Jeff Mordock

Rondell Henry planned truck attack at National Harbor, prosecutors say

Federal authorities on Monday unsealed charges against a Maryland man they say stole a rental van as part of an Islamic State-inspired attack on pedestrians at National Harbor, a retail and entertainment complex outside Washington.

April 8, 2019

Doug Collins, top Republican on House Judiciary Committee, calls on Robert Mueller to testify

Rep. Doug Collins, the top Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee on Monday urged Democrats to invite special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before Congress rather than continuing to accuse Attorney General William P. Barr of a cover-up.

April 8, 2019

Jackson A. Cosko, former Democratic staffer, pleads guilty to ‘doxing’ Republican senators

A former Democratic congressional staffer has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to his leaking personal information about Republican senators and threatening a witness who caught him in the act.

April 5, 2019

William Barr to appear Tuesday before Congress as Mueller questions swirl

Attorney General William P. Barr will appear Tuesday before Congress to discuss the Justice Department's fiscal 2020 budget request, but will likely face questions from lawmakers about special counsel Robert Mueller's probe.

April 5, 2019

William Barr vows to investigate claims of discrimination against Justice Dept. LGBTQ employees

Attorney General William P. Barr said he is "troubled" by allegations of discrimination against LGBTQ employees at the Justice Department and vowed to investigate their claims, according to a letter released Friday.

April 5, 2019

Michael Cohen offers Democrats new evidence against Donald Trump in bid to delay prison

President Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen says he has new information to offer Democrats if authorities reduce or delay his upcoming three-year prison sentence.

April 4, 2019

William Barr rejects Democrats’ Mueller report demands

Every page of the nearly 400-page Mueller report contains information that cannot be made public and must be redacted, Attorney General William P. Barr said Thursday, explaining why he has not met congressional Democrats' deadline for turning over the document to them.

April 4, 2019

Justice Department says ‘every page’ of Mueller report may be grand jury information

Every page of special counsel Robert Mueller's final report may contain confidential grand jury information, limiting how much it the public may ultimately see, a Justice Department spokeswoman said Thursday.

April 4, 2019

Christopher Wray, FBI director, denies political pressure influenced HQ decision

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray Thursday told a congressional panel there was no political pressure to rebuild the bureau's headquarters in its current location rather than move it to a suburban location.

April 4, 2019

Some Mueller investigators say report is worse for Donald Trump than William Barr suggests

Some of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators have said Attorney General William P. Barr's summary of their report did not convey how damaging their findings were for President Trump, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

April 4, 2019

Former FBI official feared Peter Strzok-Lisa Page affair could compromise them

A former top FBI official told lawmakers last summer that he confronted Peter Strzok and Lisa Page about their extramarital affair, fearing it would make them vulnerable to a foreign agent.

April 2, 2019

Trump apologized to Rosenstein for tweet suggesting he should be tried for treason

President Trump last fall apologized to Rod Rosenstein after he tweeted an image suggesting the deputy attorney general should be prosecuted for treason, according to a media report Tuesday.

April 2, 2019

Donald Trump says Democrats have become ‘unhinged’ since end of Mueller probe

President Trump on Tuesday fired back at Democrats, saying they have become "unhinged" since special counsel Robert Mueller completed his investigation into Russian election meddling.

April 2, 2019

John Huber FBI probe shrouded in secrecy 18 months later

Attorney General Jeff Sessions thought he had already answered calls for a special counsel to look into the FBI's handling of sensitive political investigations when he named a Utah prosecutor to conduct an inquiry and report back. Nearly 18 months later, there has been nary a public peep from U.S. Attorney John Huber.

April 1, 2019

Mueller report refuels Democrats’ attacks on Trump, William Barr

Ten days after special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report to the Justice Department, it has done surprisingly little to settle matters for Congress and the American public.

March 31, 2019

William Barr says the Mueller report will be delivered to Congress by mid-April

Congress will get special counsel Robert Mueller's ultimate conclusions on his investigation into President Trump and Russian election meddling by mid-April, if not sooner, Attorney General William P. Barr said Friday.

March 29, 2019

Jessie Liu withdraws from Justice Department nomination

The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has withdrawn her nomination to become associate attorney general, the Justice Department confirmed Thursday.

March 28, 2019

James Comey defends Robert Mueller probe in NBC News interview with Lester Holt

Former FBI Director James B. Comey said the principal conclusions of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation prove the bureau's probe into President Trump's ties to Russia was not a partisan witch hunt.

March 27, 2019

James Alex Fields Jr., Charlottesville car attacker, pleads guilty in federal court

The man convicted of state murder charges in the 2017 death of a woman at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal felony charges.

March 27, 2019

Robert Mueller probe collateral damage: Jerome Corsi, George Papadopoulos, others pick up pieces

Jerome Corsi was wondering whether he would be indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller when he learned from a Friday news report the Russia probe concluded without new charges. He and his wife dropped to their knees, cried and thanked God.

March 26, 2019