CRIME/CRISIS/FBI/GUNS/RUSSIA: “Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign – there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!” -Donald Trump, […]
Category: FBI
2/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/RUSSIA: “Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein stated at the News Conference: ‘There is no allegation in the indictment that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. There is no allegation in the indictment that the charged conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election.’ “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 17, 2018 02:36pm […]
2/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/FBI/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “Three Russian companies and 13 Russian nationals were indicted Friday [2-16-18] on charges of engaging in a widespread effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, providing the most comprehensive official account to date of a sweeping, multimillion-dollar effort by Moscow to upend U.S. politics and set Americans against each other. The […]
2/15/2018
CUBA/FBI/STATE: “A group of American diplomats stationed in Havana appear to have symptoms of concussion without ever having received blows to their heads, medical experts have found. The diplomats originally were said to have been victims of a ‘sonic attack,’ a possibility that the Federal Bureau of Investigation reportedly ruled out in January. The experts’ […]
2/14/2018
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JOHN KELLY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Nine days into the Rob Porter scandal, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is pushing for senior officials who made the decisions surrounding the former White House staff secretary’s security clearance to take over the task of explaining—and defending—those decisions to the public. Since Tuesday [2-13-18], when FBI director Chris […]
2/14/2018
FBI/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday [2-14-18] asked Chief of Staff John Kelly and FBI Director Christopher Wray to answer questions about the White House’s security clearance policy and their handling of domestic-abuse allegations against former adviser Rob Porter… Mr. Gowdy said the committee was seeking to learn what information was available […]
2/13/2018
FBI/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation said his agency first flagged issues with its background check of Rob Porter to the administration in March, a timeline that conflicts with what the White House said it knew about the former aide’s past. Mr. Porter resigned last week amid accusations that he physically […]
2/13/2018
FBI/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rob Porter was involved in serious discussions to be promoted when he abruptly resigned from the White House last week amid allegations that he abused his two ex-wives, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. His anticipated elevation further highlights how top White House officials were willing to overlook indications from the […]
2/9/2018
DEMS/FBI/GOP/INTELLIGENCE: “The White House is inclined to approve the release of a classified Democratic memo that rebuts Republican allegations of abuse by the FBI in its application to monitor a former Trump campaign aide, according to a person familiar with the matter. John Kelly, White House chief of staff, said earlier this week that he […]
2/9/2018
FBI/JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House chief of staff John Kelly was told several weeks ago that the FBI would recommend denying full security clearances to multiple White House aides who had been working in the West Wing on interim security clearances. Those aides, according to a senior administration official, included former White House staff secretary […]
2/7/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/OBAMA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A text message between two FBI employees from September 2016 released by a Republican senator Wednesday [2-7-18] says that then-President Barack Obama ‘wants to know everything we’re doing.’ What exactly the text refers to isn’t specified in the exchange. Associates of the FBI employees said it refers to preparation to brief […]
2/7/2018
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “NEW FBI TEXTS ARE BOMBSHELLS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 7, 2018 11:10am […]
2/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘The four page memo released Friday reports the disturbing fact about how the FBI and FISA appear to have been used to influence the 2016 election and its aftermath….The FBI failed to inform the FISA court that the Clinton campaign had funded the dossier….the FBI became… a tool of anti-Trump […]
2/2/2018
DEMS/FBI/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top officials and investigators at the F.B.I. and Justice Department have ‘politicized the sacred investigative process,’ President Trump said on Friday [2-2-18], hours before the White House is expected to clear the way for Congress to release a controversial memo that is said to describe a bias among senior law enforcement […]
2/2/2018
FBI/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump accused senior officials and investigators at the Federal Bureau of Investigation of being biased against Republicans and favoring Democrats, as the White House is expected approve the release of a classified memo that Republicans allege shows improper surveillance of one of the president’s former campaign aides… A White House […]
2/2/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans – something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 2, 2018 06:33am […]
2/1/2018
CIA/FBI/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former CIA Director John Brennan is calling out Republicans for ‘reckless partisan behavior’ over their handling of a secret memo about the FBI’s surveillance practices. ‘I had many fights with Congressional Dems over the years on national security matters. But I never witnessed the type of reckless partisan behavior I am […]
2/1/2018
FBI/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A secret Republican memo alleging FBI bias against President Donald Trump likely will be released on Thursday [2-1-18], a Trump administration official said, a move that would put the White House in direct confrontation with the top U.S. law enforcement agency. The Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a rare rebuke on Wednesday […]
2/1/2018
FBI/HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House intelligence committee’s top Democrat charged Republicans late Wednesday [1-31-18] with sending the White House ‘an altered version’ of a classified memo alleging misconduct by the FBI in its probe of a former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) made the accusation against Republicans on […]
1/31/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON: “Top FBI officials were aware for at least a month before alerting Congress that emails potentially related to an investigation of Hillary Clinton had emerged during a key stretch of the 2016 presidential campaign, according to text messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe had learned about […]
1/31/2018
FBI/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/JOHN KELLY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “FBI Director Christopher Wray sent a striking signal to the White House Wednesday [1-31-18], issuing a rare public warning that a controversial Republican memo about the FBI’s surveillance practices omits key information that could impact its veracity. The move sets up an ugly clash with the President who wants it […]
1/29/2018
FBI/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA: “Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, apparently disregarding Justice Department warnings that their actions would be ‘extraordinarily reckless,’ voted Monday [1-29-18] evening to release a contentious secret memorandum said to accuse the department and the F.B.I. of misusing their authority to obtain a secret surveillance order on a former Trump campaign […]
1/29/2018
FBI: “Andrew G. McCabe has stepped down as the F.B.I.’s deputy director, a move that was widely expected as he has repeatedly come under fire from Republicans in Congress and from President Trump. An American official said Mr. McCabe made his intentions known on Monday [1-29-18]. He will immediately go on leave and plans to […]
1/29/2018
2016 ELECTION/CARTER PAGE/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “Former Donald Trump campaign adviser Carter Page said Monday [1-29-18] that he wanted more information from the Justice Department before weighing in on a report that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein approved an application to extend a secret surveillance warrant against him early last year. In text messages, Page said he’s […]
1/28/2018
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump, Jr., said Sunday [1-28-18] that he is betting the Democratic response to the much talked about House intelligence memo will leak to the media before the actual memo is made public… Trump Jr. was referring to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and a Democratic rebuttal to […]
1/25/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “The Justice Department’s internal watchdog has recovered an undisclosed number of missing text messages between an FBI agent and another bureau employee who have come under fire for privately criticizing President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign. Republicans and allies of Mr. Trump had raised concerns about the missing texts, which cover a […]
1/23/2018
FBI/INTELLIGENCE: “Where are the 50,000 important text messages between FBI lovers Lisa Page and Peter Strzok? Blaming Samsung!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 23, 2018 10:54pm […]
1/23/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CRIME/FBI/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions is embracing newly-released FBI statistics as evidence that America has turned the tide in its battle against violent crime — a shift he credits in large part to the policies of President Donald Trump. The FBI numbers, covering the first six months of 2017, show overall […]
1/23/2018
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A top FBI agent last spring expressed skepticism about the burgeoning investigation into Trump associates’ ties to Russian electoral meddling, according to a newly released text message, a few months before his texts critical of the president cost him his role in the special counsel’s probe. The agent, Peter Strzok, sent a […]
1/23/2018
CHRIS WRAY/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump denied Tuesday [1-23-18] that FBI Director Christopher Wray threatened to resign in the wake of pressure from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to make staffing changes among the senior ranks at the FBI. Sessions communicated to Wray, who was hand-picked by Trump and sworn in in August, that he […]
1/23/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CHRIS WRAY/FBI/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “FBI Director Christopher Wray felt so much pressure from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to make staffing changes among the senior ranks at the FBI that he threatened to resign from his post, a source familiar with the conversation tells CNN. Sessions communicated to Wray, who was hand-picked by President Donald […]
1/23/2018
FBI: “In one of the biggest stories in a long time, the FBI now says it is missing five months worth of lovers Strzok-Page texts, perhaps 50,000, and all in prime time. Wow!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 23, 2018 06:55am […]
1/23/2018
FBI: “In one of the biggest stories in a long time, the FBI says it is now missing five months worth of lovers Strzok – Page texts, perhaps 50,000, all in prime time. Wow!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 23, 2018 06:51am […]
1/22/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/FBI/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged Monday [1-22-18] evening to fully investigate how the FBI failed to preserve five months of text messages between two high-level officials involved in the investigations of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. ‘We will leave no stone unturned to confirm with certainty why these text messages are […]
1/21/2018
FBI/GOP/HILLARY CLINTON/LEGAL/POLITICAL FIGURES: “The FBI is missing five months of text messages between two senior officials who Republicans on Capitol Hill have accused of political bias, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) revealed in a letter to the bureau made public on Sunday [1-21-18]. Republicans have been scrutinizing the text messages between senior counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok […]
1/19/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY: “Former FBI Director James Comey will teach a course on ethical leadership at William and Mary beginning in the fall, according to an article on the Virginia college’s website. The course will meet primarily at the college’s Washington, DC, center and once at the campus in Williamsburg, Virginia. Comey will co-teach the course […]
1/18/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/NRA/RUSSIA: “The FBI’s Russia investigation has new targets in its sights, a Moscow banker and his friends at the NRA, according to a report. Investigators are looking into whether Alexander Torshin, a deputy at Russia’s central bank, illegally sent money to the National Rifle Association to support the election of President Trump, McClatchy reported […]
1/11/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA: “Disproven and paid for by Democrats ‘Dossier used to spy on Trump Campaign. Did FBI use Intel tool to influence the Election?’ @foxandfriends Did Dems or Clinton also pay Russians? Where are hidden and smashed DNC servers? Where are Crooked Hillary Emails? What a mess!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 11, 2018 06:33am […]
1/9/2018
FBI/REX TILLERSON/STATE: “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will order a special panel to investigate the U.S. response to mysterious illnesses that have stricken American diplomats and their relatives in Havana. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the State Department have been probing the incidents in recent months after the administration said they resulted from attacks. […]
1/9/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Broadening their political counterattack in defense of the White House, President Donald Trump’s allies in Congress are placing new scrutiny on contacts between top Justice Department officials and reporters covering the Trump-Russia investigation. In recent weeks, GOP congressional investigators have publicly and privately questioned senior Justice Department and FBI leaders […]
1/5/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON: “Federal authorities are actively investigating allegations of corruption related to the Clinton Foundation, the charity of Bill and Hillary Clinton, according to a US official briefed on the matter. The FBI and federal prosecutors are looking into whether donors to the foundation were improperly promised policy favors or special access to Hillary Clinton […]
1/5/2018
FAKE NEWS/FBI/RUSSIA: “Well, now that collusion with Russia is proving to be a total hoax and the only collusion is with Hillary Clinton and the FBI/Russia, the Fake News Media (Mainstream) and this phony new book are hitting out at every new front imaginable. They should try winning an election. Sad!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. […]
1/3/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL RYAN: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Chris Wray made an unannounced visit to Speaker Paul Ryan’s office Wednesday [1-3-18] as the Justice Department grapples with an increasingly hostile faction of House Republicans demanding documents related to the bureau’s Russia probe. Rosenstein was spotted entering Ryan’s office, and a spokesman for […]
12/26/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “WOW, @foxandfrlends ‘Dossier is bogus. Clinton Campaign, DNC funded Dossier. FBI CANNOT (after all of this time) VERIFY CLAIMS IN DOSSIER OF RUSSIA/TRUMP COLLUSION. FBI TAINTED.’ And they used this Crooked Hillary pile of garbage as the basis for going after the Trump Campaign!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 26, 2017 […]
12/24/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON: “.@FoxNews-FBI’s Andrew McCabe, ‘in addition to his wife getting all of this money from M (Clinton Puppet), he was using, allegedly, his FBI Official Email Account to promote her campaign. You obviously cannot do this. These were the people who were investigating Hillary Clinton.’ “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 24, 2017 07:25am […]
12/23/2017
FBI/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The F.B.I.’s embattled deputy director, Andrew G. McCabe, an unlikely lightning rod who has been attacked repeatedly by President Trump and congressional Republicans, is expected to retire after he becomes eligible for his pension early next year, according to people familiar with his decision. While Mr. McCabe’s plans to leave aren’t unexpected, […]
12/23/2017
FBI/RUSSIA: “Wow, ‘FBI lawyer James Baker reassigned,’ according to @FoxNews.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 23, 2017 03:32pm […]
12/23/2017
FBI: “FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. 90 days to go?!!!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 23, 2017 03:30pm […]
12/22/2017
FBI: “The FBI’s general counsel James Baker is being reassigned, according to a report by the Washington Post. Sources told the Post that Baker informed his colleagues on Wednesday [12-20-17] that his duties at the agency would be changing. Baker expected to be reassigned following FBI Director Christopher Wray’s confirmation in August, according to the […]
12/18/2017
2016 ELECTION/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An FBI agent’s reference to ‘an insurance policy’ in a much-debated text message was meant to convey that the bureau needed to aggressively investigate allegations of collusion between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, according to people familiar with his account. The agent didn’t intend to suggest a secret plan to harm […]
12/15/2017
CAMPAIGN/FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump escalated his criticism of the F.B.I. on Friday [12-15-17] over its investigation of possible links between Russia and his campaign, calling the inquiry a ‘very sad thing to watch.’ ‘It’s a shame what’s happened with the F.B.I.,’ the president told reporters before departing for an event at the F.B.I. […]
12/15/2017
FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To each member of the graduating class from the National Academy at Quantico, CONGRATULATIONS! https://t.co/Bgt8s33zlu” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 15, 2017 12:35pm […]
12/15/2017
2016 ELECTION/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL FLYNN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On his way to Quantico, Va., to speak at the FBI’s National Academy, President Trump stopped to tell reporters, ‘It’s a shame what’s happened with the FBI,’ and ‘you have a lot of very angry people that are seeing it.’ Trump asserted that ‘we’re going to rebuild the FBI’ […]
12/13/2017
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “A top FBI agent and an FBI lawyer, who were involved in the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email arrangement and the probe into Russian electoral meddling, exchanged texts disparaging then-candidate Donald Trump, including calling him an ‘idiot’ and a ‘menace,’ according to copies of the messages the Justice Department provided Congress. Peter […]
12/7/2017
CHRIS WRAY/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Christopher A. Wray, the director of the F.B.I., defended his work force on Thursday [12-7-17] in a politically charged hearing on Capitol Hill, rebutting President Trump’s accusation that the bureau was in ‘tatters’ and fending off attacks from Republicans on personnel… Mr. Wray was pressed by Republicans on the political […]
12/6/2017
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “Two U.S. senators wrote to the Justice Department’s inspector general on Wednesday [12-6-17] requesting more information about the FBI agent who was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team over private text messages he allegedly sent during the election that were critical of President Donald Trump. Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron […]
12/6/2017
FBI/MICHAEL FLYNN/MIKE PENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “New revelations about Michael Flynn’s lies to the FBI are laying bare Vice President Mike Pence’s in-the-dark strategy when it comes to Russia’s election meddling, raising new questions about whether he could have been left in the dark as he has argued for nearly a year. Advisers have long insisted that […]
12/4/2017
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/MIKE PENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “The White House’s chief lawyer told President Donald Trump in January he believed then-national security adviser Michael Flynn had misled the FBI and lied to Vice President Mike Pence and should be fired, a source familiar with the matter said Monday [12-4-17]. The description of the conversation […]
12/4/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “The Justice Department has agreed to allow congressional investigators to interview a key FBI employee believed to have served as the main contact, or ‘handler’ of, former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele, who compiled the so-called ‘dossier’ of allegations about President Donald Trump’s connections to Russia, according to a department spokesperson. The interview, […]
12/3/2017
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON: “Report: ‘ANTI-TRUMP FBI AGENT LED CLINTON EMAIL PROBE’ Now it all starts to make sense!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 3, 2017 08:36am […]
12/3/2017
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY: “After years of Comey, with the phony and dishonest Clinton investigation (and more), running the FBI, its reputation is in Tatters – worst in History! But fear not, we will bring it back to greatness.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 3, 2017 08:00am […]
12/3/2017
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON: “Tainted (no, very dishonest?) FBI ‘agent’s role in Clinton probe under review.’ Led Clinton Email probe. @foxandfriends Clinton money going to wife of another FBI agent in charge.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 3, 2017 07:42am […]
11/29/2017
CHRIS WRAY/CRIME/FBI/POLICE: “Members of Congress confronted Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, on Wednesday [11-29-17] over an F.B.I. intelligence report that said that black extremists were targeting law enforcement because of police abuses in minority communities. Mr. Wray met with the Congressional Black Caucus for about 90 minutes on Capitol Hill to discuss its members’ […]
11/29/2017
FBI/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “The House of Representatives seeks contempt citations(?) against the JusticeDepartment and the FBI for withholding key documents and an FBI witness which could shed light on surveillance of associates of Donald Trump. Big stuff. Deep State. Give this information NOW! @FoxNews” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 29, 2017 08:03pm […]
11/13/2017
CRIME/FBI/LGBTQ/RACISM/RELIGION: “Hate crimes across the country rose about 5% in 2016, the second-consecutive year in which federal authorities tallied an increase in the number of offenses motivated by bias involving race, religion or sexual orientation, according to FBI statistics released Monday [11-13-17]. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, relying on reports provided by more than 15,000 […]
11/3/2017
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “Pocahontas just stated that the Democrats, lead by the legendary Crooked Hillary Clinton, rigged the Primaries! Lets go FBI & Justice Dept.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 3, 2017 06:55am […]
11/3/2017
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everybody is asking why the Justice Department (and FBI) isn’t looking into all of the dishonesty going on with Crooked Hillary & the Dems… New Donna B book says she paid for and stole the Dem Primary. What about the deleted E-mails, Uranium, Podesta, the Server, plus, plus… People are angry. […]
11/2/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY: “The @TuckerCarlson opening statement about our once cherished and great FBI was so sad to watch. James Comey’s leadership was a disaster!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 2, 2017 08:26pm […]
10/30/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rick Gates followed Paul Manafort to Eastern Europe, Africa, the Trump presidential campaign, and now a federal building where he surrendered on Monday to the F.B.I. Mr. Gates, 45, is a former business associate of Mr. Manafort, the ousted chairman of Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign who also turned himself in to the […]
10/30/2017
FBI/FEMA/PUERTO RICO: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a decision by Puerto Rico’s power authority to award a $300 million contract to a tiny Montana energy firm to rebuild electrical infrastructure damaged in Hurricane Maria, according to people familiar with the matter. Agents from the FBI’s San Juan field office are looking into circumstances […]
10/30/2017
FBI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A foreign-policy adviser to the Trump campaign pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with a professor connected to Russian government officials, according to court documents unsealed on Monday [10-30-17]. George Papadopoulos admitted he misled the FBI in a January interview by telling agents that he had only […]
10/26/2017
2016 ELECTION/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation is expected to hand over to Congress documents related to a controversial and unverified dossier on President Donald Trump by next week, ending a long-running impasse between lawmakers and federal law enforcement. Speaking to reporters, House Speaker Paul Ryan said that the FBI had agreed to […]
10/22/2017
CHRIS WRAY/FBI: “Chris Wray, the new director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said Sunday [10-22-17] that one of his top priorities would be to improve diversity in the bureau’s ranks… More than 67% of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 13,000 agents are white men and 16% are white women, according to statistics on the […]
10/21/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “Officials behind the now discredited ‘Dossier’ plead the Fifth. Justice Department and/or FBI should immediately release who paid for it.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 21, 2017 02:59pm […]
10/19/2017
FBI/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation has joined the investigation into how a group of militants thought to be Islamists killed four American soldiers in Niger two weeks ago, a move that comes as U.S. officials face criticism over their struggle to answer questions about the incident. U.S. military officials said Thursday [10-19-17] […]
10/18/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/JEFF SESSIONS: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended his role in the firing of James Comey as FBI director, making some of his fullest remarks on the issue to date on Wednesday [10-18-17] in a Senate hearing dominated by questions related to Russia but also touching on immigration, civil rights and other issues. Speaking before […]
10/18/2017
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “Wow, FBI confirms report that James Comey drafted letter exonerating Crooked Hillary Clinton long before investigation was complete. Many…people not interviewed, including Clinton herself. Comey stated under oath that he didn’t do this-obviously a fix? Where is Justice Dept?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2017 05:21am and 05:27am […]
10/17/2017
FBI/ROBERT MUELER/RUSSIA/SEAN SPICER: “President Donald Trump’s former press secretary Sean Spicer met with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team on Monday [10-16-17] for an interview that lasted much of the day, according to multiple people familiar with the meeting. During his sitdown, Spicer was grilled about the firing of former FBI director James Comey and his […]
9/28/2017
CHRIS WRAY/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump was conspicuously absent from the installation ceremony of his handpicked new FBI director Thursday [9-28-17] because the bureau is involved in the special counsel investigation into whether Trump associates colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election, a White House official said. By avoiding the high-profile event for […]
9/27/2017
CHRIS WRAY/CRIME/FBI/RACISM/RELIGION/TERRORISM: “The FBI has about 1,000 open investigations into potential domestic terrorists, including people who may be linked to extremist white supremacy, white nationalism and environmental movements, the agency’s new chief, Christopher Wray, told Congress today. During his first testimony as FBI director, Wray said domestic terrorism is ‘a very, very serious’ matter that […]
9/26/2017
FBI/SEC: “Investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Securities and Exchange Commission are looking into business practices at Renovate America Inc., the largest provider of energy-saving home-improvement loans, according to people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Scott McKinlay, Renovate America’s chief legal officer, said in a […]
9/7/2017
CHRIS WRAY/FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “FBI Director Chris Wray said Wednesday he had not detected ‘any whiff of interference’ by White House officials or any other individuals in the federal investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. In his first public comments since taking the reins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation early last month, Mr. […]
9/5/2017
FBI/HOUSE OF REPS/JAMES COMEY/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A House of Representatives committee said on Tuesday [9-5-17] it will consider this week a resolution asking President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to provide documents related to Trump’s firing of James Comey as FBI director. The House Judiciary Committee said it would consider the resolution […]
9/1/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The weekend before he fired FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump drafted a letter to him laying out the reasons why he didn’t want him to stay in the job, a senior Trump administration official said Friday [9-1-17]. Mr. Trump, who worked on the draft at his golf club in […]
8/30/2017
ENERGY/FBI/POLITICS: “A Democratic U.S. senator on Wednesday urged the FBI to investigate whether billionaire investor Carl Icahn broke the law when he called for biofuels policies that would have benefited his investments while serving as an adviser to President Donald Trump. Senator Tammy Duckworth said Icahn’s guidance to Trump on the federal biofuel program may […]
8/10/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/TERRORISM: “U.S. investigators uncovered a global financial network run by a senior Islamic State official that funneled money to an alleged ISIS operative in the U.S. through fake eBay transactions, according to a recently unsealed FBI affidavit. The alleged recipient of the funds was an American citizen in his early 30s who had been arrested […]
8/9/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/PAUL MANAFORT: “Federal investigators sought cooperation from Paul Manafort’s son-in-law in an effort to increase pressure on President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, according to three people familiar with the probe. Investigators approached Jeffrey Yohai, who has partnered in business deals with Manafort, earlier this summer, setting off ‘real waves’ in Manafort’s orbit, one of […]
8/1/2017
CHRIS WRAY/FBI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Christopher Wray, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, won Senate confirmation Tuesday [8-2-17] with the support of most Democrats, putting the former Justice Department official and private lawyer in charge of an agency buffeted by political crosswinds that show few signs of diminishing. The bipartisan 92-to-5 […]
7/26/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JEFF SESSIONS: “Why didn’t A.G. Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation but got… big dollars ($700,000) for his wife’s political run from Hillary Clinton and her representatives. Drain the Swamp!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 26, 2017 08:48am to 08:52am […]
7/25/2017
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON: “Problem is that the acting head of the FBI & the person in charge of the Hillary investigation, Andrew McCabe, got $700,000 from H for wife!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 25, 2017 05:21am […]
7/20/2017
CRIME/FBI: “Two of the world’s largest online marketplaces for criminal goods have been shut down, law enforcement authorities said Thursday [7-20-17], in a global operation that also resulted in the arrest of their owners and the freezing of millions of dollars in alleged criminal proceeds. AlphaBay, which sold heroin, fentanyl, firearms, and other illicit goods […]
7/20/2017
FBI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday [7-20-17] unanimously approved the nomination of Christopher Wray to be FBI director following the dismissal of the agency’s former chief, James Comey, by President Donald Trump. All 20 members of the committee voted to approve Wray, a white-collar crime lawyer and former assistant attorney general […]
7/19/2017
FBI/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Democratic Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia assembled a group of more than 20 Democratic members of Congress to send a letter to the FBI on Wednesday [7-19-17] requesting the agency look into Ivanka Trump’s security clearance. In the letter, the Democrats ask that the FBI examine potential discrepancies in Trump’s SF-86 form, which […]
7/12/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Christopher Wray vowed Wednesday [7-12-17] to remain independent of any pressure if he’s confirmed to lead the FBI — pledging to adhere to the ‘Constitution and the rule of law’ as head of the bureau, ‘no matter the test.’ Wray also testified that he did not have any conversations with anyone […]
7/10/2017
BUDGET/FBI: “The federal government has canceled the search for a new F.B.I. headquarters, ensuring that the nation’s top law enforcement agency will be housed in a crumbling, cramped building in downtown Washington for years to come, according to a senior government official. For more than a decade, the government had been searching for a new […]
7/10/2017
ETHICS/FBI/NOMINATIONS: “President Donald Trump’s pick to run the FBI, Christopher Wray, is worth more than $23 million and will recuse himself from any investigation in which his law firm represents a party, according to ethics disclosures provided on Monday [7-11-17]. Mr. Wray, a former senior Justice Department official, has spent the past decade as a […]
7/9/2017
FBI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If fireworks erupt at Wednesday’s [7-12-17] confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next FBI director, they aren’t likely to be sparked by the nominee, Christopher Wray, a former Justice Department official known as a workhorse who eschews the spotlight. Many current and former FBI agents say that is […]
7/7/2017
CIA/FBI/INTELLIGENCE: “Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 7, 2017 02:40am […]
7/5/2017
FBI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s pick to be the next Federal Bureau of Investigation director is scheduled to appear before Congress next week in what is likely to be a contentious confirmation hearing in light of the president’s much-debated firing of former Director James Comey in May. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), chairman of […]
6/30/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/FBI/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave a vote of confidence Friday [6-29-17] to former FBI director Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading an investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign, but he also said he hoped the investigation could ‘move forward and come to an end sooner rather than […]