Tag: Law

The Department of Justice inspector general's report documented in painstaking detail one of the most consequential investigations in modern FBI history and revealed how the bureau came to be entangled in the 2016 presidential election.

New York Times: The IG report was a ‘dud’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 15, 2018 12:14 pm

In this Aug. 1, 2018 file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, addresses a gathering during a campaign event for Eddie Edwards, who is running for the U.S. Congress, in Portsmouth, N.H.

Giuliani: IG report shows ‘Comey had to be fired’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 15, 2018 11:39 am

In this 2017 photo, then-FBI Director James Comey pauses as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Trump: Comey will ‘go down as the worst leader’ in history of the FBI

Caitlin Yilek · June 15, 2018 11:15 am

President Donald Trump talks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, Thursday, May 31, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Trump on Peter Strzok’s boast he’d ‘stop’ him: ‘Doesn’t get any lower than that’

Caitlin Yilek · June 15, 2018 11:05 am

"Intransigence ... can enable the manipulation of intelligence for political purposes," Rep. Devin Nunes wrote.

Devin Nunes finds ‘new example of obstruction’ in DOJ inspector general report

Daniel Chaitin · June 15, 2018 11:00 am

FBI Agent Peter Strzok exchanged 375 text messages with Department of Justice attorney Lisa Page that led to his removal from special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into ties between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin's efforts to interfere in the U.S. election last summer.

Trump: Peter Strzok should’ve been fired ‘a long time ago’

Melissa Quinn · June 15, 2018 9:36 am

FBI Agent Peter Strzok, who exchanged 375 text messages with Department of Justice attorney Lisa Page that led to his removal from special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into ties between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin's efforts to interfere in the U.S. election last summer, is photographed outside his home in Fairfax, Va., on Jan. 3.

Peter Strzok denies throwing ‘cocktail party’ for judge on surveillance court

Steven Nelson · June 14, 2018 10:40 pm

A government ethics and accountability group wants to know what the Department of Justice is hiding. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

DOJ will not seek stay in AT&T-Time Warner ruling

Christian Datoc · June 14, 2018 9:52 pm

Iran jails female anti-hijab lawyer in prison notorious for ‘sexual assaults,’ ‘electric shock’

Joel Gehrke · June 14, 2018 7:45 pm

Texas’ effort to gut Obamacare would have ‘a devastating impact,’ health groups say

Robert King · June 14, 2018 7:39 pm

"Comey was more than happy to talk about my emails, but he wouldn't talk about investigation of the Russians," Clinton said. (AP)

White House: Clinton IG report ‘reaffirmed’ Trump’s suspicions

Gabby Morrongiello · June 14, 2018 7:37 pm

Women attend a gathering at Whole Womanâs Health of San Antonio, an abortion facility, on Feb. 9, 2016.

Abortion rights groups sue to undo dozens of Texas laws

Kimberly Leonard · June 14, 2018 6:18 pm