Tag: FBI

"I think it's pretty reprehensible to use that phraseology in any event," James Clapper told CNN. "I guess who that refers to are long-serving civil servants, career civil servants, who are patriots dedicated to the country." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

James Clapper: Trump calling Justice Department the ‘deep state’ is ‘reprehensible,’ ‘disturbing’

Naomi Lim · January 2, 2018 11:50 pm

"Does he believe the entire Justice Department and its more than 100,000 employees are part of this deep state?" a reporter asked Sarah Sanders. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

White House: Trump ‘obviously’ doesn’t think entire Justice Department is ‘deep state’

Steven Nelson · January 2, 2018 8:20 pm

Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates tweeted Tuesday: "Today he slanders career DOJ professionals as 'deep state,' calls for prison for a political opponent, and tries to sic DOJ on a potential witness against him. Beyond abnormal; dangerous." (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Sally Yates blasts Trump’s DOJ remarks as ‘abnormal,’ ‘dangerous’

Kelly Cohen · January 2, 2018 7:40 pm

On Dec. 29, the State Department released emails Huma Abedin sent and received while employed at the State Department during Hillary Clinton's stint as secretary from 2009 to 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Trump: Send Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin to ‘jail’

Anna Giaritelli · January 2, 2018 1:14 pm

James Comey: I hope 2018 brings ‘more ethical leadership’

Caitlin Yilek · January 1, 2018 4:32 pm

Fox 5 reported that the FBI arrested Duncan and is accused of attempting to escape and keep thumb drive and memory chip out the FBI's reach. (Screen shot)

National Security

FBI raid Northern Virginia home of man who is a possible ISIS supporter

Katie Leach · December 30, 2017 10:19 pm

"We're all going to lose patience with the attorney general," former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told Fox News on Saturday. "I love Jeff Sessions. I think he's a great guy. But he's got to do the job that he's there to do, and that's to universally enforce the law." (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Mike Huckabee: ‘We’re all going to lose patience’ with Jeff Sessions

Melissa Quinn · December 30, 2017 8:51 pm

Among the top 10 worst media blunders of 2017: ABC News' Brian Ross reported on Dec. 1 that former national security advisor Gen. Michael Flynn (pictured above) would testify that, as a candidate, Donald Trump directed him to make contact with the Russians. But the directive, which was about the incoming administration's foreign policy objectives, came after President Trump was elected. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Here are the 10 worst media moments from 2017

Becket Adams · December 30, 2017 7:14 pm

According to a report, the FBI apparently decided to open its investigation into the Trump campaign after George Papadopoulos drunkenly admitted at a bar in London that the Russians had damaging information on Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

George Papadopoulos told Australian diplomat Russians had ‘dirt’ on Hillary Clinton before WikiLeaks published hacked emails: Report

Melissa Quinn · December 30, 2017 6:12 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in an interview: "I'm very disturbed about what the Department of Justice did with this dossier, and we need a special counsel to look into that, because that's not in [Robert] Mueller's charter." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Lindsey Graham: We need new special counsel — just for Trump dossier

Byron York · December 30, 2017 4:27 pm

President Trump on Thursday cited famed attorney Alan Dershowitz in an interview with the New York Times to defend himself against accusations that his firing of former FBI Director James Comey on May 9 was an obstruction of justice. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

Alan Dershowitz: I’m an advocate for the rule of law, not Trump

Naomi Lim · December 30, 2017 1:49 am

A court filing made public this week says that the FBI obtained a search warrant in March to go through former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke's personal email. This was for an investigation into an incident between Clarke and fellow airline passenger, Dan Black, in January. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FBI executed search warrant on former Sheriff David Clarke’s emails

Katie Leach · December 30, 2017 1:48 am