Tag: James Comey

Cyber crime prosecutor brought on to Robert Mueller’s Russia team

Diana Stancy Correll · January 10, 2018 9:45 pm

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe told the agency's staff to "hang in there" after James Comey was fired. "As men and women of the FBI, we are at our best when times are tough. Please stay focused on the mission, keep doing great work, be good to each other and we will get through this together." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Andrew McCabe told FBI staff to ‘hang in there’ after James Comey firing

Kelly Cohen · January 10, 2018 9:12 pm

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who helped lead the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server, has faced criticism from Republicans over his wife's ties to the Democratic Party and her election bid in Virginia.

FBI documents show Andrew McCabe had no conflict of interest in Clinton email probe

Kelly Cohen · January 5, 2018 10:43 pm

President Trump called allegations of collusion between his campaign and Russia "a total hoax," and claimed the "only collusion" is between Hillary Clinton and "FBI/Russia." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

Trump says the only collusion that happened was between Hillary Clinton, the FBI and Russia

Kelly Cohen · January 5, 2018 2:57 pm

Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., tweeted Thursday that reports President Trump attempted to stop Attorney General Jeff Sessions from recusing himself from the ongoing Russia probe suggested "consciousness of guilt."

Democrat Ted Lieu: Trump effort to stop Jeff Sessions’ recusal ‘screams consciousness of guilt’

Diana Stancy Correll · January 5, 2018 5:47 am

The incident happened days before James Comey was fired from his post and just after he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in May. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jeff Sessions aide attempted to retrieve harmful info on James Comey: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · January 5, 2018 2:14 am

Leaks, many from within Attorney General Jeff Session's Justice Department, have saturated the mainstream media coverage since the 2016 presidential campaign concluded. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Reps. Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan: It’s time for Jeff Sessions to go, as shown by the latest FBI leak

Rep. Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan · January 4, 2018 2:00 pm

Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has asked Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to find out more about seven classified memos from former FBI Director James Comey to a Columbia Law School professor. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Chuck Grassley wants answers from DOJ about Comey memos

Kelly Cohen · January 4, 2018 12:01 am

Former FBI Director James Comey said, "Where are the voices of all the leaders who know an independent Department of Justice and FBI are essential to our liberty?" The tweet comes a day after President Trump urged the Justice Department to "act" on Human Abedin, the former adviser to Hillary Clinton, and Comey. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

James Comey calls for support for independence of FBI and DOJ after Trump tweets: ‘Where are the voices of all the leaders?’

Kelly Cohen · January 3, 2018 4:46 pm

Republicans from congressional committees conducting probes into her private email server say they have found written proof that former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton broke the law. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

GOP investigators claim to have discovered holes in FBI’s Clinton email probe: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · January 3, 2018 4:17 am

Nate Silver, polling guru and editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight, took to Twitter Tuesday to lament the media's fixation on former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's private email server during the 2016 election. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

Nate Silver: ‘On a night like tonight, I’m still pretty pissed’ about media uproar over Hillary Clinton’s emails

Daniel Chaitin · January 3, 2018 3:55 am

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