Tag: FBI

"This is part of the larger Republican effort undercut the Mueller investigation by baselessly discrediting the FBI. The President can't fire him so they want to either discredit him so he can't continue or so President Trump can get away with firing him," Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., tweeted early Saturday. "We can't afford either." (Press Kit photo via the office of Rep. Krishnamoorthi)

Democrat: Top FBI lawyer reassignment part of ‘larger’ GOP effort to ‘undercut’ Mueller investigation

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2017 4:28 pm

In this Sept. 18, 2013, file photo, spectators at Pier 39 watch Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Team USA during the 11th race of the America's Cup sailing event in San Francisco. The FBI said Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, that it found a martyrdom letter and several guns in the home of a former Marine who may have been planning a Christmas Day attack on a popular San Francisco tourist destination. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

National Security

Ex-Marine’s ISIS-inspired San Francisco attack foiled, feds say

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2017 2:39 pm

"James Baker, who is stepping down as FBI General Counsel, served our country incredibly well for 25 years & deserves better. He is what we should all want our public servants to be," former FBI Director James Comey tweeted on Friday night. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

James Comey drubs ‘partisan’ scrubbing at the FBI

Daniel Chaitin · December 23, 2017 2:03 pm

In a seven-hour interview with the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe repeatedly declined to answer whether the bureau has been able to verify the allegations in the so-called "Trump dossier." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Frustrated lawmakers pressed FBI’s McCabe for answers on Trump dossier. They got nothing.

Byron York · December 22, 2017 3:38 am

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was fired on Friday, just hours before he was set to retire and collect a full pension. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

FBI deputy Andrew McCabe testimony touches on James Comey’s loyalty pledge bombshell: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · December 22, 2017 1:15 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., tweeted: "Time to investigate high ranking Obama government officials who might have colluded to prevent the election of @realDonaldTrump!" Paul didn't specify the reason for his tweet, but he wrote it soon after two senior FBI officials involved in the Russian probe were outed for sending text messages that contained anti-Trump sentiments. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Rand Paul: Obama administration against Trump might be ‘worse than Watergate’

Anna Giaritelli · December 21, 2017 4:09 pm

Since early December, Department of Justice prosecutors have been asking FBI agents who investigated the case about their findings on the Uranium One deal, as well as any attempt to thwart the prosecution of any allegedly involved parties. (Richard Sheinwald / Bloomberg News)

FBI agents who probed Uranium One deal now under Justice Department scrutiny

Anna Giaritelli · December 21, 2017 2:14 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.

CNN curious if Jim Jordan gets White House talking points before appearing on Fox News

Daniel Chaitin · December 21, 2017 3:32 am

Andrew McCabe, deputy director of the FBI, will be testifying behind closed doors on Capitol Hill Thursday, but the Justice Department has said the ongoing probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election will be off limits. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe to testify Thursday on Clinton emails

Kelly Cohen · December 21, 2017 12:30 am

Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., gave a joint talk at George Washington University about the implication of mass surveillance and the eroding of the Fourth Amendment due to the War on Terror. (screenshot)

The tech generation should reject mass surveillance

Elias Atienza · December 20, 2017 11:54 pm

The Mueller investigation, probably only half-finished, already has produced 22 indictments and four guilty pleas, most of them based in no way on Steele's dossier. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Top Democrat on Senate Intelligence: Calls to fire Robert Mueller are ‘reckless’

Kelly Cohen · December 20, 2017 10:10 pm

Their letter requests the Department of Justice allow the three officials to be available for transcribed interviews beginning on Thursday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Trey Gowdy, Bob Goodlatte seek testimony from FBI officials over concerns of bias

Diana Stancy Correll · December 20, 2017 2:43 am