Jeff Mordock

Grand jury indicts four California men in connection with 2017 Charlottesville rally

A federal grand jury in Virginia returned an indictment Wednesday against four California men for conspiring to riot at last year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the United States Attorney's Office announced.

October 10, 2018

Justice Department charges Chinese spy with attempting to steal trade secrets from U.S. companies

The Justice Department announced charges Wednesday against a Chinese government operative who authorities say tried to steal tried secrets from U.S. aviation and aerospace companies, including GE Aviation.

October 10, 2018

Justice Department approves $69B CVS/Aetna deal

The Department of Justice on Wednesday granted conditional approval of CVS Health's $69 billion acquisition of health insurer Aetna, the department announced.

October 10, 2018

Rod Rosenstein will not meet with House lawmakers Thursday

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will not meet with House lawmakers on Thursday, according to a source familiar with the matter.

October 10, 2018

Chicago police consent decree set for Trump administration challenge

The Trump administration will try to scuttle the deal Chicago reached to set new limits on the city's police powers, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday, adding that the consent decree reached under the Obama administration would leave residents more vulnerable to crime.

October 9, 2018

Rosenstein was serious about taping Trump, ex-FBI official says: Report

A former FBI attorney told lawmakers that two bureau officials believed Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was serious when discussed secretly recording President Trump and invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office last year, Fox News reported Tuesday.

October 9, 2018

Rick Gates sought to create fake online personas to help the Trump campaign: Report

Former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates reached out to an Israeli company in 2016 and asked for proposals to run a disinformation campaign, including creating fake online identities, to help President Trump win the primary and general election, The New York Times reported Monday.

October 9, 2018

Donald Trump urges Chicago to implement ‘stop and frisk’ policy

President Trump on Monday urged Chicago officials to the implement the controversial police practice known as "stop and frisk" to curb the gun violence plaguing the city.

October 8, 2018

Donald Trump says he had a ‘great’ conversation with Rod Rosenstein

President Trump on Monday said he will not fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, ending weeks of speculation about the high-ranking Justice Department official's fate in the wake of a report that he discussed secretly taping the president and talked about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.

October 8, 2018

Matt Dummermuth, former U.S. attorney, to head Justice Department unit

Former U.S. Attorney Matt M. Dummermuth will head a Justice Department unit that oversees six agencies, including the Bureau of Justice Statistics and Bureau of Justice Assistance, the department announced Friday.

October 5, 2018

Jersey Shore star Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino sentenced to 8 months for tax evasion

"Jersey Shore" star Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino was sentenced by a federal judge Friday to eight months in prison.

October 5, 2018

Kerry Sipult of Alexandria, Virginia, pleads guilty to receiving child pornography

An Alexandria, Virginia, man pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday to one count of receiving child pornography, the Justice Department announced.

October 5, 2018

Michael Sussmann, Hillary Clinton lawyer, gave FBI Russia meddling document

A lawyer with ties to the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign passed on documents about Russian election meddling to the FBI's general counsel during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to a report Thursday.

October 4, 2018

U.S. indicts seven Russians for hacking anti-doping agencies

Russian intelligence hackers ran a massive four-year disinformation campaign in which they obtained sensitive information from targets that included the world's leading soccer organization, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Democratic Party, the Justice Department said Thursday in a coordinated legal offensive with allied Western governments against Russian cyber operations.

October 4, 2018

Eric Holder says Trump’s criticism of Sessions weakens DOJ

Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that President Trump's criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions has weakened the Justice Department.

October 3, 2018

Mark Meadows: Rod Rosenstein testimony could happen Oct. 11

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein could testify before two House committees on Oct. 11, a Republican member of one of those panels said Wednesday.

October 3, 2018

Glenn Simpson, Fusion GPS co-founder, refuses to speak to House investigators

The co-founder of an opposition research firm that compiled and distributed a salacious anti-Trump dossier will not cooperate with a Congressional investigation, his attorney said Thursday.

September 27, 2018

House Judiciary Committee subpoenas McCabe memos

Two House committees investigating FBI and Justice Department actions surrounding the 2016 election issued a subpoena Thursday for memos written by fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, as one key witness said he will no longer speak to lawmakers.

September 27, 2018

Former Patent Office worker pleads guilty to child pornography offenses

A former employee at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office pleaded guilty Thursday to production of child pornography, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

September 27, 2018

Rod Rosenstein meeting may be pushed back, says White House official

President Trump's meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein remains on Thursday's schedule, but it could be pushed back or even moved to Friday, a White House official said Thursday.

September 27, 2018