Justice Department declines to prosecute ex-FBI chief James Comey over leaks
Justice Department officials have declined to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey for mishandling classified information, including leaking a memo to the media about his interactions with President Donald Trump, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The decision was made after the ...
If Trump was not president, he would be indicted for obstruction: ex-Justice Department No. 2
Former top Justice Department official Sally Yates said on Sunday that if Donald Trump were not president, he would have been indicted on obstruction charges in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Yates, a career federal prosecutor who rose to acting attorney general before Trump ...
Sarah Sanders admitted her James Comey claim was a lie, says Mueller report
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told investigators it was a "slip of the tongue" when she falsely said in 2017 that countless members of the FBI had lost confidence in James Comey, according to special counsel Robert Mueller's report. Sanders made the comments ...
Trump's silence on Russia's election hack is inviting another attack, says James Comey
Former FBI Director James Comey said the U.S. remains unprepared for another attack on its elections and faulted the attorney general for suggesting that the government was "spying" on Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016. Echoing the findings of U.S. intelligence agencies, Comey said Russia ...
Key Republican to ask FBI about report of Trump counterintelligence probe
The Republican head of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Sunday he plans to ask the FBI about a report it launched a probe into whether President Donald Trump has been working on Russia's behalf, suggesting the agency may have gone too far. "I ...
Trump dodges question of whether he has worked for Russia after report of FBI probe concerns
Donald Trump avoided a direct answer when asked if he has ever worked for Russia after a report said federal law enforcement officials were once so concerned about his behavior that they began investigating whether Trump had been working for Moscow against American interests.
Trump Justice pick William Barr sent memo criticizing Russia probe into obstruction: report
Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Justice wrote an unsolicited memo six months ago objecting to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the president for obstruction of justice, U.S. media reported Thursday. The memo from William Barr was seen as a potential threat ...
Axed FBI chief James Comey hits Congress Republicans for not standing up to Trump's 'lies'
Former FBI director James Comey lashed out at Donald Trump on Monday for telling "lies" and undermining the rule of law, and urged Republicans to stand up to the president. "The FBI's reputation has as taken a big hit because the president of the United ...
James Comey: FBI probe of Russia initially looked at four Trump-linked Americans
The FBI's counterintelligence investigation into potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia initially focused on four Americans and whether they were connected to Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, former FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers during hours of closed-door ...
Former FBI director James Comey and former attorney general Loretta Lynch have been subpoenaed to testify before Congress next month before Republicans relinquish control of the House, documents showed Thursday. Comey confirmed he had received a subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee but said he ...
U.S. President Donald Trump wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two political foes, his one-time presidential opponent Hillary Clinton and former FBI director James Comey, in the spring, but his White House counsel rebuffed him, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Don ...
Rod Rosenstein set to meet Trump as job, Robert Mueller probe, hang in balance
After a long weekend spent wondering if he should resign or would be fired, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein still has his job — for now. President Donald Trump gave Rosenstein a three-day reprieve pending their face-to-face White House showdown Thursday. That's when the man ...
