Jeff Mordock

Jeff Sessions’ allies say Donald Trump unfair

The vitriol President Trump has shown Attorney General Jeff Sessions is stunning for someone who was among his earliest campaign backers and has been at the spear's tip of advancing the Trump agenda in the government.

September 2, 2018

Alison Lundergan Grimes’ father indicted for illegal contributions to her Senate bid

The father of Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes was indicted Friday on charges that he illegally funneled money from his company to her failed 2014 U.S. Senate campaign and then lied about it, the Justice Department announced.

August 31, 2018

DOJ official told lawmakers Russia had Trump ‘over a barrel’: Report

Justice Department official Bruce Ohr told lawmakers this week that former British spy Christopher Steele said Russian intelligence officials believed they had President Trump "over a barrel," The Associated Press reported Friday.

August 31, 2018

More Americans support Jeff Sessions than Donald Trump: Poll

Attorney General Jeff Sessions appears to be more popular than President Trump, according to a poll released Friday.

August 31, 2018

Sam Patten, former Manafort associate, pleads guilty to failing to register as a foreign agent

A former associate of Paul Manafort pleaded guilty in a D.C. federal court Friday for failing to register as a foreign agent.

August 31, 2018

Jeff Sessions safe as Attorney General until midterms, Donald Trump says

President Donald Trump said Thursday his embattled Attorney General Jeff Session's job is safe -- for now.

August 30, 2018

Justice Department says Harvard illegally discriminated against Asian-Americans

Harvard University "significantly disadvantages" Asian-American applicants in its admissions policies, the Justice Department said Thursday, weighing in on one of the top affirmative action fights of the decade.

August 30, 2018

Ikaika Kang, soldier who wanted to join ISIS, attack Schofield Barracks, guilty

A U.S. Army soldier who mulled d a suicide attack on his own base pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of providing material support to the Islamic State, the Department of Justice said.

August 29, 2018

Paul Manafort’s attorneys ask to move D.C. trial to Roanoke

Attorneys for Paul Manafort asked a federal judge Wednesday to move his second criminal trial from Washington, D.C., to Roanoke, Virginia, claiming that "sensationalized" publicity surrounding the former Trump campaign chairman has made it nearly impossible for him to receive a fair trial.

August 29, 2018

Donald Trump says it’s ‘disgraceful’ Bruce Ohr still at DOJ

President Trump on Wednesday launched another attack against longtime Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, saying it's "disgraceful" he still has a job at the department.

August 29, 2018

Bruce Ohr to lawmakers: FBI doubts credibility of anti-Trump dossier

Justice Department official Bruce Ohr told House lawmakers on Tuesday that the FBI doubted the credibility of a salacious anti-Trump dossier used to obtain a surveillance warrant for a member of Donald Trump's presidential campaign team, according to a key Republican.

August 28, 2018

Paul Manafort’s D.C. trial pushed back; evidence from the 1980s can be used against him

Prosecutors from special counsel Robert Mueller's team can use evidence from a 1980s Department of Justice review of Paul Manafort's lobbying activities in the former Trump campaign chairman's upcoming Washington, D.C., trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

August 28, 2018

Robert Mueller objected to Paul Manafort plea deal

Paul Manafort's legal team was in talks with federal prosecutors about a possible plea deal in the former Trump campaign chairman's upcoming Washington, D.C., trial, but those talks fell apart after special counsel Robert Mueller raised objections, according to a media report late Monday.

August 27, 2018

Donald Trump launches new attack on Sessions

President Trump on Saturday again berated Attorney General Jeff Sessions saying he "doesn't understand what is happening" underneath him at the Justice Department.

August 25, 2018

Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump public feud fuels resignation talk

A public eruption in the ongoing clash between President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has senior GOP lawmakers predicting the president will soon fire the nation's top law-enforcement official.

August 23, 2018

Jeff Sessions fires back at Donald Trump, accuses president of ‘improper political considerations’

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back at President Trump Thursday, insisting he will not let politics dictate Department of Justice investigations.

August 23, 2018

Indiana mom charged with providing material support to ISIS

Samantha Marie Elhassani, an American mom who followed her late husband to Syria, was charged Wednesday with providing material support to the Islamic State, better known by the acronym ISIS, the Department of Justice announced

August 23, 2018

Paul Manafort juror says lone holdout prevented conviction on all counts

A juror from Paul Manafort's financial fraud trial said late Wednesday that one holdout prevented the former Trump campaign manager from being convicted on all counts.

August 23, 2018

Robert Mueller yet to prove Donald Trump-Russia collusion despite convictions, guilty pleas

Special counsel Robert Mueller has now won or assisted in guilty pleas or convictions against a number of figures in the president's inner circle during the 2016 campaign -- but has yet to prove a more fundamental case of Russia-Trump collusion.

August 22, 2018

Paul Manafort guilty on eight counts in first trial conviction from Mueller probe

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted Tuesday on eight felony counts of bank and tax fraud, making him the first person to be convicted in a trial emerging from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

August 21, 2018