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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

Rick Gates has agreed to plead guilty to lying to investigators in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia election-meddling probe. (Associated Press/File)

Rick Gates becomes Paul Manafort trial focus

Defense attorneys for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort last week made a point of asking trial witnesses about Rick Gates' intelligence, signaling a key element in their strategy to pin blame on Mr. Manafort's former business partner for what federal prosecutors say was massive bank and tax fraud.

August 5, 2018
Paul Manafort's former bookkeeper Heather Washkuhn, left, walks to the Alexandria Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, to testify at President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Manafort's tax evasion and bank fraud trial. Washkuhn testified that Manafort kept her in the dark about the foreign bank accounts he was using to buy millions in luxury items and personal expenses. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Witnesses: Paul Manafort couldn’t keep up with insurance payments

Paul Manafort paid $450,000 for landscaping and $10,000 for a karaoke machine, but nearly lost his health insurance because he couldn't keep up with the payments, witnesses testified Thursday in the criminal trial of President Trump's one-time campaign manager.

August 2, 2018
Protesters Gayelynn Taxey, left, and Danny Hastings, stand in front of the Alexandria Federal Court in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, July 31, 2018, on day one of Paul Manafort's trial. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Paul Manafort to blame business partner for fraud case

Former Trump campaign Chairman Paul Manafort's lawyers argued Tuesday that he was duped by Rick Gates, saying the former business partner and fellow campaign figure falsified documents to mislead Mr. Manafort and his accountants into bank and tax fraud.

July 31, 2018
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, joined at right by Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, takes questions at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. In a Monday letter to the Department of Justice inspector general, Meadows and Jordan are asking for a review of allegations that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein threatened to subpoena phone records and documents from a House Intelligence Committee staffer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Meadows softens push to impeach Rosenstein after talks with GOP Leadership

A day after filing articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, House Freedom Caucus chair Mark Meadows said he would pursue less serious contempt charges, slightly lowering the temperature in a clash with the Department of Justice over access conservative lawmakers are demanding to records on the probes into Russian election-meddling and Hillary Clinton's secret emails.

July 26, 2018
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Friday, July 13, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Rod Rosenstein impeachment articles introduced by GOP lawmakers

Conservative House lawmakers introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday, saying he's led the Justice Department in "hiding" information from Congress on investigations into Russian election meddling and Hillary Clinton's secret emails.

July 25, 2018