by Jim Heath | Jan 15, 2019 | Headlines, Justice Department, Trump
Attorney General nominee William Barr told senators today he would resist pressure to axe special counsel Robert Mueller, including from President Trump, unless there was good cause to do so. Asked if he would fire the special counsel – or if he would change Justice...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2019 | Headlines, Justice Department, Mueller Investigation, Trump
President Trump today unleashed an extended assault on the F.B.I. and the special counsel’s investigation, knitting together a comprehensive alternative story in which he had been framed by disgraced “losers” at the bureau’s highest levels. In a two-hour span, Trump...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2019 | Headlines, Justice Department, Mueller Investigation, Trump
President Trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, including on at least one occasion taking possession of the notes of his own interpreter and instructing the linguist not to discuss what...
by Jim Heath | Jan 10, 2019 | Headlines, Justice Department
FBI agents today called for an end to the ongoing partial government shutdown, warning that the current lapse in funds is unsustainable and could ultimately compromise national security. The FBI Agents Association, which represents nearly all active duty FBI agents,...
by Jim Heath | Jan 9, 2019 | Headlines, Justice Department, Trump
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, whose office manages the Russia investigation, is planning to leave the Justice Department shortly after William Barr, the President’s nominee for attorney general, is confirmed. Multiple media outlets are reporting that...
by Jim Heath | Nov 7, 2018 | Headlines, Justice Department, Mueller Investigation, Trump
President Trump finally has “his man” running the Justice Department and that will mean the Russia investigation, and special counsel Robert Mueller, are about to be significantly reined in. Matthew Whitaker once tweeted approval of an news article...
