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18 Feb 2019, 3:07 pm by Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes
Second, McCabe also puts on the record for the first time both confirmation of and details behind a more recent New York Times story—this one about the opening of the counterintelligence and criminal investigations against Trump after James Comey’s firing. [read post]
14 Feb 2019, 1:54 pm by Lev Sugarman
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said in an interview for 60 Minutes that will run on Sunday that following Trump’s dismissal of FBI Director James Comey, Justice Department leadership discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office, according to the Times. [read post]
14 Feb 2019, 9:07 am
Pelley added....Funny that the key quotes come from Pelley, not McCabe.Trump has tweeted this reaction:Disgraced FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe pretends to be a “poor little Angel” when in fact he was a big part of the Crooked Hillary Scandal & the Russia Hoax - a puppet for Leakin’ James Comey. [read post]
30 Jan 2019, 4:00 am by Margaret Taylor
With the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives sporting an aggressive oversight agenda on national security and foreign policy issues, it’s only a matter of time before a raft of congressional subpoenas are fired off from Capitol Hill. [read post]
19 Jan 2019, 8:28 am by Lev Sugarman
After the New York Times reported on Jan. 11 that the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation into the president following his firing of FBI Director James Comey, David Kris explored the revelations while Jack Goldsmith weighed whether the opening of the investigation cut against the premise of Article II. [read post]
18 Jan 2019, 6:00 am by Stephen Bates
“[W]e do not hold press conferences to release derogatory information about the subject of a declined criminal investigation,” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote in 2017, concerning then-FBI director James Comey. [read post]
18 Jan 2019, 5:30 am by Gene Takagi
Notable Events of the Week: “In the days after President Trump fired James B. [read post]
16 Jan 2019, 2:15 pm
   He followed this up by saying that if a president tried to coach a witness or offer a pardon in return for false testimony, such actions may amount to obstruction of justice, but reiterated his skepticism about Mueller potentially investigating obstruction of justice by the president in connection with the firing of James Comey. [read post]
15 Jan 2019, 10:13 am by Hadley Baker
Stewart Baker explored the recent revelations of the FBI opening a counterintelligence probe into President Trump following the president’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey, and explained why he believes the Justice Department inspector general should review the matter. [read post]
15 Jan 2019, 4:11 am
The rank and file of the FBI are great people who are disgusted with what they are learning about Lyin’ James Comey and the so-called “leaders” of the FBI. [read post]
14 Jan 2019, 7:53 pm by Tom Smith
Reacting to Donald Trump’s fury over a New York Times report that said the FBI investigated whether the president was working for Russia after he fired James Comey, Comey himself tweeted a quote by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. [read post]
14 Jan 2019, 11:06 am by Mikhaila Fogel
ICYMI: Last Weekend on Lawfare Matthew Kahn shared a special edition of the Lawfare Podcast in which Benjamin Wittes spoke with Carrie Cordero, Chuck Rosenberg, David Kris, Jack Goldsmith and Susan Hennessey about the New York Times's report that the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation of Donald Trump after the president fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. [read post]
14 Jan 2019, 5:36 am by Staci Zaretsky
* In this bombshell report, it was revealed that almost immediately after President Trump fired former FBI director James Comey, the agency launched a criminal and counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump was working on Russia's behalf. [read post]
13 Jan 2019, 6:16 am by Jack Goldsmith
  The New York Times reported on Jan. 11 that the FBI “began investigating whether President Trump had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests” soon after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. [read post]
12 Jan 2019, 4:05 pm by David Kris
The New York Times has reported that, in the wake of President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, the bureau opened a counterintelligence investigation into the president. [read post]
12 Jan 2019, 2:07 pm by Matthew Kahn
Benjamin Wittes talks to Carrie Cordero, Chuck Rosenberg, David Kris, Jack Goldsmith and Susan Hennessey about the New York Times's report that the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation of Donald Trump after the president fired Director James Comey in May 2017. [read post]
12 Jan 2019, 4:52 am by William Ford
On Friday evening, the New York Times reported that in the days after President Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey, federal law enforcement officials become so concerned with the president’s conduct that they opened a counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump was acting on behalf of Russia against U.S. interests. [read post]
11 Jan 2019, 5:43 pm by Benjamin Wittes
Today, the New York Times is reporting that in the days following the firing of James Comey, the FBI opened an investigation of President Trump. [read post]
11 Jan 2019, 1:30 pm
” The memo questions the scope of Mueller’s investigation, and it argues that Mueller should not be permitted to demand answers from the president about possible obstruction of justice based on attempts by Trump to pressure former FBI Director James Comey to drop his investigation of Trump’s ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. [read post]