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31 May 2017, 10:44 am by Jon Brodkin
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Sergey Balakhnichev) Five Democratic senators today asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to find out who was behind attacks on the Federal Communications Commission's public commenting system. [read post]
26 May 2017, 11:58 am by Legal Talk Network
On May 9th, 2017, President Trump fired James Comey, the seventh Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [read post]
26 May 2017, 6:51 am by Aditya Bamzai
  It directs Mueller “to conduct the investigation confirmed by then-FBI Director James B. [read post]
26 May 2017, 6:34 am by Jonathan Spontarelli
The requests came in the days after then-FBI Director James Comey publicly confirmed the FBI was probing the Trump-Russia connection in his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on March 20. [read post]
25 May 2017, 9:40 am by Kent Scheidegger
Wainstein, a Republican and widely respected defense lawyer, is seen as having the bona fides and experience to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation after the abrupt firing on May 9 of former Director James Comey, according to Justice Department officials.But at least one action in his background could pose a challenge to his nomination. [read post]
24 May 2017, 2:27 pm by Benjamin Wittes
It’s usually done through counsel, of course, and it’s not usually done to the FBI itself, much less to the FBI director personally. [read post]
23 May 2017, 3:19 am by Mark Astarita
I will leave that discussion for another day but would remind readers that the impeachment of President Nixon had, at its core, obstruction of justice, charging the President with a variety of acts, including4) Interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force and congressional committees.Before I get a… [read post]
22 May 2017, 7:15 am
These statements make clear his intent was to interfere with the ongoing FBI investigations, which is potentially obstruction of justice, a federal crime. [read post]
22 May 2017, 5:30 am by Justin Florence
Last week’s New York Times story detailing Benjamin Wittes’s conversations with then-FBI Director James Comey and Wittes’s own Lawfare post describe in some detail Director Comey’s concerns about inappropriate White House contacts with the Department of Justice. [read post]
22 May 2017, 2:42 am
 This is agent Josh, we were sent by the Acting Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation (Andrew G. [read post]
20 May 2017, 7:19 am by Andrew Kent
The order by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointing Mueller states: (b) The Special Counsel is authorized to conduct the investigation confirmed by then-FBI Director James B. [read post]
20 May 2017, 7:00 am by joanheminway
The POTUS, according to some reports, asked former Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") Director James Comey to pledge his loyalty. [read post]
20 May 2017, 7:00 am by joanheminway
The POTUS, according to some reports, asked former Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") Director James Comey to pledge his loyalty. [read post]
19 May 2017, 8:58 am by Quinta Jurecic
  It was not just an isolated mistake; the series of public statements about the email investigation, in my opinion, departed from the proper role of the FBI Director and damaged public confidence in the Bureau and the Department. [read post]
18 May 2017, 10:31 am by Rachel Bercovitz
McGahn II, on January 4 that he was under federal investigation for having worked as a lobbyist for Turkey during the campaign, the New York Times reports. [read post]
17 May 2017, 2:42 pm by Kent Scheidegger
The WSJ reports:President Donald Trump is meeting on Wednesday with four candidates to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation, including Acting Director Andrew McCabe and former Sen. [read post]
The first is to insulate the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from undue pressure being exerted upon him from superiors in the Executive Branch. [read post]
17 May 2017, 9:07 am by William Theisen
Representative Jason Chaffetz [official website], chairman of the House Oversight Committee [official website], sent a letter [text, PDF] to the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations on Tuesday requesting "all memoranda, notes, summaries, and recordings referring or relating to communications between [fired FBI Director James] Comey and [President Donald] Trump. [read post]