Tag: FBI

"AAG Yates, thank you, as always, for making us proud. It is truly an honor to work for you," Emily Gray Rice, then the U.S. attorney for New Hampshire and an Obama appointee, said in an official email. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Prosecutor from Robert Mueller’s team praised Sally Yates for not defending Trump travel ban

Kelly Cohen · December 5, 2017 9:32 pm

The White House press secretary called the speculation that immediately followed those reports an example of "the media going too far, too fast." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

White House: Reports of anti-Trump investigator on Mueller team ’cause a great deal of concern’

Sarah Bedford · December 5, 2017 8:52 pm

Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn (pictured center) arrives at federal court in Washington, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. Court documents show Flynn, an early and vocal supporter on the campaign trail of President Trump whose business dealings and foreign interactions made him a central focus of Robert Mueller's investigation, will admit to lying about his conversations with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. during the transition period before Trump's inauguration. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

FBI faces questions about charge against Michael Flynn, given Clinton aides’ statements on server

Emily Jashinsky · December 5, 2017 5:45 pm

The report comes on the heels last month's deadly shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, that left 26 churchgoers dead and another 20 injured. The gunman, 26-year-old Devin Patrick Kelley, was prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms due to a domestic violence conviction in a court-martial while serving in the Air Force. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

National Security

Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps failed to submit records to prevent gun purchases: Report

Kelly Cohen · December 5, 2017 5:14 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

Special counsel Robert Mueller has spent $3.2 million on Russia investigation

Kelly Cohen · December 5, 2017 3:45 pm

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., has accused the FBI and Department of Justice of a "months-long pattern of stonewalling and obstructing this committee's oversight work." (iStock)

GOP preps contempt resolution for top FBI, DOJ officials after missed Monday deadline

Susan Ferrechio · December 5, 2017 5:01 am

False and misleading news stories over the weekend, all of which disparaged Republicans, were parroted and retweeted and broadcast by countless reporters before being completely debunked. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Media meltdown and the damage it does to democracy

Washington Examiner · December 5, 2017 5:01 am

FBI Director Christopher Wray sent a memo to staff thanking them for their hard work Monday, in the wake of a tweet from President Trump attacking the agency.

National Security

FBI Director Christopher Wray stands by staff after Trump attacks: ‘Keep calm and tackle hard’

Naomi Lim · December 5, 2017 3:51 am

Jacksonville police said they received a tip that Bernardino Gawala Bolatete was attempting to organize a mass shooting at the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida. (screenshot)

Florida police arrest man who was planning mass shooting at Islamic center

Diana Stancy Correll · December 5, 2017 3:09 am

News of Strzok's involvement in changing Comey's remarks come after it was reported he sent texts to a colleague mocking Trump. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

FBI investigator removed from Russia probe edited description of Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information: Report

Melissa Quinn · December 4, 2017 10:50 pm

Under federal law, a firearm sale can proceed if a background check is not completed within 72 hours. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

FBI issues more than 4,000 requests to take back guns from people who failed background checks: Report

Melissa Quinn · December 4, 2017 9:15 pm

It Depends on What the Definition of ‘Lie’ Is

Andrew Egger · December 4, 2017 7:30 pm