The case of the missing Federal Bureau of Investigation budget request was on full display Thursday, when senators repeatedly asked the law enforcement agency’s director what resources he needed Congress to provide in the upcoming fiscal year. FBI Director Kash Patel did not disclose a dollar amount, an unusual development …
Read More »FBI Arrests Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan
FBI agents arrested Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan on Friday, accusing her of obstructing an immigration enforcement action last week. Dugan was arrested at 8:30 a.m. at the county courthouse, according to the U.S. Marshal’s Service. She was scheduled to make an initial appearance in front of U.S. Magistrate Judge …
Read More »Trump Appoints Dan Bongino as Deputy FBI Director Amid Bureau Shake-Up
President Donald Trump has tapped Dan Bongino, a conservative commentator and former Fox News host, to serve as deputy director of the FBI, a position traditionally reserved for career FBI agents. Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and NYPD officer, will serve alongside newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel in …
Read More »Kash Patel Poised to Lead ATF in Dual Role as FBI Director
Kash Patel, recently confirmed as FBI director, is expected to take on another high-profile law enforcement role as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), according to a White House official and two sources familiar with the plan. The appointment, which could be formalized as early …
Read More »Senate Confirms Kash Patel as FBI Director, with Two Republicans Dissenting
All Senate Republicans, except two, voted on Thursday to confirm Kash Patel to a 10-year term as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump. In a 51-49 vote, the Senate GOP approved the 18th of Trump’s nominees just one month into …
Read More »Patel Breaks with Trump on Jan. 6 Pardons at FBI Confirmation Hearing
Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve a 10-year term as FBI director, distanced himself from Trump’s sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters, telling the Senate Judiciary Committee that he did not believe those who assaulted law enforcement officers deserved leniency. “I have always rejected any violence against law …
Read More »FBI Reports Significant Drop in Violent Crime Across the U.S. in 2023
Jimmy Williams The FBI’s newly released crime statistics reveal a significant decrease in violent crime across the United States last year, including a dramatic 12% drop in murders—the largest decline in decades. The data also show a 9% reduction in reported rapes and a slight decrease in hate crimes, which …
Read More »Despite What Some Politicians Say, Crime Rates Are Decreasing
Amanda Hernández, Oklahoma Voice Violent crime in the United States dropped significantly in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the same period last year, according to the FBI’s Quarterly Uniform Crime Report released earlier this month. The FBI’s data, collected from nearly 12,000 law enforcement agencies representing about 77% …
Read More »Grassley Says Calls To Defund The FBI Are ‘stupid’
Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said Friday that Republican calls to shut down and defund the FBI were “stupid,” though he shared concerns about “political bias” in the agency. Many Republicans, including U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Matt Gaetz of Florida and 2024 presidential …
Read More »Senate Probe Finds DHS, FBI Ignored ‘Massive’ Amount of Intel Before Jan. 6 Insurrection
The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation “failed to fulfill their mission” by dismissing or downplaying ominous intelligence in the weeks and days leading up to the deadly January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, according to a Senate investigation …
Read More »Alleged Pentagon Leaker Jack “OG” Teixeira Arrested by FBI
Julia COnley, Common Dreams Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guard member suspected of leaking hundreds of classified Pentagon documents to members of an online forum, was arrested Thursday in Dighton, Massachusetts after The New York Times reported on his alleged identity. CNN aired footage of Teixeira, who was known as …
Read More »New House Weaponization Panel To Probe FBI, IRS, ATF
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder U.S. House Democrats on Thursday urged the GOP lawmakers running the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government to work with them on genuine oversight investigations that weren’t political or focused on leveling grievances. Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin said during the panel’s …
Read More »U.S. Justice Department To Appeal Trump Special Master Order
Jacob Fischler, Louisiana Illuminator The U.S. Justice Department will appeal a Florida federal judge’s ruling this week appointing an independent arbiter to review thousands of sensitive materials the FBI seized from former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach residence, the department notified the court Thursday. Government prosecutors are also asking U.S. …
Read More »Trump-Appointed Judge Orders Halt to DOJ Review of Seized Materials
Political observers on Monday said U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon “engaged herself in obstruction of justice” by ruling that the U.S. Department of Justice must halt its review of materials seized at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago. Cannon, who was appointed by the former Republican president and …
Read More »DOJ Releases Photo of ‘Top Secret’ Documents Seized From Trump’s Home
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday released a photo of classified documents it retrieved from Donald Trump‘s Florida home earlier this month, the latest disclosure in its investigation into the former president’s removal of secret government records from the White House following his 2020 election loss. …
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