New FBI Headquarters Issue Delayed $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill
Release of a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package with many add-ons took longer than expected, as Democrats negotiated over the...
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Dec 2, 20222 min read
FBI, Indian Affairs Bureau Agree On Improving Probes In Indian Country
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the FBI and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) signed an agreement to establish guidelines to...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 2, 20222 min read
Comey, McCabe Tax Audits Were Likely Random, IRS Watchdog Finds
An Internal Revenue Service watchdog said it "did not identify misconduct" in the audits of former FBI Director James Comey and his top...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 17, 20222 min read
Many FBI Workers Sympathized With Jan. 6 Rioters, Insider Says
A "sizable percentage" of FBI employees felt sympathy towards the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, and considered the riot at the U.S. Capitol...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 26, 20222 min read
Republicans' Relationship With FBI Dwindles After Mar-a-Lago Search
Asked about the House GOP’s relationship with the FBI, Rep. Matt Gaetz — the pro-Trump Florida conservative who apparently will avoid...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 14, 20222 min read
FBI Agents Make 6,000 Arrests In Violent Crime Cases
More than 6,000 people were arrested by FBI agents as part of a joint effort with local law enforcement agencies to help combat violent...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 24, 20222 min read
At Halfway Point in Term, FBI's Wray Faces Rising Criticism
Chris Way reached the halfway mark of his ten-year term as FBI director being personally targeted by Make America Great Again Donald...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 22, 20222 min read
Lawmakers Seek 'Immediate Action' Over Social Media Threats to FBI
The leaders of two House committees sent letters to eight social media companies demanding that they take “immediate action” to address...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 19, 20221 min read
Judge Gives DOJ Until Thursday To File Redacted Mar-a-Lago Affidavit
The Florida judge who signed the search warrant for former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence gave the Department of Justice until...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 16, 20222 min read
Will GOP Call To 'Defund the FBI' Allow Dems To Gain Politically?
Republicans used the "defund the police" slogan after George Floyd's murder to paint the Democratic Party as radical. Since the FBI's...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 14, 20222 min read
Trump Lawyer Said All Classified Material Had Gone Back to Officials
A lawyer for former President Trump signed a statement in June asserting that all material marked classified and held in storage at...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 12, 20221 min read
Trump, Garland Agree Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Should Be Released
The Justice Department asked a Florida judge to unseal the warrant FBI agents used to search former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 12, 20222 min read
Police Kill Man Who Attacked FBI Office in Cincinnati
An armed man suspected of attempting an attack on an FBI building in Cincinnati was shot and killed by police. Ricky Shiffer, 42, was...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 11, 20221 min read
FBI Refusal to Discuss Mar-a-Lago Plays Into Trump Hands
The FBI search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home Monday has prompted days of global news coverage and commentary on...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 5, 20222 min read
FBI's Wray Says U.S. Faces Rising Threats From Terrorism, Violence
FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Americans face increasing threats from domestic terrorism and...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 17, 20221 min read
FBI Doesn't Issue Crime Data For Fifth Consecutive Quarter
The FBI failed to release crime estimates for the fifth straight quarter because not enough agencies reported data, The Trace reports....
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 14, 20221 min read
Ex-FBI Official Faulted For Unsupervised Media Contacts
A former senior FBI official who oversaw the bureau’s politically sensitive investigations in 2016 into Hillary Clinton’s use of a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 2, 20222 min read
NPR Sues Federal Agencies For Documents on Floyd Protests
National Public Radio (NPR) filed a freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the FBI and other...
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Crime and Justice News
May 20, 20222 min read
FBI Still Failing to Address White Supremacist Violence, Ex-Agent Says
The FBI is failing to address the rising scourge of white supremacist violence despite stark warnings that such attacks pose the greatest...
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Crime and Justice News
May 10, 20222 min read
FBI's Next Set of National Crime Data May Be A 'Big Mess'
Crime—particularly the spike in murder over the past two years—is thought to be weighing heavily on the minds of voters. When the FBI...
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