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June 10, 2020

Gowdy suggests Durham focusing on Peter Strzok: He 'has his fingerprints on every aspect' of Russia probe

Fox News contributor Trey Gowdy told "The Daily Briefing" Wednesday that Attorney General Bill Barr was likely referring to former FBI agent Peter Strzok when Barr told Fox News that "some" of the names being scrutinized by Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham would be familiar. 

June 10, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: Progressive policing — Do we really want Washington in charge of all cops?

The federal government cannot even run its own limited law-enforcement missions properly.

June 10, 2020

Ken Starr predicts Durham report will show 'very substantial ... bill to pay' for FBI senior leadership

Former Independent Counsel Ken Starr told “Outnumbered Overtime” Wednesday that the beginning of the Russia investigation appears to have been “terribly politicized,” and predicted there will be “a very substantial … bill to pay on the part of the senior leadership of the FBI.”

June 10, 2020

Ex-DOJ employees sign letter calling for probe of Barr’s role in clearing Lafayette Square protesters

More than 1,250 former Justice Department employees have signed a letter calling for an investigation into Attorney General Bill Barr’s role in the clearing of Lafayette Square just before President Trump walked over to St. John’s Church on June 1. 

June 10, 2020

Jordan seeks DOJ briefing on Antifa, slams 'defund the police' push as 'complete insanity'

EXCLUSIVE: The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday requested a briefing from Attorney General Bill Barr on the Justice Department’s actions in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, covering everything from the federal civil rights investigation to the push to designate Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization. 

June 10, 2020

Doug Collins on Barr's Fox News interview: We were right about FBI wanting to 'get' Trump

Republicans were right about Obama-era members of the FBI wanting to "get" President Trump and his the-incoming administration, Georgia Republican Congressman Doug Collins stated Wednesday. 

June 10, 2020

George Floyd’s brother set to testify as Capitol Hill lawmakers consider police reform proposals

The death of George Floyd in police custody last month and a series of riots that followed in cities across the nation have set the backdrop for a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday on police reform proposals.

June 9, 2020

Barr says familiar names among those DOJ is investigating in Durham probe, calls findings 'very troubling'

Attorney General Bill Barr told Fox News' Bret Baier in an exclusive interview aired Tuesday that Americans will be able to recognize "some" of the names under investigation as part of U.S. Attorney John Durham's ongoing probe into federal surveillance abuses -- and that he is "very troubled" by "what has been called to" his attention so far.

June 9, 2020

Hawley urges DOJ to investigate potential bias in handling of Floyd protests, church services amid pandemic

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate whether state officials applied coronavirus restrictions differently to George Floyd protests than to religious gatherings.

June 9, 2020

Defund or dismantle the police? What it could mean

The aftermath of George Floyd's death while in Minneapolis police custody has brought with it a rallying cry from thousands of protesters, politicians, and community leaders across the country: defund or dismantle the police force.  But what would such a United States look like?