Jeff Mordock

Defund police movement advances in Minneapolis, New York

Key Democrats on Sunday tamped down expectations of the "defund police" movement but said there will need to be a reexamination of how money is spent, as they prepared to announce a major piece of legislation designed to set national standards for how state and local police can operate.

June 7, 2020

Minneapolis City Council votes to reform, not dismantle, city police force; chokeholds banned

The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously voted to immediately reform the city's beleaguered police department, including banning chokeholds, but opted against dismantling the department entirely as some activists have advocated.

June 5, 2020

Black Lives Matter, ACLU sue Donald Trump, William Barr for ‘criminal attack’ on protesters

Black Lives Matter and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration, saying it violated the constitutional rights of demonstrators who were cleared out of a park Monday so President Trump could walk to a historic church for a photo op.

June 4, 2020

William Barr defends federal response to Lafayette Park protests

Attorney General William P. Barr on Thursday defended the federal response to the protest in Lafayette Park in D.C. this week, saying the demonstrators had become increasingly unruly.

June 4, 2020

William Barr says evidence of ‘foreign actors’ involved in civil unrest

Federal investigators believe foreign agents are helping foment dissension and inflaming the violence that has erupted in cities across the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd's death, Attorney General William P. Barr said Thursday.

June 4, 2020

Senate Judiciary Committee postpones vote to subpoena 53 Obama-era officials

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday postponed a vote to authorize subpoenas for 53 Obama-era officials, a move that would have dramatically ramped up its investigation into the origins of the Russia probe.

June 4, 2020

Lindsey Graham, Ben Sasse engage in fiery exchange: ‘It’s bulls—t’

Two of the top Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday got into a heated exchange over the length of a hearing to authorize subpoenas for Obama-era officials.

June 4, 2020

Kayleigh McEnany: Trump is ‘dismayed’ by Rod Rosenstein’s testimony

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Wednesday President Trump was "dismayed," by the testimony of former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

June 3, 2020

Rod Rosenstein slams claims he secretly wanted to record Donald Trump as ‘ridiculous’

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday slammed a 2018 report that he discussed secretly recording President Trump and using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office as "ridiculous."

June 3, 2020

Rod Rosenstein says he was led to believe the Carter Page FISA applications were accurate

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Wednesday that he would never have signed off on a surveillance warrant for Trump campaign adviser Carter Page if he had known about the FBI's errors and omissions, and he faulted Obama-era officials for misleading him about the warrant's accuracy.

June 3, 2020

Rod Rosenstein says Andrew McCabe was ‘not fully candid’ about Russia probe

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday said ex-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe was not candid with him about the bureau's 2016 investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

June 3, 2020

Rod Rosenstein: Carter Page FISA warrants seemed ‘justified’ at the time

Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will tell senators on Wednesday that he approved the now-suspect surveillance applications for ex-Trump campaign aide Carter Page because it looked proper at the time, and he didn't know the bureau had ignored its own policies to justify the warrant.

June 3, 2020

House Judiciary Committee proposes slashing AG Barr’s office budget by $50M

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Tuesday proposed slashing the budget for Attorney General William Barr by $50 million to punish him for failing to find time to testify on his department's activities.

June 2, 2020

Lindsey Graham raises doubts about Antifa’s role in riots, looting

Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday questioned how much blame should be directed at Antifa for the violent protests and looting in the wake of George Floyd's death in police custody.

June 2, 2020

Matthew Lee Rupert charged in giving bombs to Minneapolis rioters

Federal prosecutors late Monday charged an Illinois man after he allegedly posted a video on social media of himself handing out explosive devices to rioters in Minneapolis.

June 1, 2020

Emmet Sullivan, Michael Flynn judge, has ‘no authority’ to reject dismissal request, DOJ says

The Justice Department on Monday said a federal judge doesn't have the authority to deny its request to dismiss the case against Michael Flynn because the Executive Branch makes the prosecutorial decisions.

June 1, 2020

Emmet Sullivan, judge in Michael Flynn case, says he hasn’t decided if he’ll grant dropping case

The federal judge overseeing the Michael Flynn case told an appeals court Monday that he has not decided if he'll grant the Justice Department's request to abandon the prosecution.

June 1, 2020

Harris, Jeffries want prison officials to explain why 2 former Trump associates released from prison

Two Democratic lawmakers on Monday called for federal prison officials to explain why two of President Trump's former associates have been released into home confinement amid the coronavirus crisis, while "low-risk, vulnerable individuals" remain in prison.

June 1, 2020

Roger Stone slams case prosecutors: ‘Leftist ambulance chaser’

Roger Stone slammed the team of Justice Department prosecutors who oversaw his case in a scathing op-ed, calling the lead prosecutor a "partisan legal thug" and "leftist ambulance chaser."

June 1, 2020

Fallout from George Floyd death, protests reverberate across country

The fallout over the killing of George Floyd continued on Monday, with leaders around the country taking various steps to respond amid national protests, some of which have led to fatalities, injuries and property damage.

June 1, 2020