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August 7, 2020

Michigan US Attorney: Detroit Operation Legend agents confiscate body armor, weapons from drug-dealing criminals

Operation Legend agents deployed in Detroit are already making a positive difference, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Matthew Schneider told Fox News this week.

August 7, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: Attorney General Bill Barr's difficult dilemma: How to get politics out of DOJ

Now 70, AG Barr was enticed in 2019 to return to the Justice Department, 27 years after his first stint as the nation’s top law-enforcement officer.

August 6, 2020

Where is Jean Luc Brunel, the mysterious French modeling agent linked to Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking ring?

For the many women who allege to have been abused by the famed French modeling agent and Jeffrey Epstein associate, Jean Luc Brunel, justice has been non-existent.

August 6, 2020

Ex-Saudi intelligence official accuses Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in lawsuit of ordering torture, assassination

A former Saudi minister of state and intelligence official has filed an explosive lawsuit against Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, alleging that he “orchestrated an ongoing multi-year conspiracy by a Saudi government-sanctioned ‘death squad’ to torture and assassinate” the ex-intel officer on both U.S. and Canadian soil.

August 6, 2020

GOP senators introduce bill to allow judges to hold illegal immigrants who miss hearings in contempt

EXCLUSIVE: Two Republican senators on Wednesday introduced a bill that would allow immigration judges to hold illegal immigrants in contempt of court and issue arrest warrants if they miss their court proceedings -- a move the lawmakers say will also deal with the massive backlog of cases.

August 6, 2020

Trump says Sally Yates 'lying or grossly incompetent' on Comey testimony

President Trump said former deputy attorney general Sally Yates was either “lying or grossly incompetent” hours after she testified in front of the Senate over the FBI’s Russia investigation.

August 5, 2020

Sally Yates threw 'radioactive' Comey 'under the bus' at Senate hearing, Graham says

Former FBI Director James Comey has become "radioactive" as more details about his actions during the Russia investigation become public, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. told "Hannity" on Wednesday.

August 5, 2020

KT McFarland dismisses Yates claim Obama, Biden never directed Russia investigation: 'Somebody did'

Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates' claim that former President Barack Obama, former Vice President Joe Biden or National Security Adviser Susan Rice "did not in any way attempt to direct or influence" the Russia investigation doesn't hold up, former Deputy National Security Adviser KT McFarland told "The Story" Wednesday.

August 5, 2020

Appeals court tells parties in Flynn case to be ready for questions on judicial impartiality

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a brief order Wednesday on the dispute over the Justice Department's move to drop charges against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, told parties to be ready to answer questions about the effect of federal statutes on judicial impartiality on the case -- apparently indicating the court intends to discuss the impartiality of District Judge Emmet Sullivan.

August 5, 2020

Sen. Hawley takes Yates to task over FISA process, Steele contacts

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., grilled former deputy attorney general Sally Yates over her role in the use of Christopher Steele's dossier and FISA warrant applications to monitor former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, criticizing the Justice Department for a lack of accountability.