Tag: FBI

House Speaker Paul Ryan said a memo authored by Democrats on the intelligence panel that is meant to serve as a rebuttal to the GOP memo will be released to the public after it is screened by the Department of Justice to ensure it does not contain information damaging to national security. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Paul Ryan backs memo release, cites possible ‘malfeasance at the FBI’

Susan Ferrechio · January 30, 2018 3:42 pm

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said, "I don't think the President of the United States, unless there are credible allegations, which I don't believe there are, should be sitting across from a special counsel [Robert Mueller]." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

National Security

Chris Christie to White House: Don’t let Trump meet with Robert Mueller

Pete Kasperowicz · January 30, 2018 1:40 pm

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes' staff has written a memo that outlines what Republicans characterize as proof that the FBI under former Director James Comey used opposition research — which the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee funded — as justification to obtain a surveillance warrant for a former Trump campaign adviser. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump, GOP wage fraught campaign to investigate the Russia investigators

Sarah Bedford · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

"Since World War II, we've had three Democratic supermajorities in the Senate. The first gave us the New Deal, the second gave us the Great Society, the third gave us Obamacare and Dodd-Frank," said Sen. Ted Cruz. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ted Cruz touts his ‘relatively unusual position in the Senate’

Timothy P. Carney · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday told CNN's Chris Cuomo that House Republicans are "deadly afraid of the Russia investigation" and are going to great lengths to impede it or distract from it. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nancy Pelosi: House Republicans are trying to ‘cover up’ the Russia probe by releasing FISA memo

Naomi Lim · January 30, 2018 4:44 am

In response to FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's resignation, CNN and ABC News contributor Ana Navarro on Monday took to Twitter to make an allusion to rise of the Nazis in Germany. (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

We need to have a conversation about Ana Navarro and Hitler

Becket Adams · January 30, 2018 3:44 am

Former FBI Director James Comey on Monday applauded the years of service his former deputy Andrew McCabe gave the bureau. McCabe announced his resignation earlier in the day. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

James Comey: Andrew McCabe ‘stood tall’ ‘when small people were trying to tear’ the FBI down

Naomi Lim · January 30, 2018 1:58 am

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., formally opened new investigations into the Department of Justice and the FBI on Monday. Democrats, in the minority on the committee, said they were surprised to hear the news. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

House Intelligence Committee opens investigation into DOJ, FBI

Kelly Cohen · January 30, 2018 12:23 am

Rep. Devin Nunes asked Christopher Wray to make a note of any inaccuracies, national security concerns, or info that could jeopardize FBI sources, according to a report. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Devin Nunes shared surveillance memo with FBI director: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · January 29, 2018 11:30 pm

Devin Nunes has issued similar warnings before. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

House Intelligence Committee votes to release controversial GOP surveillance memo

Kelly Cohen · January 29, 2018 11:29 pm

Since firing FBI Director James Comey, President Trump has taken aim at Comey's deputy Andrew McCabe, who was acting director of the bureau until the hiring of Directory Christopher Wray. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Angry Trump once told Andrew McCabe to ‘ask his wife how it feels to be a loser’: Report

Melissa Quinn · January 29, 2018 10:45 pm

In a video published Feb. 21, 2017, former New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson speaks with Gerson Lehrman Groupâs Eric Jaffe.

Beltway Confidential

One year and Jill Abramson’s 180 degree turn on the FBI

Tom Rogan · January 29, 2018 9:50 pm