by Jim Heath | Feb 14, 2020 | Headlines, Justice Department
Attorney General Bill Barr has ordered an outside review of the FBI’s interview with former White House national security advisor Mike Flynn – a process that led Flynn to plead guilty to lying to the FBI. The outside look at the contentious case – which has...
by Jim Heath | Feb 11, 2020 | Headlines, Justice Department
The Justice Department plans to reduce its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Trump, after top officials professed to be blindsided by the seven-to-nine-year penalty prosecutors urged a judge to impose. In a stunning rebuke of...
by Jim Heath | Feb 10, 2020 | Headlines, Justice Department
A U.S. Justice Department anti-human trafficking grant program is facing internal complaints, after two nonprofits were denied funding in favor of two less established groups whose applications were not recommended by career DOJ officials. The awarding of more than $1...
by Jim Heath | May 7, 2019 | Headlines, Justice Department
FBI Director Chris Wray said today he would not describe the federal government’s surveillance, such as that conducted on Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, as “spying,” as Attorney General William Barr has. During a Senate Appropriations...
by Jim Heath | Feb 14, 2019 | Headlines, Justice Department
The Senate today confirmed William Barr as attorney general, placing the veteran government official and lawyer atop the Justice Department as special counsel Robert Mueller investigates Russian interference in the 2016 election. The Senate voted 54-45 to confirm him,...
by Jim Heath | Jan 17, 2019 | Headlines, Justice Department, Mueller Investigation, Social Media, Trump
Longtime Donald Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen said today he participated in ‘rigging’ of online polls to benefit Trump in 2014 and 2015 – ‘at the direction’ of the then-candidate and businessman. Cohen acknowledged the effort to...
