Jeff Mordock

Congressional leaders arrive at DOJ for intelligence briefing

Republican leaders Speaker Paul D. Ryan, Reps. Devin Nunes and Trey Gowdy arrived at the Department of Justice just before noon Thursday for a meeting to discuss the FBI's activities during the 2016 presidential election.

May 24, 2018

Capitol Hill braces for DOJ, FBI briefings on accusations they spied on Trump 2016 campaign

FBI and Justice Department officials gathered with senior lawmakers for two unusual classified briefings related to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, amid rising tensions over President Trump's accusation that U.S. intelligence spied on his 2016 campaign.

May 24, 2018

Mark Warner calls DOJ intelligence briefing a ‘farce’

Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Thursday a meeting between a bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders and intelligence and law enforcement officials is a "farce" because the disclosure of classified information should be limited to the so-called "Gang of Eight" -- a collection of Senate and House leaders who traditionally receive the briefings on sensitive intelligence matters.

May 24, 2018

Federal government sex offender reporting loophole let GSA employee hide child porn conviction

A registered sex offender managed to hide his status from the General Services Administration for nearly a full year before the federal agency discovered his child pornography conviction.

May 23, 2018

Esteban Santiago Ruiz, man who killed six at Florida airport, pleads guilty

An Iraq war veteran charged with killing five people at a South Florida airport last year pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple federal counts as part of a deal with prosecutors, the Justice Department announced.

May 23, 2018

FBI will ask anti-Trump agents to preserve personal-device communications: Judicial Watch

The FBI will ask agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page to preserve any bureau records stored on their personal accounts and devices, a conservative government watchdog group said Wednesday.

May 23, 2018

Federal judge skeptical of Paul Manafort’s bid to get evidence tossed

A federal judge appeared unconvinced Wednesday after attorneys for Paul Manafort claimed the FBI improperly seized evidence from his home and a nearby storage locker.

May 23, 2018

Evgeny Freidman, Michael Cohen associate, guilty of tax fraud

A longtime business partner of Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to tax fraud late Tuesday and reportedly will cooperate with the government, as prosecutors turn up the heat on President Trump's personal attorney.

May 22, 2018

Federal workers suspected in child porn viewing not investigated

A Federal Aviation Administration employee had 17 images of suspected child pornography on his taxpayer-funded work computer, yet the government allowed him to keep his job and ordered him to attend after-hours counseling on appropriate computer use.

May 22, 2018

Conservative lawmakers call for second special counsel to probe DOJ, FBI

A group of House conservatives Tuesday introduced a resolution calling for a second special counsel to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by the Department of Justice and FBI during the 2016 presidential election.

May 22, 2018

Donald Trump calls campaign spying ‘a disgrace’ if allegations are true

President Trump said Tuesday morning it "would be a disgrace" if allegations that the FBI had embedded a spy in his 2016 campaign turned out to be true.

May 22, 2018

Donald Trump orders ‘highly classified’ data for Congress on FBI’s ‘tactics’

President Trump ordered his chief of staff Monday to make sure Congress gets "highly classified" information from the Justice Department, intelligence community and FBI -- including details that could shed light on whether the FBI had an informant investigate the Trump campaign.

May 21, 2018

ISIS supporter pleads guilty to plotting terror attack

Nearly three years after his arrest, a Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges.

May 21, 2018

President Trump demands DOJ give informant documents to Congress

President Donald Trump demanded the Justice Department give members of Congress the documents related to an FBI informant who had contacted campaign officials during the 2016 election.

May 19, 2018

Man responsible for probing corruption in Colombia faces corruption charges in U.S

The former National Director of Anti-Corruption in Colombia was extradited to the United States Thursday where he will face wire fraud, money laundering and bribery charges, the Department of Justice said.

May 18, 2018

Mark Inch, Federal Bureau of Prisons director, resigns

The embattled director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons abruptly announced his resignation Friday, the Justice Department confirmed.

May 18, 2018

Sessions: Trump administration will defend religious freedoms

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday the Trump administration will not treat religious individuals as an "afterthought" and vowed that the Justice Department will get involved in more cases regarding freedom of religion.

May 18, 2018

Michigan publishing company names new D.B. Cooper suspect

A Michigan publishing company on Thursday claimed it has identified the mysterious skyjacker D.B. Copper, who disappeared in 1971 with $200,000 in cash.

May 18, 2018

Bandidos leaders Jeffrey Pike, Xavier Portillio guilty in murder of rival gang head

Two former leaders of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club were found guilty of 13 charges for the murder of the 2006 murder of a rival gang leader, a federal jury in San Antonio, Texas ruled Thursday.

May 17, 2018

Robert Mueller files unredacted copy of Russia investigation memo in Manafort case

Special counsel Robert Mueller on Thursday provided a federal judge in Virginia copy of an unredacted memo outlining the scope of his investigation into Russian collusion.

May 17, 2018