Attorney General William Barr said on Tuesday that special counsel Robert Mueller did not help him draft a four-page summary of the Russia investigation final report. The revelation came during a House Appropriations panel hearing on the proposed Justice Department budget, which Democrats quickly refocused on the Mueller investigation…
Senate Judiciary Committee Delays Vote on Barr..
The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed a vote Tuesday on William Barr’s nomination for attorney general as Democrats’ voiced concerns on how Barr will handle special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian election meddling. At Tuesday’s committee meeting, Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said she remains troubled over a memo Barr wrote last […]
Attorney General Nominee William Barr Asserts Independence from White House…
Attorney general nominee William Barr professed his independence from President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying that Robert Mueller isn’t involved in a “witch hunt” and that he wouldn’t fire the special counsel without a good reason. In his testimony, Barr told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he didn’t think Mueller “would be involved in a […]
William Barr’s Take on Mueller’s ‘Obstruction’ Theory…
Key Moments from William Barr’s Confirmation Hearing…
Acting AG Matthew Whitaker Finally Cleared to Oversee Trump-Russia Investigation…
Many likely thought that Matt Whitaker, the man appointed by President Trump to temporarily take over for departed (do-nothing) Attorney General Jeff Sessions, was already overseeing the Trump-Mueller investigation. Not so. Enemies of POTUS Trump attempted to force Whitaker to recuse himself, thus shielding the Mueller investigation from any real/non-biased, oversight. Whitaker did his due […]
Here’s Some Background on Trump’s Attorney General Nominee, William Barr…
President Trump announced that he is nominating William Barr as attorney general to take the place of Jeff Sessions and Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker at the Justice Department. Who is William Barr? The job isn’t new to Barr, who served as attorney general for roughly 14 months under President George H. W. Bush. Prior […]
Trump Eviscerates Sessions: ‘I don’t have an attorney general’ (VIDEO)…
President Trump in an Oval Office interview with Hill.TV launched one of his most ferocious broadsides to date against Jeff Sessions, suggesting the attorney general was essentially AWOL and performing badly on a variety of issues. “I don’t have an attorney general. It’s very sad,” Trump told Hill.TV in an extensive and freewheeling interview Tuesday […]
601 People Charged in Massive, $2B Healthcare Scam…
The Justice Department on Thursday announced its largest-ever healthcare fraud enforcement action, and charged 601 people, including 165 medical professions, for making false medical claims worth $2 billion, a quarter of which was related to opioids. “This is the most fraud, the most defendants, and the most doctors ever charged in a single operation — […]
The Case For and Against a Special Counsel Investigation of DOJ and FBI…
A second special counsel might investigate any or all of the following: possible criminal violations by senior FBI and DOJ officials in obtaining a warrant to spy on a former Trump campaign volunteer, the bureau’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server to send classified information and whether senior […]
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