Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson requests the FBI release information related to interactions with DOJ official Bruce Ohr and former lawyer Michael Sussmann. The Republican senator sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, asking to share information on the bureau’s interactions with the two. The letter claims former FBI General Counsel James Baker met with Sussmann, who is now an attorney with Perkins Coie.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes is pointing to new evidence of political bias at the Obama-era FBI.
A federal judge rules against Jeff Sessions DOJ policy of withholding grant funding from so-called sanctuary cities. On Friday, Judge William Orrick of the northern district of California, called the series of enforcement laws move unconstitutional.
The battle over net neutrality rages on as the Department of Justice goes after the state of California for signing a bill on the issue.
As Rod Rosenstein feels the heat of stepping down from the Justice Department, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is the perfect example of an official in the Trump DOJ who best represents how a top official can plummet from grace. One America’s Marty Golingan has more on the rise and fall of Jeff Sessions.
The New York Times is defending its report Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed secretly recording President Trump, in an effort to remove him from office. Deputy managing editor of the Times Matt Purdy released a statement Saturday, saying the paper stands with Mike Schmidt and Adam Goldman who broke the story.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein releases a second statement, denying claims he wanted to secretly tape President Trump with the aim of removing him from office. Rosenstein said Friday, he never pursued or authorized any surveillance of the president, and the idea that he was looking to invoke the 25th amendment — as reported by The New York Times — is absolutely false.
We may soon learn important new details surrounding alleged bias within the Department of Justice at the outset of the Russia probe. One America’s Luke Glaze has more on the bombshell announcement from the White House.
A new report says President Trump is prepared to declassify key documents, shedding light on the origins of the special counsel’s investigation. One America’s Alex Salvi takes a look at the fight over Carter Page’s FISA warrant.