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Jeff Mordock

jmordock@washingtontimes.com

Jeff Mordock is the White House reporter for The Washington Times. A native of Newtown, Pennsylvania, he previously worked for Gannett and has won awards from both the Delaware Press Association and the Maryland Delaware D.C. Press Association. He is a graduate of George Washington University and can be reached at jmordock@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Jeff Mordock

Nearly half of the redactions in the special counsel's report appear to be where prosecutors wanted to shield ongoing cases that spun out of Robert Mueller's work but were apparently not central to his mandate to investigate Russia's election-meddling and whether President Trump obstructed the ensuing probe. (Associated Press)

Redactions next Mueller report battle for Democrats

Nearly 1,000 black marks dot special counsel Robert Mueller's report, each a redaction of information the Justice Department says shouldn't be made public -- tantalizing morsels about what else might be lurking.

April 21, 2019
President Donald Trump, stops to look across the tarmac as he greets supporters upon his arrival at Palm Beach International Airport, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Trump traveled to Florida to spend the Easter weekend as his Mar-a-Lago estate. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Mueller report produces damning exoneration of Donald Trump

Special counsel Robert Mueller's 22-month investigation produced a damning exoneration of President Trump, finding that he did not conspire with Russia to subvert the 2016 election but did repeatedly attempt to shape the follow-up probes themselves with threats to fire investigators or cajole witnesses.

April 18, 2019
A view of Trump Tower, left, on New York's Fifth Avenue is seen in this Aug. 27, 2018, file photo. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) **FILE**

Trump misleading public on Trump Tower meeting is not obstruction: Mueller report

President Trump directed his communications team three separate times to mislead the public over the reasons for the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian attorney who promised dirt on Hillary Clinton. But those falsehoods don't amount to an obstruction of justice, special counsel Robert Mueller concluded in his report to the Justice Department.

April 18, 2019
President Trump (AP)

President Trump despaired after Mueller appointment

When Robert Mueller was appointed in 2017 to probe President Trump, the president saw it as a catastrophe of colossal proportions, saying it marked "the end of my presidency," according to the special counsel's final report.

April 18, 2019
In this Feb. 1, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during an event on human trafficking in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Trump’s answers to Mueller: No knowledge of Russian efforts

President Trump was joking when he publicly begged WikiLeaks to find Hillary Clinton's emails, and doesn't recall ever being told that associates of his were talking with WikiLeaks, the president told the special counsel's investigation probing the 2016 election.

April 18, 2019
Attorney General William Barr speaks alongside Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, and Deputy Attorney General Ed O'Callaghan, rear left, about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

William Barr: Robert Mueller found no Russia conspiracy

Special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence that any American -- neither on the Trump campaign or otherwise -- conspired with the Russian government or its operatives to interfere in the 2016 election, Attorney General William Barr announced Thursday.

April 18, 2019
Former Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska is speaking out against fellow Democrats who are politicizing the Russia investigation. (Associated Press/File)

Bob Kerrey, Democrat, sees ‘delusion’ in party

Former Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey says President Trump would be right to pardon anyone ensnared in the special counsel's Russia investigation if it turns out there was no conspiracy to undermine the 2016 election.

April 14, 2019