Jeff Mordock

William Barr: Durham probe won’t lead to criminal investigations into Obama or Biden

U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe into the origins of the Russia collusion investigation is not expected to lead to a criminal investigation of former President Barack Obama or former Vice President Joseph R. Biden but could result in prosecutions of others, Attorney General William P. Barr said Monday.

May 18, 2020

FBI finds link between Pensacola gunman and al Qaeda, official says

A Royal Saudi Air Force cadet who killed three U.S. sailors at a Florida Navy base last year had longtime ties to al Qaeda, top Justice Department officials said Monday, while slamming Apple for providing no help in the investigation.

May 18, 2020

Civil liberties groups pressure House to crack down on government spying on internet search history

A coalition of liberal and conservative civil liberties groups are pressuring the House to crack down on government spying on Americans' internet browsing data, demanding lawmakers revive a failed Senate measure to keep warrantless web wiretapping in check.

May 17, 2020

Senate Intelligence Committee submits final volume of Russian report for classification review

The Senate Intelligence Committee has submitted the fifth and final volume of its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election for classification review, the panel said Friday.

May 15, 2020

Ex-Cleveland Clinic employee charged with hiding China ties to collect taxpayer-funded grants

Federal prosecutors Thursday charged a former Cleveland Clinic employee with fraud, saying he lied about his ties to a Chinese university while collecting more than $3.6 million in taxpayer-funded grants.

May 14, 2020

Ted Cruz: I have ‘every confidence’ Trump will hold China accountable for coronavirus

Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday pushed back against criticism that President Trump is letting China off the hook for allowing the spread of the coronavirus, predicting a crackdown on Beijing as soon as the crisis passes.

May 14, 2020

Conservative legal group slams judge in Michael Flynn case: ‘Newest poster child for the woke left’

Judicial Crisis Network President Carrie Severino on Thursday slammed the federal judge overseeing the Michael Flynn case as "the newest poster child for the woke left."

May 14, 2020

FISA bill OK’d by Senate with modest reforms, but Trump veto a possibility

The Senate on Thursday bolstered legal protections for targets of federal surveillance, but it may not be enough to avoid a veto from President Trump, who is fuming that the law was used to spy on his 2016 campaign.

May 14, 2020

Senate rejects measure that would block FISA Court from approving searches of U.S. citizens

The Senate on Thursday rejected an amendment that would prohibit the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) from approving surveillance warrants to monitor U.S. citizens.

May 14, 2020

Emmet Sullivan mulls Michael Flynn contempt charge

A federal judge late Wednesday suggested he may pursue contempt or perjury charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn for abandoning an earlier guilty plea to a charge of lying to the FBI.

May 13, 2020

Senate approves FISA amendment allowing applications to be scrutinize by legal analysts

The Senate on Wednesday sent a mixed message about limiting the government's power to spy on Americans using some of the tools it used to surveil members of President Trump's 2016 campaign in the Russia probe.

May 13, 2020

Biden, Comey, Brennan among Obama-era officials who sought to unmask Michael Flynn

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden and several other high-ranking members of the Obama administration were among the nearly 40 officials who sought to "unmask" the identity of former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn during the presidential transition period, according to a list released Wednesday by acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell.

May 13, 2020

Republican senators call on Barr, Grenell to name Obama officials who unmasked Flynn

The Republican chairman of two Senate committees have called on the Trump administration to release the identities of the Obama-era officials who unmasked former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

May 13, 2020

Senate rejects FISA amendment to block government from spying on citizens’ Internet history

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a proposed amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that would block the government from spying on Americans' internet browsing and search history without a warrant.

May 13, 2020

Emmet Sullivan slams brakes on Watergate prosecutors’ push for jail in Flynn case

A federal judge Wednesday temporarily denied a filing by 16 former Watergate prosecutors urging the court to deny the Justice Department's request to drop the criminal charges against Michael Flynn and sentence him to jail instead.

May 13, 2020

Michael Flynn case: Judge Emmet Sullivan invites third parties to weigh in

A federal judge said late Tuesday that he would allow third parties to weigh in on Michael Flynn's case, an unusual move delaying the court's response to the Justice Department's motion to dismiss the criminal charges against the former national security adviser.

May 12, 2020

Justice Dept. files hate crime charges against Missouri man accused of burning down Islamic center

The Justice Department filed federal hate crime and arson charges Tuesday against a Missouri man accused of burning down an Islamic center last month.

May 12, 2020

Jeff Sessions defends his Russia probe recusal in an open letter to people of Alabama

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions Tuesday again defended his recusal from the Russia probe, saying he fell on the sword to save President Trump from further criticism.

May 12, 2020

Eric Holder, Stevens case underline hypocrisy in Obama criticism

President Barack Obama lambasted the Justice Department's abandonment of criminal charges against Micheal Flynn as unprecedented, but his Justice Department did the same thing in another highly politicized criminal case.

May 11, 2020

Senate to take up FISA reform this week

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed Monday to take up Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act reform, blaming House Democrats for allowing key national security provisions to lapse months ago.

May 11, 2020