Jeff Mordock

W. Sam Patten, witness in Mueller probe, attacked by knife-wielding suspect in D.C.

W. Samuel Patten, a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia-collusion probe, was assaulted by a knife-wielding attacker in Washington last week.

November 23, 2020

‘Anonymous’ Trump critic Miles Taylor identified as witness in Flynn probe

Former Department of Homeland Security official Miles Taylor, who authored an op-ed vowing resistance to President Trump, appears to have been a key witness in the FBI's investigation into Michael Flynn, two Republican Senate chairmen said Monday.

November 23, 2020

Justice Department schedules three more federal executions

The Justice Department has scheduled three more federal executions, including two inmates set to die just days before presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden takes over in January.

November 20, 2020

Supreme Court yanks oral arguments into secret Mueller documents from its calendar

The Supreme Court on Friday removed from its calendar oral arguments in a closely watched dispute over access to secret grand jury materials from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russian-collusion probe.

November 20, 2020

New York postal worker charged with dumping 1,300 pieces of mail in the woods

A suburban Buffalo postal worker was arrested Friday and charged with dumping more than 1,300 pieces of mail, including a blank election ballot, in the woods, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday.

November 20, 2020

NRA to pay $2.5M fine, halt insurance sales to settle New York case

The National Rifle Association on Wednesday agreed to pay a $2.5 million fine and halt its insurance business in New York to settle allegations it violated the state's insurance laws.

November 18, 2020

Federal judge hints he may delay execution over inmate’s lawyers’ COVID-19 infection

A federal judge hinted Wednesday that he may delay the execution of the only woman on federal death row because her lawyers contracted COVID-19 during prison visits.

November 18, 2020

Peter Debbins, former Green Beret, pleads guilty to giving U.S. military secrets to Russia

A former Army Green Beret pled guilty Wednesday to conspiring to provide Russian intelligence operatives with U.S. military secrets about his unit's activities in former Soviet republics.

November 18, 2020

Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Montenegro falsified 8,000 voter registrations, Los Angeles DA says

A California man was charged Tuesday with submitting more than 8,000 fraudulent voter registration applications on behalf of homeless people in an alleged bizarre scheme to be elected mayor of Hawthorne, California, the Los Angeles District Attorney said.

November 17, 2020

House Democrats ask Supreme Court to delay arguments over Mueller grand jury testimony

The Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to delay upcoming oral arguments in a case that could give them access to secret grand jury material redacted from special counsel Robert Mueller's report.

November 17, 2020

DOJ watchdog finds ‘numerous failures’ in COVID-19 response at Louisiana prison

A federal prison in Louisiana failed to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus because officials waited too long to screen inmates and ignored federal guidelines requiring asymptomatic inmates to be quarantined, the Justice Department watchdog said in a scathing report Tuesday.

November 17, 2020

House Democrats file brief asking Supreme Court to deny Trump admin’s argument in census dispute

House Democrats on Monday asked the Supreme Court to reject President Trump's bid to exclude illegal immigrants from the U.S. census count, which determines each state's share of seats in Congress.

November 16, 2020

Peter Brand, Harvard fencing coach, accused of taking bribes to get businessman’s sons into school

The former fencing coach at Harvard University was charged Monday with accepting more than $1.5 million in bribes from a Maryland businessman in exchange for getting the businessman's two sons into the Ivy League school as fencing recruits.

November 16, 2020

DOJ watchdog says assistant U.S. attorney sexually harassed colleagues

An assistant U.S. attorney sexually harassed multiple individuals and misled investigators probing the claims, the Justice Department's inspector general said in a report Monday.

November 16, 2020

‘Million MAGA March’ in Washington D.C. descends into violence

A man was stabbed multiple times and at least 21 people are facing criminal charges after pro-Trump supporters and leftist groups clashed in downtown Washington, D.C., following Saturday's "Million MAGA March."

November 15, 2020

Trump blasts ‘ANTIFA SCUM’ as D.C. descends into chaos

President Trump late Saturday slammed "ANTIFA SCUM", the media and D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser as pro-Trump supporters and leftist activists violently clashed in Washington.

November 15, 2020

Democrats demand Trump administration stop federal executions during transition period

A group of Democratic lawmakers Friday called on the Trump administration to suspend all federal executions during the transition of power to presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden.

November 13, 2020

Judge orders DOJ to explain why lawyers’ COVID-19 outbreak shouldn’t delay Lisa Montgomery execution

A federal judge on Friday gave the Justice Department just one day to explain why the scheduled execution of the only woman on federal death row should not be postponed because her lawyers have contracted serious cases of COVID-19.

November 13, 2020

More than 130 Secret Service agents isolated because COVID-19 exposure

More than 130 Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Trump or the White House have been ordered to isolate after they tested positive for COVID-19 or came into close contact with someone who was infected, according to a media Friday.

November 13, 2020

DOJ ends Epstein probe with no action against prosecutors who approved sweetheart deal

Federal prosecutors including former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta exercised "poor judgment" but did not act improperly in approving the lenient 2008 plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire accused sex trafficker, a Justice Department report released Thursday found.

November 12, 2020