Tag: FBI

Former National Security Officials Urge Congress to Investigate FBI’s Security Clearances After Durham Report Findings

A group of former national security officials is calling on Congress to investigate the FBI’s handling of security clearances after special counsel John Durham concluded that the bureau behaved recklessly in its handling of a 2016 investigation of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. Former national security adviser Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, former Secretary of Veteran Affairs…


House Appropriator Shares Growing GOP Support to Cut DOJ, FBI Budget Amid Political Woes

Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.), a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee that handles the budget for the U.S. Department of Justice, said Republicans are gathering in support to cut the department’s budget. Cline, who is a member of the staunchly conservative House Freedom Caucus, said members of the caucus are leaning on House Speaker Kevin…


Legal Experts Say DOJ’s Case Against Trump Won’t Be ‘Speedy’

Although former President Donald Trump was arraigned Tuesday and prosecutors promised a “speedy trial,” some analysts have said that it’s likely not going to be the case. Special counsel Jack Smith indicted Trump with over three dozen charges in connection to whether he allegedly mishandled classified records. Smith, in a statement last week, said that he…


Federal Agencies Routinely Spy on Phone Calls, Texts, Emails of American Citizens, Experts Say

Despite the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment, which prohibits warrantless government searches, U.S. agencies are proving to be ever more intrusive in their routine surveillance of Americans’ speech and activities. Often working in collaboration with private companies and banks, agencies like the FBI have been misusing laws against foreign terrorism to vacuum up and sift through the…


FBI Deputy Director Defends Redactions in Document Given to Congress Alleging Biden Bribery Scheme

FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate has admitted that the agency redacted parts of a document it handed over to Republican lawmakers last week that the GOP says contained references to alleged audio recordings between a Burisma executive and President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden. Abbate made the admission during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on June 13 while being questioned…


Nearly 20,000 Illegal Queries of Campaign Donors by Intel Agencies Draws Bipartisan Anger

U.S. intelligence agencies used an expansive foreign surveillance tool to spy on 19,000 campaign donors, among whom only eight had suspected foreign ties that qualified for the use of the authority, prompting condemnation from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) during a June 13 hearing. Limited authority to gather foreign intelligence information is granted…


Has ‘Get Trump’ for Election 2024 Already Started?

The DOJ has interfered in the last two election cycles—from Russia collusion in 2016 to 2020’s Russian disinformation. So what’s in store for 2024? It’s a combination of the two—with the DOJ indicting Trump under the espionage act, and the FBI shielding Biden from investigations into his deals with foreign officials. And that’s only what…


[PREMIERING NOW] Has ‘Get Trump’ for Election 2024 Already Started?

The DOJ has interfered in the last two election cycles—from Russia collusion in 2016 to 2020’s Russian disinformation. So what’s in store for 2024? It’s a combination of the two—with the DOJ indicting Trump under the espionage act, and the FBI shielding Biden from investigations into his deals with foreign officials. And that’s only what…


[PREMIERING at 9:15PM ET] Has ‘Get Trump’ for Election 2024 Already Started?

The DOJ has interfered in the last two election cycles—from Russia collusion in 2016 to 2020’s Russian disinformation. So what’s in store for 2024? It’s a combination of the two—with the DOJ indicting Trump under the espionage act, and the FBI shielding Biden from investigations into his deals with foreign officials. And that’s only what…


Sen. Cruz Confronts Top FBI Official About Bribery Allegations Against Biden

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) grilled FBI deputy director Paul Abbate at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Oversight of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Related Surveillance Authorities” on Tuesday. He accused the FBI of “stonewalling” on issues regarding President Joe Biden. …