Jeff Mordock

Paul Manafort got $10 million loan from Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, court documents show

A search warrant application unsealed Wednesday revealed President Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort received a $10 million loan from Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

June 27, 2018

House to vote on resolution to demand DOJ hand over Russia documents

A resolution prodding the Department of Justice to hand over more documents related to the Russia investigation will head for a vote by entire House on Thursday, Republican leadership announced late Wednesday.

June 27, 2018

Libyan militia leader sentenced to 22 years for Benghazi attacks

The Libyan militant convicted in the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans, including a U.S. ambassador, was sentenced by a federal judge Wednesday to 22 years in prison.

June 27, 2018

Hate crime charges filed against Charlottesville driver

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday filed federal hate crimes charges against an Ohio man accused of driving a car into a crowd of people protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others.

June 27, 2018

Peter Strzok defended anti-Trump texts as ‘intimate conversation’ among friends: Lawmaker

The FBI agent whose anti-Trump texts raised questions about political bias in the special counsel's Russia probe told lawmakers on Wednesday he regretted his actions, but denied that his political views influenced the investigation.

June 27, 2018

Only 16 percent of federal law enforcement investigators are women

Women are underrepresented and rarely promoted at four of the nation's most renowned law enforcement agencies, making up just 16 percent of the ranks of criminal investigators, the Justice Department's inspector general said in a report Tuesday.

June 26, 2018

Rod Rosenstein contempt, impeachment in play as Congress-Justice Department showdown escalates

The showdown between Congress and the Justice Department over the Russia probe escalated Tuesday after the House Judiciary Committee voted in favor of a resolution demanding Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein hand over sensitive documents related to the investigation into meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections.

June 26, 2018

Mark Meadows calls DOJ spygate letter ‘creative writing’

A Department of Justice letter insisting it had complied with conservative lawmakers' demands to turn over documents related to the FBI's use of confidential informants to meet with Trump campaign figures is "an art form in creative writing," Rep. Mark Meadows, North Carolina Republican, said Tuesday on Twitter.

June 26, 2018

Devin Nunes rebuffed by Justice Department on document request

The Department of Justice on Monday rebuffed a deadline set by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, California Republican, to provide more information about the FBI's use of confidential informants while investigating President Trump's 2016 campaign.

June 25, 2018

Peter Strzok testimony should air live on TV, Donald Trump says

President Trump on Monday night called for the congressional testimony of FBI agent Peter Strzok to be "shown to the public on live television."

June 25, 2018

Donald Trump questions legality of Mark Warner joke on Robert Mueller probe

President Trump on Monday questioned if it was "highly illegal" when Sen. Mark Warner, Virginia Democrat, joked that he inside information about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

June 25, 2018

Republicans demand names of everyone who has worked on Mueller investigation

Nine House Republicans on Monday sent a letter asking Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to list the names of everyone "past and present" who has worked on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian collusion with the Trump campaign.

June 25, 2018

Peter Strzok testimony before Judiciary Committee will be closed to public

The congressional testimony of anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok will be closed to the public, a spokesperson for the House Judiciary Committee confirmed Monday.

June 25, 2018

Rosenstein, Wray to testify Thursday before House Judiciary Committee

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher will testify Thursday before House Judiciary Committee, according to a statement released Monday.

June 25, 2018

Paul Manafort appeals jailing, dismissal of civil suit

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on Monday appealed a federal judge's decision to jail him on charges that he attempted to influence the testimony of two potential witnesses against him.

June 25, 2018

Trump questions DOJ on spy documents as deadline looms

President Trump on Monday questioned why the Justice Department and FBI have not given Congress all the documents related to an FBI informant contacting members of his campaign in 2016.

June 25, 2018

Mark Meadows: Justice Department turned over only ‘small percentage’ of subpoenaed Russia documents

A conservative lawmaker is challenging media reports that the Department of Justice gave members of Congress documents related to the probe of Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

June 24, 2018

North Carolina teacher accused of having sex with same teen from Anthony Weiner scandal

A former North Carolina teacher stands accused of having a sexual relationship with the same teen that former New York Congress Anthony Weiner was sent to prison for sexting, a television station reported late Friday.

June 23, 2018

James Comey tells Irish audience he’s ‘ashamed’ of U.S. immigration policy: Report

Former FBI Director James Comey told an Irish audience on Friday that he is "disgusted," "horrified," and "ashamed" of the United States' immigration policies, saying that he weighed telling people he's from Canada.

June 23, 2018

Judiciary Committee subpoenas anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok

Anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok was subpoenaed on Friday to testify before the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform committees next week.

June 22, 2018