WASHINGTON (AP) — A 29-year-old gun-rights activist suspected of being a covert Russian agent was likely in contact with Kremlin operatives while living in the United States, prosecutors said Wednesday in court papers that also accused her of using sex and deception to forge influential connections. The woman, Maria Butina, was observed by the FBI…
Jul 12, 2018 4:11PM (GMT 21:11) – 1198 words WASHINGTON (AP) — An embattled FBI agent whose anti-Trump text messages exposed the Justice Department to claims of institutional bias launched a vigorous defense Thursday at an extraordinary congressional hearing that devolved into shouting matches, finger pointing and veiled references to personal transgressions. Peter Strzok testified…
By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is determined to not repeat any of the mistakes identified in a harshly critical watchdog report on the handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, Director Chris Wray told lawmakers at a congressional hearing Monday at which he repeatedly sought…
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey will “now officially go down as the worst leader, by far, in the history of the FBI,” President Donald Trump declared on Twitter Friday. “I did a great service to the people in firing him,” he wrote. It’s…
By DAVID A. LIEB , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Allegations of sexual misconduct and campaign finance violations against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens have been shared with federal authorities by a private attorney and a key lawmaker, according to testimony Thursday during a legislative hearing. The hearing by a special House committee considering…
By CATHERINE LUCEY , ASSOCIATED WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of rage against former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday, calling him “slippery,” insisting he never asked him for loyalty and labelling him “the WORST FBI Director in history, by far!” Trump fired off a series of tweets early Sunday ahead…
PHOENIX (AP) — Federal law enforcement authorities are in the process of seizing Backpage.com and its affiliated websites. A notice that appeared Friday afternoon at Backpage.com says the websites are being seized as part of an enforcement action by the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Internal Revenue Service. The notice doesn’t characterize or…
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Andrew McCabe, the onetime FBI deputy director long scorned by President Donald Trump and just fired by the attorney general, kept personal memos detailing interactions with the president that have been provided to the special counsel’s office and are similar to the notes compiled by dismissed FBI chief…
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he has fired Andrew McCabe, a former FBI deputy director who was a regular target of President Donald Trump’s anger and criticism, just two days before McCabe’s scheduled retirement date. McCabe suggested the move was part of the Trump administration’s “war on the…
By SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman close to the man charged with killing 17 people at a Florida high school warned the FBI in chilling detail that he had a growing collection of guns and a temper so uncontrollable she worried about him “getting into a school and just shooting the place…