CYBERWAR/FBI/RUSSIA: “The FBI interviewed several U.S. employees of Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab this week as part of an ongoing agency probe of the company’s operations, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents visited the homes of Kaspersky employees late on Tuesday [6-27-17] in multiple U.S. cities, though […]
Category: FBI
6/26/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/NOMINATIONS: “Christopher Wray has spent the past 12 years building up one of the most successful white-collar defense groups in America. Now, that work could limit his oversight of some major investigations if he is confirmed as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While Mr. Wray’s confirmation process is expected to focus on […]
6/23/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA: “Federal investigators are examining financial transactions involving Paul Manafort and his son-in-law, who embarked on a series of real estate deals in recent years fueled by millions of dollars from Mr. Manafort, according to two people familiar with the matter. The transactions involve the financing of apartments and luxury homes in New York […]
6/23/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After announcing Thursday [6-22-17] that he did not have recordings of his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey — recordings that weeks earlier he had suggested might exist — President Donald Trump said in an interview that aired Friday that ‘my story didn’t change.’ ‘I don’t have any tape, and […]
6/22/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “Two of the nation’s top intelligence officials told Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team and Senate investigators, in separate meetings last week, that President Donald Trump suggested they say publicly there was no collusion between his campaign and the Russians, according to multiple sources. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency […]
6/21/2017
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/DHS/FBI/RUSSIA: “Russian government-linked hackers potentially targeted as many as 21 states’ election systems last year, a Homeland Security official warned Congress on Wednesday [6-21-7]. None of those systems were involved in vote counting, however. DHS’ acting Director of Cyber Division of the department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Samuel Liles, said that by late […]
6/21/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/SEAN SPICER: “White House press briefings are a running conversation — for now, anyway. President Trump is mulling drastic changes that could include reducing the frequency of briefings to once a week and requiring reporters to submit written questions, according to the New York Times. Trump previously floated the possibility of scrapping the briefings […]
6/20/2017
FBI/NOMINATIONS: “Donald Trump’s nominee to be the director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, represented an American energy executive in 2006 who was being criminally investigated by the Russian government. The detail, which was included on Wray’s biography on the website of the law firm King and Spalding dating back to 2009, was removed in 2017, […]
6/20/2017
FBI/LOBBYING/MICHAEL FLYNN/RUSSIA: “Federal investigators probing the lobbying work of ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn are focused in part on the role of Bijan Kian, Flynn’s former business partner, according to a person interviewed by the FBI. Investigators are also looking at whether payments from foreign clients to Flynn and his company, the now-inactive Flynn […]
6/20/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/POLITICS: “The leaders of the Senate judiciary committee have reached an agreement about the scope of an investigation into political interference at the FBI, with the possibility that the inquiry could explore whether President Donald Trump acted improperly during his interactions with fired FBI Director James Comey. Chairman Chuck Grassley and the panel’s top […]
6/19/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/LEGAL/RUSSIA: “A lawyer for President Donald Trump clashed with CNN anchor Chris Cuomo Monday [6-19-17] morning over whether his client is the target of an FBI investigation into possible collusion with the Russians. ‘As I said all weekend, there has been no notification to any of us that the President is under any investigation […]
6/16/2017
FBI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 16, 2017 08:07am […]
6/15/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/LEGAL/MEDIA: “In federal court Thursday [6-15-17], CNN filed a lawsuit seeking to force the FBI to turn over former director James Comey’s memos documenting his conversations with President Donald Trump. Comey described the meetings and his note-taking in detail last week while testifying before the Senate intelligence committee. Despite high public interest in the […]
6/15/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “President Donald Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey is now a subject of the federal probe being headed by special counsel Robert Mueller, which has expanded to include whether the president obstructed justice, a person familiar with the matter said. Mr. Mueller is examining whether the president fired Mr. Comey […]
6/13/2017
CAMPAIGN/FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Last month’s appointment of Robert S. Mueller III as a special counsel to investigate possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia enraged President Trump. Yet, at least initially, he holstered his Twitter finger and publicly said nothing. But behind the scenes, the president soon began entertaining the idea of firing […]
6/13/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/FBI/ROBERT MUELLER: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein declined to say who asked him to write the letter recommending the firing of FBI Director James Comey, saying it could fall within the scope of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller as special counsel overseeing the probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 […]
6/8/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Accusations of lying whizzed across Washington Thursday [6-8-17] as fired FBI Director James Comey concluded his bombshell session on Capitol Hill. Comey himself suggested during his three-hour sworn testimony that President Donald Trump had a shaky commitment to telling the truth. The White House decried the accusation. Meanwhile, Trump’s outside lawyer […]
6/8/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/LEGAL: “Former FBI chief James Comey said Thursday [6-8-17]the Trump administration ‘chose to defame me,’ told ‘lies, plain and simple’ and that he was ‘confused’ by President Donald Trump saying he was fired due to the Russia probe. ‘The administration chose to defame me and, more importantly, the FBI by saying the organization was […]
6/8/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY: “FBI Director James Comey has sparked a new round of questions surrounding whether or not President Trump has decided to record conversations that occur in the White House. During his remarks to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday [6-8-17], Comey said he never expected that the president might be recording his conversations until […]
6/7/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/LEGAL: “Former FBI Director James Comey, in a written statement posted on the web on Wednesday [6-7-17], said President Donald Trump asked him to back off from a probe into former national security adviser Michael Flynn and told Comey, ‘I need loyalty. I expect loyalty.’ Comey, who will testify in person to the Senate […]
6/7/2017
FBI/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took to Twitter early Wednesday [6-7-17] morning to break the news about his pick for FBI director. ‘Details to follow,’ he wrote at the end of his 128-character announcement of a major appointment. But for hours, the details didn’t follow, with the White House breaking from the thorough communications […]
6/7/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY: “The Russia investigation and President Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey are sure to dominate the headlines out of Wednesday’s [6-7-17] Senate intelligence committee hearing, but that’s not the reason that four top administration national security officials are appearing before the panel. The officials are testifying because the committee leaders […]
6/7/2017
FBI/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be nominating Christopher A. Wray, a man of impeccable credentials, to be the new Director of the FBI. Details to follow.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 7, 2017 06:44am […]
6/5/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will not invoke executive privilege to block former FBI Director James Comey’s scheduled testimony before Congress this week, the White House said on Monday [6-5-17]. ‘In order to facilitate a swift and thorough examination of the facts sought by the Senate Intelligence Committee, President Trump will not […]
5/31/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fired FBI director James Comey plans to testify publicly in the Senate as early as next week to confirm bombshell accusations that President Donald Trump pressured him to end his investigation into a top Trump aide’s ties to Russia, a source close to the issue said Wednesday. Final details are still […]
5/30/2017
FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will interview two more candidates for F.B.I. director on Tuesday [5-30-17] as he resumes his search for a replacement for James B. Comey, who was dismissed earlier this month, the White House said. Mr. Trump will meet with Christopher Wray, a former assistant attorney general overseeing the criminal division under […]
5/29/2017
2016 ELECTION/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA: “Robert Mueller quickly got to work as special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election: building a team, designing a budget and forcing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to withhold from Congress documents he may be interested in—all in his first full week on the job… Deputy Attorney General […]
5/26/2017
FBI: “The Department of Justice declined for now to provide documents to House oversight committee chairman Jason Chaffetz related to former FBI Director James Comey’s communications with President Donald Trump. Citing the hiring of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the FBI said Thursday [5-25-17] the agency is ‘undertaking appropriate consultation to ensure all relevant interests implicated […]
5/26/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “The FBI’s criminal probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election is increasingly touching on the multiple roles of senior White House adviser Jared Kushner on both the Trump campaign and the Trump transition team. Points of focus that pertain to Kushner include: the Trump campaign’s 2016 data analytics operation; his […]
5/25/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation has declined for now to give the House Oversight Committee documents it had requested regarding communications between former FBI chief James Comey and President Donald Trump, the head of the panel said on Thursday [5-25-17]. The FBI said it was still evaluating the request, which had a […]
5/25/2017
FBI/TRUMP PEOPLE/JOE LIEBERMAN: “Former U.S. Senator and Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has withdrawn from consideration to be the next director of the FBI, citing the potential for an appearance of a conflict of interest, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday [5-25-17]. In a letter to President Donald Trump, Lieberman cited his work […]
5/24/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The team tasked by the White House with finding a new director for the FBI is resetting its search, a senior administration official told CNN. President Donald Trump said last week that he was ‘very close’ to choosing a new FBI director to replace James Comey, who was leading the investigation […]
5/19/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, in his first public remarks since James Comey was fired as FBI director, told members of the House of Representatives on Friday [5-19-17] that Comey ‘was a role model.’ Rosenstein briefed lawmakers on the events leading up to Comey’s dismissal on May 9 as well as his decision […]
5/18/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump called the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, weeks after he took office and asked him when federal authorities were going to put out word that Mr. Trump was not personally under investigation, according to two people briefed on the call. Mr. Comey told the president that if he wanted […]
5/17/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY: “The revelation that James B. Comey documented his interactions with President Trump — describing in detail how the president urged him to quash the federal investigation into Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser — provided the clearest evidence yet that Mr. Trump tried to influence the government’s inquiry into possible links […]
5/17/2017
FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [5-17-17] will interview four candidates for the position of director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters. Spicer, who was aboard Air Force One with Trump, said the president would meet with acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, former Oklahoma Governor […]
5/17/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “After a New York Times report revealed that former FBI Director James Comey kept memos detailing the president’s attempt to derail the FBI’s Russia investigation, a former White House adviser for multiple presidents says Trump is ‘in impeachment territory.’ The Times report highlighted one particular note from a February meeting between […]
5/16/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo Mr. Comey wrote shortly after the meeting. “I hope you can let this go,” […]
5/16/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Members of Congress from both parties escalated calls on Tuesday [5-16-17] for former F.B.I. director James B. Comey to appear before them after reports that President Trump had asked him to drop an investigation into Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser. Democrats were aggressive in seeking new […]
5/16/2017
FBI/JOHN CORNYN/POLITICS: “Sen. John Cornyn, the second ranking Republican in the Senate, has asked to be removed from consideration to be the next FBI director, the Texan said in a statement. ‘Now more than ever the country needs a well-credentialed, independent FBI Director,’ Cornyn said. ‘I’ve informed the Administration that I’m committed to helping them […]
5/16/2017
CYBERWAR/FBI/NORTH KOREA: “The ransomware assault infecting computers in more than 100 countries bears some of the hallmarks of previous attacks by North Korea, according to some in the cybersecurity industry, offering a reminder of the secretive nation’s cyberwarfare capabilities. North Korea enlists a core of 1,700 hackers and 5,000 more supporting members, according to South […]
5/16/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/LEAKS: “I have been asking Director Comey & others, from the beginning of my administration, to find the LEAKERS in the intelligence community…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 16, 2017 07:10am […]
5/15/2017
FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. lawmakers on Sunday [5-14-17] called on President Donald Trump to turn over any tapes of conversations with fired FBI chief James Comey, potentially setting up a showdown with the White House as Democrats considered a boycott of the vote on Comey’s replacement. In a highly unusual move, Trump last week appeared […]
5/14/2017
FBI/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans, increasingly unnerved by President Trump’s volatility and unpopularity, are starting to show signs of breaking away from him as they try to forge a more traditional Republican agenda and protect their political fortunes. Several Republicans have openly questioned Mr. Trump’s decision to fire the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, and […]
5/14/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/POLITICS: “President Trump’s abrupt dismissal last week of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, and his subsequent allusion to taped conversations with Mr. Comey continued to roil Washington on Sunday [5-14-17]. In televised appearances, lawmakers in both parties said that the recordings could or should come to light if they exist, while a former […]
5/14/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump, who has reportedly been isolated and frustrated by the negative coverage engulfing his administration in recent days, may be considering a major reorganization of his White House staff, according to report from Mike Allen of the news website Axios on Sunday [5-14-17]. Trump is said to have […]
5/14/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The calls for an impeachment investigation into President Trump have continued to mount in the wake of his controversial dismissal of FBI Director James Comey. In an op-ed released by the Washington Post on Saturday, Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence H. Tribe states that ‘The time has come for Congress to […]
5/14/2017
FBI/POLITICS: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday [5-14-17] that the Senate should refuse to confirm a new FBI director until the Department of Justice appoints a special counsel to lead a probe into allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. ‘I think there are a lot of Democrats who feel that way,’ […]
5/12/2017
FBI/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A growing number of legal experts say President Trump has opened himself up to a charge of obstruction of justice this week when he said ‘this Russia thing with Trump’ was on his mind when he fired FBI Director James B. Comey. The federal law against obstruction of justice, a felony, is […]
5/12/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/POLITICS: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has agreed to brief the full Senate next week on the firing of FBI Director James Comey, a spokesperson for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters Friday [5-12-17]. ‘Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein’s office has confirmed to Senator Schumer’s office that Mr. Rosenstein will come to brief the […]
5/12/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/LEAKS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [5-12-17] warned former FBI Director James Comey not to leak information to the news media while dismissing criticism that his aides gave contradictory accounts of how the White House handled Mr. Comey’s firing. ‘James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before […]
5/12/2107
ETHICS/FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s statement that he discussed the FBI’s Russia investigation with former Director James Comey has raised red flags among legal experts who said such conversations would be improper. ‘There generally shouldn’t be communications about pending investigations and if you need an explanation why, see: Watergate, basically,’ said Kathleen Clark, […]
5/12/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA: “When James Clapper himself, and virtually everyone else with knowledge of the witch hunt, says there is no collusion, when does it end?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 12, 2017 05:54am […]
5/12/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA: “James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 12, 2017 05:26am […]
5/11/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he was planning to fire former FBI Director James Comey regardless of any advice from the Justice Department, because Mr. Comey was a ‘showboat’ who he claimed had lost the faith of his employees. In an interview with NBC News on Thursday [5-11-17], Mr. Trump offered his […]
5/11/2017
ANDREW MCGABE/FBI: “Andrew G. McCabe has risen so fast at the F.B.I. that he has become a source of both admiration and resentment. So a favorite way to criticize him is to offer one of the most backhanded compliments in the bureau’s lexicon: He’s a great briefer. Mr. McCabe’s talent for briefing his superiors is […]
5/11/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House said Thursday [5-11-17] that removing FBI Director James Comey from his post may hasten the agency’s investigation into Russian meddling. ‘We want this to come to its conclusion, we want it to come to its conclusion with integrity,’ said deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders, referring to the FBI’s […]
5/11/2017
2016 ELECTION/FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA: “Russia must be laughing up their sleeves watching as the U.S. tears itself apart over a Democrat EXCUSE for losing the election.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2017 03:34pm […]
5/11/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/MIKE PENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vice President Mike Pence has once again delivered the White House line, in the face of growing contradictory evidence, on a charged topic related to Russia’s possible connections to the Trump campaign. In meetings on Capitol Hill and in interviews, Pence has said this week that Trump fired FBI director […]
5/11/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA: “Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe Thursday [5-11-17] rejected assertions by the White House that FBI employees had lost faith in James Comey and that the bureau’s probe into Russian election meddling was one of its most minor concerns. ‘I hold Director Comey in the absolute highest regard. I have the highest respect for […]
5/11/2017
2016 ELECTION/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY: “The man who took over from ousted FBI Director James Comey declined to say on Thursday whether he ever heard Comey tell Donald Trump that the president was not a target of an investigation into possible collusion between Russia and Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. In testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, acting […]
5/10/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump weighed in publicly for the first time on his firing of James Comey, saying on Wednesday [5-10-17] that the FBI director ‘wasn’t doing a good job.’ His comments were part of an effort by the White House to explain and elaborate on the reason the president abruptly fired […]
5/11/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House just can’t get its story straight about why President Trump decided to fire FBI Director James Comey. When the move was initially announced — just before 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday [5-9-17] night — the White House pointed to a memo written by deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein […]
5/10/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/POLITICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s stunning firing of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, injected another volatile ingredient into the partisanship already engulfing the capital and threatened to overwhelm Republican efforts to turn their government control into legislative success. The decision to replace Mr. Comey also increased the prospect of another contentious confirmation fight […]
5/10/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Days before he was fired, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, asked the Justice Department for a significant increase in money and personnel for the bureau’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the presidential election, according to three officials with knowledge of his request. Mr. Comey asked for the resources during […]
5/10/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/POLITICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, on Wednesday [5-10-17] defended President Trump’s firing of the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, resisting Democratic calls to challenge the president and support a broader inquiry of Russian interference in the election. ‘Today we’ll no doubt hear calls for […]
5/10/2107
FBI/JAMES COMEY/POLITICS/RUSSIA: “Dems have been complaining for months & months about Dir. Comey. Now that he has been fired they PRETEND to be aggrieved. Phony hypocrites!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 10, 2017 02:23pm […]
5/10/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA: “Watching Senator Richard Blumenthal speak of Comey is a joke. ‘Richie’ devised one of the greatest military frauds in U.S. history. For…years, as a pol in Connecticut, Blumenthal would talk of his great bravery and conquests in Vietnam – except he was never there. When…caught, he cried like a baby and begged for […]
5/10/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA: “Comey lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington, Republican and Democrat alike. When things calm down, they will be thanking me!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 10, 2017 06:27am […]
5/10/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA: “James Comey will be replaced by someone who will do a far better job, bringing back the spirit and prestige of the FBI.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 10, 2017 06:19am […]
5/10/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records, as part of the ongoing probe of Russian meddling in last year’s election, according to people familiar with the matter. CNN learned of the subpoenas hours before President Donald Trump […]
5/10/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, questions immediately arose about the President’s motivations for his dismissal — and for the recent firings of two other then-President Barack Obama-appointees who were in the middle of conducting investigations linked to Trump. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Comey’s firing was […]
5/9/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump fired Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Mr. Rosenstein said in his letter recommending Mr. Comey’s dismissal that the FBI director shouldn’t have spoken publicly last summer after closing an investigation into former […]
5/9/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [5-9-17] fired FBI Director James Comey after his attorney general and deputy attorney general recommended his removal. ‘The FBI is one of our nation’s most cherished and respected institutions and today will mark a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement,’ Trump said in […]
5/9/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the midst of the bureau’s probe into his campaign associates’ possible links to Russia added impetus to calls for a special counsel to handle the case. The sudden move by Mr. Trump on Tuesday galvanized Democrats, […]
5/9/2017
FBI/HILLARY/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY: “FBI Director James Comey erroneously told Congress last week that former Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin forwarded ‘hundreds of thousands’ of emails to her then-husband’s laptop — and the bureau is looking for a way to clean up the error. The emails were forwarded to Anthony Weiner’s computer via a backup system for […]
5/9/2017
2016 ELECTION/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA: “The White House responded to hours of Senate testimony Monday [5-8-17] by saying there was still no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee that he was not aware of any evidence demonstrating collusion, but also said he […]
5/8/2017
FBI/RUSSIA: “The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax, when will this taxpayer funded charade end?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 8, 2017 05:46pm […]
5/2/2017
2016 ELECTION/FBI/JAMES COMEY: “FBI Director Comey was the best thing that ever happened to Hillary Clinton in that he gave her a free pass for many bad deeds! The phony…Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election. Perhaps Trump just ran a great campaign?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May […]
5/2/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE: “James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, on Wednesday [5-3-17] sharply defended his rationale for notifying Congress about new emails related to the Hillary Clinton investigation less than two weeks before Election Day, saying any suggestion that he had affected the vote’s outcome made him ‘mildly nauseous.’ Mr. Comey’s comments were his first public explanation […]
4/21/2017
2016 ELECTION/DOJ/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/POLITICS/MARY MCCORD/RUSSIA: “One of the top officials at the Justice Department overseeing the FBI’s probe of potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian meddling in the presidential election will leave the department next month. Mary McCord — a career prosecutor for over 20 years — has been serving as acting assistant attorney general […]
4/20/2017
FBI/LEAKS/MEDIA: “The FBI is overhauling its media policy, restricting contacts between the news media and its employees amid controversy over alleged leaks, bureau officials told CNN. The new media policy was rolled out this week at a conference in Washington attended by FBI special agents in charge of its 56 field offices, according to officials […]
4/19/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/CARTER PAGE: “The FBI reportedly used the explosive, unverified dossier detailing President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia to bolster its case for a warrant that would allow it to surveil Carter Page, an early foreign-policy adviser to Trump’s campaign. It’s a key signal that the FBI had enough confidence in the validity of […]
4/19/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/CARTER PAGE: “Ever since F.B.I. investigators discovered in 2013 that a Russian spy was trying to recruit an American businessman named Carter Page, the bureau maintained an occasional interest in Mr. Page. So when he became a foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign last year and gave a Russia-friendly speech at a prestigious […]
4/12/2017
FBI/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Memorandum for the Director of the Federal Bureau Delegation of Authority under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order as follows: I hereby delegate to the Director of […]
04/12/2017
CAMPAIGN/FBI/TRUMP PEOPLE/CATER PAGE: “The FBI obtained a warrant to monitor President Donald Trump’s former campaign adviser, Carter Page, last summer on suspicions he knowingly engaged in clandestine intelligence activities on behalf of Moscow, The Washington Post is reporting. The FBI and Justice Department obtained a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to monitor the communications of […]
04/06/2017
2016 ELECTION/CIA/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA: “The C.I.A. told senior lawmakers in classified briefings last summer that it had information indicating that Russia was working to help elect Donald J. Trump president, a finding that did not emerge publicly until after Mr. Trump’s victory months later, former government officials say. The briefings indicate that intelligence officials had evidence of […]
4/3/2017
FBI/WIRETAPPING: “.@FoxNews from multiple sources: ‘There was electronic surveillance of Trump, and people close to Trump. This is unprecedented.’ @FBI” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 3, 2017 07:51am […]
3/30/2017
2016 ELECTION/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA: “The Senate intelligence committee opened its first public hearing on Russian meddling in the US election Thursday with calls for nonpartisanship, a clear reference to the infighting that has stalled the House probe. ‘The vice chairman and I realize that if we politicize this process, our efforts will likely fail,’ Committee Chairman Richard […]
3/23/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Donald Trump communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton’s campaign, US officials told CNN. This is partly what FBI Director James Comey was referring to when he made a bombshell announcement Monday [3-20-17] before Congress […]
3/23/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/POLITICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressman Ted Lieu called for a ‘total and complete shutdown’ of any of President Donald Trump’s agenda in response to reports that Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians during the campaign. The California Democrat issued a fiery statement on Thursday [3-23-17] in response to the allegations, arguing that Trump’s presidency may […]
3/22/2017
CAMPAIGN/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/POLITICS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The public confirmation this week that federal investigators are probing links between the Russian government and associates of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign prompted Democrats to renew their call for an independent investigation into the matter. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, in an unusual disclosure, acknowledged the investigation during testimony on […]
3/20/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/OBAMA/RUSSIA: “Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said publicly for the first time Monday [3-20-17] that the agency is investigating whether members of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign collaborated with the Russian government to influence the presidential election. The Capitol Hill announcement by Mr. Comey divulged an active FBI investigation, a rare step by the […]
3/20/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/RUSSIA: “FBI Chief James Comey said publicly for the first time Monday that his agency is investigating alleged links between Russia and the Trump campaign and whether any crimes may have been committed during last year’s election campaign. ‘That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and […]
3/20/2017
CAMPAIGN/FBI/HILLARY/RUSSIA: “What about all of the contact with the Clinton campaign and the Russians? Also, is it true that the DNC would not let the FBI in to look?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2017 08:14am […]
3/20/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEAKS: “The real story that Congress, the FBI and all others should be looking into is the leaking of Classified information. Must find leaker now!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2017 06:02am […]
3/15/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Wednesday [3-15-17] that neither he nor the ranking Democrat on the committee have seen any evidence that then-President Barack Obama wiretapped Donald Trump last year, and want the Justice Department to respond to their requests for information by March 20. ‘We don’t have any evidence […]
3/15/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA: “The top two senators on a key Senate Judiciary subcommittee are at odds over whether FBI Director James Comey privately assured them that he would confirm by Wednesday [3-15-17] whether there’s a criminal investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russia. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Comey privately told him and Sen. Lindsey Graham that […]
3/09/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WIRETAPPING: “Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey held meetings with top lawmakers at the Capitol on Thursday [3-9-17] in the midst of growing pressure over political and legal controversies involving the Trump administration. The precise subjects of the talks were unknown. The meetings took place as pressure was building in Congress for […]
3/09/2017
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal investigators and computer scientists continue to examine whether there was a computer server connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank, sources close to the investigation tell CNN. Questions about the possible connection were widely dismissed four months ago. But the FBI’s investigation remains open, the sources said, and […]