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October 24, 2019

Flustered Rachel Maddow defends Russia investigation as Durham probe shifts to criminal inquiry

MSNBC star Rachel Maddow was on the defensive Thursday night after multiple reports said the Justice Department investigation into the origins of the Russia inquiry had shifted into a criminal probe.

October 24, 2019

Michael Horowitz: Finalizing of FISA probe report 'nearing completion'

Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz told Senate and House lawmakers Thursday that the process of finalizing his report into potential Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuses ahead of the 2016 presidential election was "nearing completion," according to a letter obtained by Fox News.

October 22, 2019

Durham's probe into possible FBI misconduct expanded based on new evidence, sources say

Fox News has confirmed that U.S. Attorney John Durham's investigations into the origins of the FBI's 2016 Russia investigation expanded based on new evidence uncovered during a recent trip to Rome with Attorney General Bill Barr.

October 20, 2019

Medicare fraud cases settled for $7.1M after knee braces, injections deemed unnecessary

Seven former Osteo Relief Institute clinics accused of billing Medicare for unnecessary knee braces and injections to treat osteoarthritis have agreed to pay more than $7.1 million in a settlement, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday.

October 17, 2019

DOJ settles with Texas-based Taco Bell franchises in immigration-related discrimination case

The Justice Department (DOJ) has reached a settlement with two Texas-based companies that own and operate several dozen Taco Bell franchises over immigration-related discrimination, it announced Thursday.

October 17, 2019

California doctor found guilty in $12M Medicare scheme; single-use catheters repackaged

A California doctor was found guilty Wednesday for his role in a $12 million Medicare scheme where he falsely diagnosed patients in order to give them unnecessary procedures, overbilled Medicare for said procedures and also repackaged used, contaminated catheters for use on other patients, the Justice Department said.

October 16, 2019

IG report on possible Russia investigation misconduct is still in declassification process: source

The long-awaited report from the Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz on potential surveillance abuses by intelligence officials during the 2016 Russia investigation is still in the declassification process, a DOJ official told Fox News on Wednesday.

October 11, 2019

DOJ reveals no Mueller grand jury material shared with any foreign government

The Justice Department disclosed in a court filing Friday that no protected information from the grand jury empaneled by then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller was shared with any foreign government.

October 11, 2019

Former DIA employee accused of leaking top secret information to reporters released on bond

Henry Frese, the counterterrorism analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency accused of leaking classified government information to two journalists, including one with whom he was romantically involved, was released Friday on bond. 

October 10, 2019

Carter Page frustrated he hasn't been interviewed in IG probe

Former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page confirmed to Fox News on Thursday that he has not been interviewed by the Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz as part of his probe into potential surveillance abuses by intelligence officials in the run-up to the 2016 elections.