Jeff Mordock

FBI raid on Trump attorney Cohen focused on documents related to payoffs for Daniels, McDougal

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday said President Trump has the power to fire special counsel Robert Mueller as Democrats demanded legislative protections for Mr. Mueller and the team investigating the Russian meddling probe.

April 10, 2018

Feds seize Backpage.com, seven charged with promoting prostitution

Seven executives at the classified advertising site Backpage.com have been indicted on 93 counts, including promoting prostitution and money laundering.

April 9, 2018

Michael Cohen’s office raided by FBI

The FBI on Monday raided the office of Michael Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal attorney, provoking a bitter rebuke from the president that the special counsel's Russia probe had entered a "whole new level of unfairness."

April 9, 2018

Paul Manafort denied bail in D.C. case

The federal judge overseeing the D.C. case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort denied his request for bail Monday.

April 9, 2018

Manassas, Va., man guilty of directing child pornography via internet

A Manassas, Virginia, man pleaded guilty Monday to paying women in the Philippines to sexually abuse children as young as 6 so he could produce child pornography, the Justice Department said.

April 9, 2018

John Lausch, U.S. attorney, tapped by DOJ to oversee Clinton, Page docs handover to Congress

The Department of Justice has tapped John Lausch, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, to oversee the process of turning over subpoenaed documents to congressional committees.

April 9, 2018

Justice Department invites lawmakers to view 2016 election documents

As criticism mounted for its delay in providing documents to multiple congressional panels on FBI investigations of the 2016 presidential election, the Department of Justice has invited committee members to review the files at its headquarters.

April 8, 2018

Justice Department invites senators and congressman to view Clinton investigation documents

As criticism mounts for its delay in turning over documents detailing FBI investigations surrounding the 2016 presidential election to separate House and Senate Committees, the Department of Justice has invited committee members to review the files at its headquarters.

April 6, 2018

FBI seizes classified site Backpage

The federal government has shut down Backpage.com and the homes of the Arizona-based owners of the controversial website repeatedly accused of facilitating and even promoting prostitution and sex trafficking.

April 6, 2018

Mueller says evidence from Manafort searches used in other Russia investigations

Special Counsel Robert Mueller revealed in a Thursday night court filing that information obtained from Paul Manafort's personal belongings -- including five telephone numbers -- are being used in other investigations of Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.

April 6, 2018

Justice Department misses deadline to hand over FISA, Clinton investigation documents

The Justice Department has missed the Thursday deadline to give the House Judiciary Committee nearly 1.2 million documents related to FBI investigations surrounding the 2016 election, despite a subpoena, a congressman has confirmed.

April 6, 2018

Donald Trump mulled replacing Jeff Sessions with Scott Pruitt this week: Report

President Trump reportedly weighed replacing Attorney General Jeff Sessions with Scott Pruitt as recently as this week, even as scandals grow around the embattled Environmental Protection Agency head.

April 5, 2018

Three Los Angeles gang members agreed to plead guilty to federal hate crimes

Three East Los Angeles men Thursday agreed to plead guilty to federal hate crime charges in connection to the May 2014 firebombing of African-American residences at the Ramona Gardens Housing Development in Los Angeles, the Justice Department said.

April 5, 2018

Phony Homeland Security agents sentenced to prison for online dating scam

Two Orlando-area men were sentenced Thursday in federal court for pretending to be Homeland Security agents and entrapping victims in an online dating scam, federal prosecutors in Florida announced.

April 5, 2018

MS-13 member pleads guilty in 2014 Long Island murder case

An MS-13 gang member pleaded guilty Thursday to firearms charges in connection with a July 2014 murder in Long Island, New York, community of Brentwood, the Department of Justice announced.

April 5, 2018

Chinese national sentenced to 121 months for stealing genetically-modified rice seeds

A Chinese scientist was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison Wednesday for conspiring to steal genetically-modified rice seeds from a Kansas research facility, the Justice Department said.

April 4, 2018

Justice Department seeks to strip citizenship from two convicted Yugoslav war criminals

The Department of Justice is seeking to strip the citizenship from two Yugoslav nationals convicted of war crimes, including the murder of civilians and prisoners, for their actions in the early 1990s Balkans conflict.

April 4, 2018

Federal agents seize 142 pounds of meth; said to be largest meth bust in Ohio history

Federal agents seized about 142 pounds of methamphetamine in the Cleveland suburb of Hudson, Ohio, in what is believed to be the largest meth bust in state history, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.

April 3, 2018

Alexander Van der Zwaan, Dutch attorney indicted by Robert Mueller, receives 30 days in jail

Dutch attorney Alexander Van der Zwaan was ordered Tuesday to serve 30 days in jail and pay a $20,000 fine in the first sentencing flowing from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

April 3, 2018

Justice Department seeks to join opioid settlement talks

The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday it wants to participate in settlement talks in a federal court case involving hundreds of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors.

April 2, 2018