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Jeff Mordock

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

Jim Jordan: Cohen is the Democrats’ ‘patsy’ to get Trump

Rep. Jim Jordan on Wednesday accused the Democrats of using President Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen as a "patsy" to get at Mr. Trump.

February 27, 2019

Elijah Cummings: Cohen’s Trump allegations are ‘deeply disturbing’

House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings said allegations against President Trump by his longtime attorney Michael Cohen are "deeply distributing and should be troubling to all Americans."

February 27, 2019

House Republicans try, fail to postpone Michael Cohen congressional testimony

Rep. Mark Meadows immediately demanded postponing the public testimony of President Trump's former fixer, Michael Cohen, starting the hearing off on a contentious note.

February 27, 2019

Michael Cohen Senate hearing an ‘opportunity to clear the air’

Michael Cohen was tight-lipped as he emerged Tuesday from a day of closed-door testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, the first of a three-day sprint of appearances on Capitol Hill.

February 26, 2019

Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat, cryptically proclaims Russia probe his ‘most important’ work

Senate Intelligence Committee ranking member Mark Warner gave a cryptic response Tuesday to questions about the testimony of President Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen.

February 26, 2019

Trump Organization: Judiciary Committee probe ‘irreparably tainted’

The Trump Organization on Monday demanded the House Judiciary Committee end its investigation into the company, saying one of the panel's contract lawyers has a conflict of interest that "irreparably tainted" the probe.

February 25, 2019

Rod Rosenstein credits Donald Trump for ‘proud’ way Justice Department has conducted itself

Americans will one day be proud of how the Justice Department conducted itself in the era of President Trump and Mr. Trump himself deserves much of that credit, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Monday.

February 25, 2019

Manafort sentencing memo not public as Friday deadline passes

A critical document that could spell out Paul Manafort's cooperation with special counsel Robert Mueller was not publicly filed before its midnight Friday deadline.

February 23, 2019

Mueller report not expected next week: Report

Special counsel Robert Mueller will not deliver final conclusions to the Justice Department next week, according to a report Friday.

February 22, 2019

Robert Kraft, Patriots owner, accused of soliciting prostitute, police say

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is being charged in a Jupiter, Florida, prostitution bust, according to Boston media reports on Friday.

February 22, 2019

Paul Manafort’s Virginia sentencing scheduled for March 8

A federal judge Thursday scheduled Paul Manafort to be sentenced March 8 for financial fraud crimes in Virginia.

February 21, 2019

Amy Berman Jackson, federal judge, tightens gag order on Roger Stone

A federal judge on Thursday banned longtime Trump confidante Roger Stone from speaking publicly about his criminal case after he attacked her integrity on Instagram -- including posting a photo that appeared to put rifle scope crosshairs on her.

February 21, 2019

Jeffrey Rosen to be Trump nominee for Rod Rosenstein replacement

President Trump late Tuesday nominated Jeffrey A. Rosen, the Deputy Secretary of The Department of Transportation to replace Rod Rosenstein as Deputy Attorney General.

February 19, 2019

New York opioid overdose sites now crime scenes

Law enforcement officials in western New York now will treat drug overdose sites as crime scenes, pushing police to collect more information from each incident in hopes of building more serious cases against those who sell the drugs.

February 19, 2019

Donald Trump sought ally to lead Cohen investigation: Report

President Trump last year asked former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker whether Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and a Trump ally, could oversee the investigation into hush payments made to women who alleged affairs with the president, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

February 19, 2019