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February 2, 2021

Biden responds to slain FBI agents by saying 'vast majority' of agents are 'decent, honorable people'

President Biden expressed condolences to the families of two FBI agents killed while trying to serve a warrant in connection with a child pornography and violence against children investigation Tuesday, then added that the “vast, vast majority” of U.S. law enforcement officers were “decent, honorable people.”

February 2, 2021

Florida dispatch audio reveals chilling moment two FBI agents are fatally shot

Dispatch audio from the Broward County Sheriff's Office reveals the moments that two FBI agents were fatally shot and three more were injured while serving a search warrant in a child pornography case in South Florida early Tuesday morning."

February 2, 2021

FBI overhauled weapons, armor for agents after deadly Florida shootout 35 years ago

A shootout with an armed suspect that left two FBI agents dead and two more hospitalized while trying to serve a warrant in a child pornography case in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday morning is drawing parallels to another deadly gunfight in the Sunshine State from 35 years ago.

February 2, 2021

FBI's January gun background check statistics show people buying firearms at 'blistering pace,' expert says

The FBI conducted more than 4.3 million gun background checks in January 2021 – the highest number of checks completed during a single month in the agency’s recorded history – as one expert says the staggering figure indicates a "growing" demand for firearms from the American public.

February 2, 2021

FBI identifies slain agents who 'exemplified heroism' in Fort Lauderdale shootings

The FBI released the identities of two federal agents who were killed in a shooting early Tuesday morning as law enforcement officials attempted to serve a search warrant in a child pornography case to a suspect who barricaded himself inside his home in a Fort Lauderdale suburb.

February 1, 2021

Trey Gowdy slams probation sentence for former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith: 'Not a single day in prison'

"Fox News Primetime" host and former House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy criticized the sentence handed down to former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith after he pleaded guilty to falsifying a document in relation to the Russia investigation.

February 1, 2021

FBI taps Paul Abbate to serve as deputy director

FBI Director Christopher Wray has named longtime law enforcement official Paul M. Abbate to serve as his top aide

January 31, 2021

MTA worker, second NY man with bomb-making files identified as Proud Boys, face new Capitol conspiracy charges

Two men from New York, newly identified by the Justice Department as members of the Proud Boys, were slapped with additional conspiracy charges Friday in connection to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan.6.

January 30, 2021

Longtime DB Cooper suspect dies at 94, once admitted FBI 'had good reason to suspect me'

Another suspect of the decades-long manhunt passes away, further reducing the chances of the FBI ever solving the case.

January 29, 2021

FBI arrests Pa. woman who raided Capitol and said she wanted to shoot Pelosi 'in the friggin’ brain'

Two Pennsylvania women were arrested Friday for allegedly storming the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 breach and expressing intent to kill Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.