Former FBI lawyer James Baker told congressional investigators last week that the investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election was handled in an “abnormal fashion” and there was evidence of “political bias,” according to two Republican congressmen who …
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein suggested last year secretly wearing a recording device to record conversations with President Trump, as well as invoking the 25th Amendment to have the President removed from office. The account was reported by The New …
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The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted twelve Russians for interfering in the 2016 presidential election. The charges were announced by Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein Friday in Washington, D.C.
The twelve individuals identified in the indictment were all officers …
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An informant was sent by the FBI to infiltrate the Trump campaign in the hopes of ascertaining whether officials were colluding with the Russian government on interference in the 2016 presidential election.
The informant interacted with three Trump campaign staffers: …
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The Trump administration is pushing for legislation that would allow law enforcement to gain access to smartphones when the owners are the subjects of criminal investigations. Tech companies, such as Apple and Google have up until now been largely resistant …
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided not to appoint a second special counsel to investigate alleged abuses by the FBI and the Department of Justice regarding the obtaining of FISA warrants to surveille the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential …
Continue ReadingAttorney General Jeff Sessions has said that he is seriously considering appointing a second special counsel to investigate potential abuses by the FBI and the Department of Justice in obtaining FISA warrants to spy on members of the Trump campaign …
Continue ReadingTwo Republican Congressman have called on the Department of Justice to appoint a special counsel to investigate decisions “made and not made” by the DOJ, as well as the FBI, with respect to investigations conducted last year and the year …
Continue ReadingDeputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein raised concerns about new information discovered while conducting a background check into presidential son-in-law and top White House adviser Jared Kushner. That, apparently, is what has caused Chief of Staff John Kelly to revise …
Continue ReadingRachel Brand, the associate attorney general and No. 3 official at the Justice Department, will be leaving her post it was learned today. Brand had been in that role for just nine months.
Brand had become the subject of much …
Continue ReadingThe controversial memo written up by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee reveals that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein approved an application to renew surveillance of a former Trump campaign employee shortly after he was sworn in last spring.
Rosenstein …
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