by Jim Heath | May 7, 2020 | Headlines, Justice Department, Mueller Investigation
Attorney General Bill Barr’s Justice Department said today it was dropping its criminal case against fired Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn – who has pleaded guilty to numerous charges in federal court. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about...
by Jim Heath | Mar 5, 2020 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation
A federal judge today ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to hand over to him a copy of the unredacted Mueller report and accused Attorney General William Barr of misrepresenting its findings in the days before it was submitted to Congress last year. Judge Reggie...
by Jim Heath | Feb 14, 2020 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation
Federal prosecutors have declined to charge former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, closing an investigation into whether the longtime target of President Trump’s ire lied to federal officials about his involvement in a news media disclosure. The decision,...
by Jim Heath | Feb 10, 2020 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recommended today that former Trump aide Roger Stone serve a prison sentence of between 7 and 9 years for lying to Congress and witness tampering. In a court filing to a federal district judge in Washington ahead of Stone’s Feb. 20...
by Jim Heath | Dec 4, 2019 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation
The prosecutor handpicked by Attorney General William Barr to scrutinize how U.S. agencies investigated President Trump’s 2016 campaign said he could not offer evidence to the Justice Department’s inspector general to support the suspicions of some conservatives that...
by Jim Heath | Nov 3, 2019 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation
The only thing more intriguing than The Mueller Report itself are the redacted portions, and the little known behind-the-scenes work that led to the final product. Newly released FBI interview summaries reveal more, and there’s a notable excerpt pertaining to Michael...