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6 days ago2 min read
Bongino, Now #2 At FBI, Vows To 'Stay Out Of The Political Space'
In his last podcast, right-wing provocateur Dan Bongino made a promise. Becoming deputy FBI director would require a stark change in...
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Crime and Justice News
7 days ago2 min read
Patel Quickly Decentralizes FBI Command Structure
FBI Director Kash Patel is pushing ahead with a plan to decentralize the agency’s command structure and divide the bureau into three...
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7 days ago2 min read
Trump Says He'll Nix Plan To Move FBI Headquarters To Maryland
President Trump threw cold water on the plans to build a new FBI headquarters in Maryland, adding new uncertainty into a contentious and...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 122 min read
Will Kash Patel Use The FBI To Target Left-Wing Activists?
Fears are mounting that newly appointed director of the FBI, Kash Patel, will make good on past comments about crackdowns on...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 42 min read
FBI Turmoil Claims Job of Top NYC Agent
The leader of the FBI's largest field office, in New York City, said he was forced out of his job following clashes with Justice...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 282 min read
Patel Tells FBI Agents Public Trust In Bureau Is Improving
For weeks, FBI agents waited for the arrival of their new director, Kash Patel, who has spent years bashing the bureau for its...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 261 min read
What Does Patel's Deputy Director Pick Mean For The FBI?
On Sunday, FBI Director Kash Patel tapped as his deputy director Dan Bongino — a bombastic podcast host who has never worked at the FBI...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 222 min read
Patel Taps Pundit Bongino, Moves 1,500 FBI Employees From D.C.
Dan Bongino, a former New York City police officer and Secret Service agent turned right-wing pundit and podcaster, will be deputy FBI...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 212 min read
Patel Survives 51-49 Vote To Win Job As Trump's FBI Director
Despite a unified Democratic front opposed to his nomination, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Kash Patel to lead the FBI. In a 51-49...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 141 min read
Panel Puts Patel On Track To Win FBI Director Confirmation
Kash Panel is headed for confirmation as FBI director after a 12-10 party-line vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance his...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 102 min read
Judge Stops Trump From Releasing List Of FBI Employees In Jan. 6 Cases
A federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration from making public a list of FBI officials who were involved in cases...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 72 min read
Senate Panel Delays Vote On Patel As Democrats Slam Him Again
Senate Democrats took some of their last shots at FBI director nominee Kash Patel, as the Judiciary Committee prepares to vote on whether...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 52 min read
FBI Agents Sue DOJ Over Trump Investigation Employee List
FBI agents sued the Justice Department to stop it from releasing a list of employees who participated in investigations of President...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 12 min read
Legal Challenges Likely As DOJ Ousts FBI Executives, Agents
A Justice Department official ordered the firing of at least eight senior FBI executives and a sweeping examination of the work of...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 312 min read
Patel Doesn't Say If He Would Use FBI To Investigate His Enemies
Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick to head the F.B.I., evaded the question of whether he would investigate officials on a published list...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 312 min read
Senior FBI Leaders Told To Leave Agency By Monday
At least six senior FBI leaders have been ordered to retire, resign or be fired by Monday, CNN reports. The senior officials are at the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 301 min read
Patel Vows FBI Will Fight Violent Crime, Democrats Attack Him
As the Senate Judiciary Committee began a hearing Thursday on Kash Patel's nomination to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 292 min read
Warrantless Search By FBI Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Judge
A case that started a decade ago with a New York City man’s arrest at John F. Kennedy Airport for allegedly trying to join a Pakistani...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 282 min read
Justices To Say Whether Feds Must Pay For SWAT Raid At Wrong House
In 2017, an FBI SWAT team smashed in the front door of an Atlanta family’s home in the pre-dawn hours, detonated a flashbang grenade and...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 282 min read
Facing Confirmation Hearing, Patel Called 'Openly Hostile' To FBI
Kash Patel spent years ingratiating himself with Donald Trump — regularly popping into the Oval Office in the first term, writing a...
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