg Craig, Obama White House counsel, set for closing arguments in criminal trial

Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys both rested their cases Thursday in the criminal trial of former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig, who is charged with lying to the Justice Department about his 2012 work for the Ukrainian government.

August 29, 2019

Senior DOJ official lied about viewing porn on gov’t computer, inspector general finds

A senior Justice Department official viewed porn on his work computer and lied about it to investigators, the department's watchdog said Thursday.

August 29, 2019

James Comey’s Trump memos violated FBI policy; no prosecution for fired director

Fired FBI Director James B. Comey didn't leak classified information to the press, but he mishandled his memos detailing conversations with President Trump and jeopardized the FBI's investigation by giving non-secret details to the press for his own personal gain, an inspector general concluded Thursday.

August 29, 2019