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6 Mar 2022, 4:31 am
"When Trump says repeatedly that he fired the F.B.I. director James Comey because of the Russia investigation, Barr spins it as, 'Unfortunately, President Trump exacerbated things himself with his clumsy miscues, notably making imprecise comments in an interview with NBC News’s Lester Holt and joking around with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador the day after firing Comey.' The just-joking defense is a favorite for Barr, as it is for the former… [read post]
5 Nov 2020, 7:56 am
These include the director of the F.B.I., Christopher Wray; the Attorney General, William Barr; the director of the C.I.A., Gina Haspel; and, even in the midst of the pandemic, the nation’s top infectious-disease expert, Dr. [read post]
16 Oct 2020, 12:06 am by Gene Takagi
” NY Times“President Trump spoke positively about an extremist conspiracy-theory group, expressed skepticism about mask-wearing, rebuked his own F.B.I. director and attacked the legitimacy of the 2020 election in a televised town hall forum on Thursday, veering far away from a focused campaign appeal. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 11:47 am
The danger of these groups was brought home on Thursday with the announcement that the F.B.I. had thwarted a plot by people associated with an extremist group in Michigan to kidnap Gov. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The dates were added to notes of former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and former FBI agent Peter Strzok and should have been removed before the documents were scanned by agency headquarters, the Justice Department told a judge weighing its request to dismiss the former Trump national security adviser’s prosecution. [read post]
14 Sep 2020, 8:41 am by Nathaniel Sobel
” A more recent story from the Times added that “critics” of the assessment “have focused on the fact that the National Security Agency had a lower level of confidence than the C.I.A. and the F.B.I. on the conclusion that Mr. [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 5:04 pm
., whom he has falsely accused of spying on his campaign, as well as the people who investigated his associates, including the former F.B.I. director James B. [read post]
19 Jun 2020, 3:01 pm by Matt Gluck
In recent days, two more Black individuals were found hanging in public places, and the F.B.I opened a hate crimes investigation after it discovered nooses attached to trees in an Oakland park. [read post]
1 May 2020, 12:32 pm by Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes
Over the last few days, the president’s supporters have taken a brief break from COVID-19, the economic collapse, and the 2020 presidential campaign to fixate anew on the case of General Michael Flynn. [read post]
11 Mar 2020, 2:20 pm by Charlotte Butash, Margaret Taylor
  Some key quotes from the article are as follows: The bill would extend the three expiring tools—like the F.B.I. [read post]
15 Jan 2020, 8:34 am by Benjamin Wittes
Editor’s Note: This post is part of a Lawfare series covering Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report on the FBI’s “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation, which explored possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 11:21 am
/There’s a Dire Threat to the Country I Love/The rule of law is the principle that protects every American from the abuse of monarchs, despots and tyrants" (NYT).William Webster was director of the F.B.I. from 1978-1987 and director of the C.I.A. from 1987-1991.He is 95 years old. [read post]
11 Dec 2019, 11:07 am
Horowitz was responding to [Senator Lindsey] Graham’s mention of an Op-Ed by the former F.B.I. director James B. [read post]
5 Nov 2019, 4:07 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
They have already been put to a host of nefarious uses, from smuggling contraband into prisons to swarming F.B.I. agents who were preparing for a raid. [read post]