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Report From Watchdog: FBI Official Texted That ‘We’ll Stop’ a Trump Presidency
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog has found that FBI official Peter Strzok, a main player in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state, texted about stopping Donald Trump from becoming president, Bloomberg News first reported. The report from Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general, says Strzok… -
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Nunes Accuses Justice Department of ‘Obstruction’ in Battle Over FBI Informant Documents
Devin Nunes, chairman of the House intelligence committee, is giving the Department of Justice until Tuesday to provide documents about an FBI informant used to spy on the Trump campaign. In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday, Nunes accused the agency of “obstruction” and using “an array of tactics” to withhold… -
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5 Big Questions the FBI Hasn’t Answered on Its Conduct During the 2016 Campaign
At least 19 House Republicans are sponsoring a resolution calling for a special counsel to investigate the conduct of the Justice Department and FBI during the 2016 election campaign. For a year now, special counsel Robert Mueller and his team have investigated Russia’s meddling in the presidential election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign…. -
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Rep. Devin Nunes Says Trump Campaign Might Have Been Set Up, Predicts Embarrassing Outcome for FBI, Justice Department
Devin Nunes of California, chairman of the House intelligence committee, said the Trump campaign might have been set up by the federal government back in 2016. “Let’s talk about how did this get started? You had Fusion GPS that was hired by the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign to draw up a dossier on the… -
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The FBI Shouldn’t Be Above the Law Either
These days, a number of people seem to be under the impression that investigating President Donald Trump is the most vital project undertaken by this nation since its founding. Perhaps. But their feelings shouldn’t override the Constitution, because for all the principles allegedly being whittled away by this administration, its antagonists seem to be doing… -
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Andrew McCabe Lied. So Will the FBI Apply the Same Rules Against Him That It Applies to All of Us?
It’s official: Andrew McCabe lied. The new report from the Justice Department inspector general concludes that McCabe, the former FBI deputy director, lied to then-FBI Director James Comey, to other FBI agents, and to officials of the Office of the Inspector General. Some of those lies came when McCabe was under oath. What did he… -
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5 Questions Emerging From the FBI Raid on Trump Lawyer
The FBI raid on the office and home of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, raises constitutional concerns and issues about the future of key Justice Department officials, including the attorney general and the special counsel. Here are five big questions: 1. What was the FBI looking for? FBI agents were reportedly seeking records… -
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FBI Raids, Seizes Documents From Offices of Trump’s Personal Lawyer
The FBI on Monday raided the offices of Michael Cohen, one of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyers. The New York Times reported that FBI agents seized records related to various topics, including payments made just before the 2016 presidential election to adult film star Stormy Daniels as part of a nondisclosure agreement. Cohen paid $130,000… -
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5 Things to Know About the Prosecutor Probing FBI, Justice Department Actions
While Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided to hold off on naming a second special counsel, he reached well outside Washington for a federal prosecutor to investigate possible wrongdoing by the FBI and Justice Department. “The [Justice] Department is not above criticism and it can never be that the department conceals errors when they occur,”… -
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FBI Political Correctness Allowed This Islamist Teenager to Carry Out Attack
A sickening act of youth violence in Florida glinted across the news headlines last week, and then disappeared from view. There will be no CNN town halls or student walkouts over the lost life and preventable tragedy, because there are no guns to blame. Only dropped balls. As the exploiters of crisis know full well,… -
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FBI Deputy Andrew McCabe Says He Was Fired to Undermine Special Counsel’s Russia Probe
Andrew McCabe, the former No. 2 FBI official fired at the weekend by the attorney general, called his dismissal an attempt to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to a report by The New York Times. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe Friday night over allegations he authorized the disclosure of… -
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House Majority Leader Says Lawmakers Will Question FBI on Parkland ‘Failures’
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday that lawmakers will be looking into why law enforcement failed to act quickly in the Feb. 14 Parkland, Florida, shooting. “We will also have the FBI up here talking to the Oversight and Judiciary [committees] on where the failures happened and why, to make sure they can… -
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FBI Failed to Investigate Florida Shooter Despite Long History of Concerning Behavior
In the wake of the horrific shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County, Florida, news and social media once again lit up with calls to “do something” about gun violence. Despite a general lack of basic details surrounding the tragedy, many immediately (and erroneously) blamed President Donald Trump and Republicans for failing… -
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Podcast: The Florida Shooting, Gun Control, Mental Health, and the FBI
The Heritage Foundation’s John Malcolm joins us to discuss the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida. Democrats are already pushing for gun laws, and people are questioning why the FBI didn’t do more after a person with the same name as the shooter posted online about school shootings. Plus: some things you shouldn’t give up for… -
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2 Anti-Trump FBI Officials Also Used Private Email, Their Texts Indicate
Two FBI officials who exchanged anti-Trump text messages on government equipment during the 2016 presidential campaign also conducted official business over private email accounts, according to a Senate report. In one electronic text message on April 10, 2016, FBI official Peter Strzok told agency lawyer Lisa Page: “Gmailed you two drafts of what I’m thinking… -
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We Hear You: The State of the Union, the FBI, the Nunes Memo, and Faith at the Super Bowl
Editor's note: President Donald Trump's first official State of the Union address pleased many skeptics as well as supporters, polls say, and our mailbag reflects that. Don't forget to write us at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: What President Trump got right in the State of the Union address is speaking his mind and doing… -
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Watchdog Seeks Details on 2 FBI Officials Who Reviled Trump in Texts
A legal watchdog is pressing the Justice Department in court for documents that could allow Americans to decide for themselves whether politically motivated FBI officials compromised the bureau’s investigations of Hillary Clinton’s email habits and Russian election meddling. Judicial Watch, a conservative but nonpartisan foundation based in Washington, filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit… -
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Obama’s Interest in FBI Case Cited in Text Messages 2 Months Before Election
Barack Obama figures prominently in the newly released chain of electronic text messages between an FBI counterintelligence official and a bureau attorney who both expressed antipathy toward Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign. In a Sept. 2, 2016, text message to Peter Strzok, deputy assistant director of the FBI’s counterintelligence division, FBI lawyer Lisa… -
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Podcast: What You Need to Know About Nunes Memo, Allegations of FBI Bias
Does the Nunes memo prove a pattern of bias at the FBI and have implications for Robert Mueller’s probe of Russia and President Donald Trump? The Heritage Foundation’s John Malcolm joins us to answer those questions and more, as well as talk about what we can expect to see in a forthcoming inspector general report…