Jeff Mordock

Rudy Giuliani says Robert Mueller’s team concluded it can’t indict sitting president Donald Trump

President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that special counsel Robert Mueller's team has concluded it can't indict a sitting president.

May 16, 2018

Three Florida men sentenced for providing material to support to ISIS

Three Palm Beach County, Fla., men were sentenced Wednesday for conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State, better known by the acronym ISIS.

May 16, 2018

Mehmet Hakan Atilla, Turkish banker, sentenced for role in scheme to help Iran avoid U.S. sanctions

A federal judge sentenced a Turkish banker to 32 months in prison Wednesday for his role in a scheme to help Iran avoid U.S. sanctions, the Justice Department announced.

May 16, 2018

Bankrupt health care company executives accused of making up phony customers, subsidiaries

Three former executives of a publicly traded medical-billing company were charged Wednesday, accused of creating phony customers, subsidiaries and acquisitions to make the business appear more attractive to investors before taking it private.

May 16, 2018

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport employees charged for trying to smuggle drugs, explosives

A group of airline employees based at Dallas Forth Worth International Airport was indicted Monday by a federal grand jury for conspiring to smuggle counterfeit drugs and explosives on a commercial flight, the Department of Justice announced late Tuesday.

May 16, 2018

Donald Trump, Michael Cohen knew of Eric Schneiderman behavior in 2013, says court letter

President Trump and his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, were told of sexual misconduct allegations by former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in 2013, according to a letter filed Friday in a New York federal court.

May 13, 2018

Reynaldo Regis, former CIA contractor, pleads guilty to keeping classified documents

A former CIA contractor pleaded guilty Friday to unauthorized removing and retaining of classified materials, the Department of Justice announced.

May 11, 2018

DOJ, DHS partner to stop U.S. companies from favoring foreign workers over U.S. workers

The Department of Justice and Department Homeland Security will partner to stop U.S. companies from hiring foreign workers with visas over qualified U.S. workers, the agencies announced Friday.

May 11, 2018

Donald Trump told of Eric Schneiderman allegations in 2013, according to court filing

President Trump and his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, were told of sexual misconduct allegations by former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in 2013, according to a letter filed Friday in a New York federal court.

May 11, 2018

Devin Nunes, DOJ talks over Mueller documents advances

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Thursday conversations with the Department of Justice about handing over documents related to the Russian election meddling probe will continue.

May 10, 2018

House Republicans, DOJ reach agreement on Russia documents

Republican Congressmen Devin Nunes, California, and Trey Gowdy, South Carolina, have been invited to the Justice Department Thursday for a classified briefing on documents related to the Russia investigation, according to media reports.

May 10, 2018

DOJ moves to shut down two stem cell clinics

The Justice Department filed litigation Wednesday to stop two companies from offering stem cell treatments, accusing the businesses of marketing their products without FDA approval and without proof of safety and efficacy.

May 9, 2018

Senate Democrats demand Trump withdraw DOJ nominee over Russian bank ties

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday demanded President Donald Trump withdraw his nominee of Brian Benczkowski to head the Department of Justice's Criminal Division, claiming his ties to a Russian bank could undermine the special counsel's probe.

May 9, 2018

Democrats demand DOJ hand over classified Comey memos

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee Tuesday asked for documents classified by the Department of Justice, but said to confirm former FBI Director James B. Comey's claim that President Trump asked him to "lift the cloud of the Russia probe."

May 9, 2018

Justice Department to curb excessive punishments in white-collar cases

The Department of Justice will end the practice of multiple government agencies doling out duplicative punishments to companies for the same crime, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Wednesday.

May 9, 2018

Jerry Chun Shing Lee, former CIA officer, charged with giving classified documents to China

A former CIA officer was indicted Tuesday on charges that he planned to give confidential U.S. government documents to the Chinese government, according to U.S. Department of Justice. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 53, of Hong Kong, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia.

May 8, 2018

Justice Department seeks to revoke citizenship for pair convicted of defrauding Export-Import Bank

Two individuals convicted of trying to defraud the U.S. Export-import Bank out of more than $24 million could lose their citizenship after the Department of Justice filed denaturalization lawsuits against them Tuesday.

May 8, 2018

Paul Ryan calls for Justice Department to hand over Russia investigation documents

House Speaker Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, Tuesday called on the Department of Justice to hand over controversial documents related to the Russia investigation.

May 8, 2018

Jeff Sessions defends controversial ‘stop and frisk’ practice

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tuesday defended the controversial police practice of temporarily detaining and searching civilians on the street known as "stop and frisk."

May 8, 2018

DEA collects record 1 million pounds on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

A record 1 million pounds of unwanted and unused prescription drugs were dropped off during the Drug Enforcement Administration's 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 28, the Department of Justice announced Monday.

May 7, 2018