by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Justice Department, Trump
Attorney General William Barr, wading into President Trump’s unfounded accusations of widespread election irregularities, told federal prosecutors late today that they were allowed to investigate “specific allegations” of voter fraud before the results of the...
by Jim Heath | May 11, 2020 | Headlines
A former federal prosecutor who worked on Roger Stone’s case unloaded on Attorney General Bill Barr for doing favors for Donald Trump’s friends in light of the Department of Justice dropping its case against Michael Flynn. The prosecutor, Jonathan Kravis,...
by Jim Heath | May 8, 2020 | Headlines
The Justice Department’s decision to drop the criminal case against Michael Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, even though he had twice pleaded guilty to lying to investigators, was extraordinary and had no obvious precedent, according to a...
by Jim Heath | Mar 18, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Attorney General William Barr vowed that there would be swift and severe action if a foreign government is behind disinformation campaigns aimed at spreading fear in the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic or a denial of service attack on the networks of the Department...
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...