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August 15, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: Michael Flynn will lose battle but win war to end his prosecution

General Michael Flynn is going to lose the battle. That was the takeaway from Tuesday’s hearing before the D.C. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Flynn will eventually win the war, but President Trump’s first national security adviser is still in a slog, and there are more scraps ahead.

August 15, 2020

NYC man wanted for torching NYPD car busted after taunting feds

A Queens man wanted for allegedly torching a cop car had spray-painted “TOO LATE!” on his wall to taunt the feds — but he didn’t flee fast enough and FBI agents nabbed him anyway, Brooklyn prosecutors said.

August 14, 2020

Lisa Boothe: 'Hard to believe' FBI agents weren't trying to harm Trump during Russia investigation

“It’s hard to believe the FBI agents weren’t trying to harm President Trump," said "Outnumbered" panelist Lisa Boothe Friday in response to new developments in Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham's probe into the of the origins of the Russia investigation.

August 14, 2020

Family of children 'kidnapped' in Saudi calls on government for proof of life

The now legal rift between ex-intel top brass Saad Aljabri and Riyadh’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) continues to grow.

August 14, 2020

Trump suggests Clinesmith guilty plea 'just the beginning' of Durham probe fallout

President Trump said Friday the news that former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith will plead guilty to making a false statement is "just the beginning" of the fallout from U.S. Attorney John Durham's review of the Russia investigation.

August 14, 2020

US seizure of Iran fuel bound for Venezuela was largest confiscation of its kind ever, DOJ confirms

The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday announced the U.S. government’s “largest-ever” seizure of fuel shipments from Iran in a successful disruption of a multimillion-dollar shipment by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated foreign terrorist organization, that was bound for Venezuela.

August 13, 2020

Barr teases Friday 'development' in Durham probe, says investigation won't be 'dictated to' by election

There will be "a development" Friday in Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham's investigation into the orgins of the Russia investigation, Attorney General William Barr told Fox News' Sean Hannity in an exclusive interview Thursday. 

August 13, 2020

Barr warns Democrats 'playing with fire' over 'grossly irresponsible' mail-in voting push

The "reckless" push by Democrats to expand mail-in voting could raise "serious questions about the integrity of the election," Attorney General William Barr told "Hannity" in an exclusive interview Thursday.

August 13, 2020

Murder charge announced in killing of LeGend Taliferro, 4, whose death sparked Operation Legend

A Kansas prosecutor has announced charges in the killing of 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro, whose death led to the establishment of the Department of Justice's Operation Legend.

August 13, 2020

Justice Department says Yale illegally discriminates against Asian and White students in admissions

Yale University illegally discriminates against Asian American and White applicants during the admissions process, the Department of Justice said Thursday following an investigation.