Tag: FBI

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump sits with Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Va. Trump's White House counsel personally lobbied Attorney General Jeff Sessions to not recuse himself from the Justice Department's investigation into potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Congress seeks answers after FBI claims texts missing in Trump-Russia probe

Byron York · January 22, 2018 2:07 am

File-This Oct. 24, 2017, file photo shows House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence operations are pushing a conservative meme related to the investigation of Russian election interference, researchers say. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FBI hasn’t seen House intel memo on alleged FISA abuses: Report

Naomi Lim · January 22, 2018 12:28 am

Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens admitted earlier this year to being involved in an extramarital affair in 2015 just before he was elected governor. (AP Photo/Jeff Curry)

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens being looked at by FBI inquiry: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · January 20, 2018 3:47 am

Bill Clinton's office declined the offer from John Solomon, the executive vice president of digital video at The Hill, according to a report. (Wikipedia/AP)

The Hill’s John Solomon offered to pay Bill Clinton for participating in video series: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · January 19, 2018 11:38 pm

Fact Check: Is the ‘FBI Investigating Whether Russian Money Went to NRA to Help Trump’?

Holmes Lybrand · January 19, 2018 4:29 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey, who graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1982, will teach a course on ethical leadership at his alma mater. Comey said he's "thrilled" about the opportunity. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

James Comey to teach course on ‘ethical leadership’ at William & Mary

Kelly Cohen · January 19, 2018 2:02 pm

On Thursday, the House Intelligence Committee, chaired by Devin Nunes, R-Calif., voted to make a memo detailing potential government surveillance abuses available to all members of the lower chamber. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans rally for public release of memo on FISA abuses

Daniel Chaitin · January 19, 2018 4:56 am

According to reports, the FBI is investigating whether Russian money went to the NRA in order to help President Trump win the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Fusion GPS Glenn Simpson: Russians ‘infiltrated the NRA’

Kelly Cohen · January 18, 2018 9:50 pm

Singer Moby explained that he has "managed to make a few friends in the intelligence community." These friends told him that President "Trump is essentially being run as a Russian agent." (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision for The Humane Society of the United States/AP Images)

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Don’t believe Moby’s story about his ‘CIA friends’

Tom Rogan · January 17, 2018 4:41 pm

James Clapper, director of national intelligence from 2010 to 2017, testified during a March 2013 Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that the NSA was "not wittingly" collecting "any type of data at all" on millions of Americans — which turned out to be very much untrue. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Lawmakers want James Clapper prosecuted for surveillance testimony before statute of limitations runs out

Steven Nelson · January 17, 2018 5:01 am

The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that it had arrested former CIA officer Jerry Chun Shing Lee, also known as Zhen Cheng Li, 53, after he arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Former CIA officer arrested for keeping classified information

Melissa Quinn · January 16, 2018 11:02 pm

Jared Kushner was allegedly warned earlier this year that Wendi Deng Murdoch might be using her friendship with Jared and Ivanka Trump to "further the interests of the Chinese government." (Photo by Luiz C. Ribeiro/Invision/AP)

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I’ll be Deng’d: Rupert Murdoch’s ex a Chinese spy?

Becket Adams · January 16, 2018 9:44 pm