Jeff Mordock

Robert Mueller files superseding indictment against Paul Manafort, Rick Gates

Former Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates face new charges, including bank fraud and submitting false tax returns, according to a 32-count indictment filed Thursday afternoon by special counsel Robert Mueller.

February 22, 2018

BMW Financial Services pays $2M to settle claims it refused to refund military lease payments

BMW Financial Services N.A. has agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims it illegally refused to refund payments made in advance by military personnel who terminated their vehicle leases because they were called to duty.

February 22, 2018

Ichiba Ramen, NYC restaurant, settles discrimination claims with Justice Department

Ichiba Ramen, a New York City restaurant, has settled Department of Justice claims that it refused to hire a worker on the basis of his ethnic origin.

February 20, 2018

Alex Van Der Zwaan pleads guilty in Robert Mueller Russia investigation

A Dutch attorney pleaded guilty Tuesday to lying to the FBI about his work with Rick Gates and Paul Manafort, two former Trump campaign aides who were indicted in October on charges stemming from work for pro-Russian interests.

February 20, 2018

Indictments ‘a watershed’ moment in Russian election story

Criminal charges brought Friday against 13 Russians and a St. Petersburg-based internet agency mark the first in-depth public accounting of Russian operatives' efforts to meddle in the 2016 U.S. election, challenging President Trump's repeated skepticism.

February 16, 2018

Mueller indictments: Feds charge 13 Russians with meddling in 2016 election

Special counsel Robert Mueller won indictments Friday charging 13 Russian nationals and several companies with interfering in the 2016 U.S. election in order to aid President Trump.

February 16, 2018

Raphael A. Sanchez, ICE lawyer, pleads guilty to stealing immigrants’ identities

A lawyer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Seattle has pleaded guilty to stealing immigrants' identities, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

February 15, 2018

Rachel Brand, DOJ’s No. 3 official, denies leaving because of Russia investigation

Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand on Thursday denied reports that she is leaving the Justice Department because of fears she would be asked to oversee the Russia investigation.

February 15, 2018

Jose Salvador Gonzales-Campos, an MS-13 member, sentenced for firearm possession

An El Salvador national who was a member of the violent MS-13 criminal organization was sentenced to 1 year and 1 day in prison for possession of a firearm.

February 14, 2018

Jeff Sessions slams bipartisan sentencing-reform bill

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has slammed a bipartisan drug sentencing reform bill, calling the legislation "a grave error."

February 14, 2018

Ahmad Khan Rahimi, 2016 New York City bomber, sentenced to life in prison

The bomber who injured dozens of people in a 2016 New York City terror attack involving pressure-cooker bombs was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday.

February 13, 2018

Craft retailer Michaels pays $1.5M for shattering vases

Nationwide craft retailer Michaels Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations it failed to make a timely report to the Consumer Product Safety Commission that large glass vases it sold shattered in customers' hands.

February 13, 2018

ISIS supporter sentenced to 10 years for firearms possession

An Islamic State supporter in Virginia was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for a conviction on firearms possession stemming from an arrest last summer just weeks after his release from prison.

February 12, 2018

Donald Trump asks for $2B for new FBI headquarters

The Trump administration will ask Congress for $2.2 billion to build a new FBI headquarters this year, a Justice Department official said Monday.

February 12, 2018

Rachel Brand, DOJ’s no. 3 official, stepping down; next to Sessions, Rosenstein in chain of command

Rachel Brand, associate attorney general of the Justice Department and third in command behind Jeff Sessions and Rod Rosenstein, is stepping down, The New York Times reported Friday afternoon.

February 9, 2018

Dwight Hamilton, former corrections officer, sentenced to year in prison for abusing female inmate

A former Georgia corrections officer was sentenced to a year in prison for abusing a female inmate, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

February 9, 2018

Three charged in scheme to disguise illegal immigrants as folk singers

Three individuals were indicted for their role in a scheme to defraud Armenian citizens by selling them phony visas, the Department of Justice has announced.

February 8, 2018

Jack Burkman, D.C. lobbyist, offers $25K for evidence of FBI wrongdoing

A Washington, D.C. lawyer and lobbyist is offering $25,000 to any credible whistleblower willing to come forward with evidence of FBI wrongdoing in investigations related to the 2016 presidential election.

February 8, 2018

Donald Trump’s policies could reverse prison population decline: Report

President Trump's criminal justice policies could increase the prison population after three straight years of declines, a public policy group warns.

February 8, 2018

Members of cybercrime organization responsible for $530M in losses indicted

A federal grand jury in Nevada has indicted 36 individuals across the globe for their role in one of the largest identity theft enterprises in the world.

February 7, 2018