• WATCH: Watchdog tells Congress there were 'basic and fundamental errors' in Russia probe

    WATCH: Watchdog tells Congress there were 'basic and fundamental errors' in Russia probe

    Dec 11, 2019 06:20 PM EST

    ... he is concerned that “so many basic and fundamental errors" were made by the FBI as it investigated ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Inspector General Michael Horowitz is testifying before Congress beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Watch live in the video player above. Inspector General Michael Horowitz ...

  • WATCH: Trump mocks impeachment effort at Pennsylvania rally

    WATCH: Trump mocks impeachment effort at Pennsylvania rally

    Dec 10, 2019 11:13 PM EST

    ... remove Trump from office. During the rally, Trump also addressed the long-awaited release of the Justice Department report into the 2016 Russia investigation. The inspector general found that the FBI was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and that the FBI ...

  • Barr says FBI's Russia investigation was based on 'bogus narrative'

    Barr says FBI's Russia investigation was based on 'bogus narrative'

    Dec 10, 2019 10:03 PM EST

    The long-awaited report issued Monday rejected theories and criticism spread by Trump and his supporters, though it also found “serious performance failures” up the bureau’s chain of command that Republicans are citing as evidence that Trump was targeted by an unfair investigation. The review by Inspector General Michael ...

  • WATCH: House Democrats unveil 2 articles of impeachment against Trump

    WATCH: House Democrats unveil 2 articles of impeachment against Trump

    Dec 10, 2019 11:36 AM EST

    ... where Republicans have the majority. The president focused Monday on the long-awaited release of the Justice Department report into the 2016 Russia investigation. The inspector general found that the FBI was justified in opening its investigation into ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and that the FBI ...

  • Explosive investigative report says U.S. government misled public on war in Afghanistan

    Explosive investigative report says U.S. government misled public on war in Afghanistan

    Dec 09, 2019 11:40 PM EST

    ... out the harshest and most frank criticisms from the interviews." Did you get a sense of why that was? Craig Whitlock: Well, I asked the inspector general whose office was behind this project. I said, here you have these commanders and ambassadors and White House officials all saying what a ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Warren vs. Buttigieg, candidates of color

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Warren vs. Buttigieg, candidates of color

    Dec 09, 2019 11:30 PM EST

    ... report, the Justice Department's inspector general. Very quickly, in 30 seconds, what did you make of the response from President Trump and his attorney general?Tamara Keith: The response from President Trump and his attorney general was almost like they were looking at a different inspector general's report ...

  • WATCH: Partisan fireworks during Judiciary's second day of impeachment hearings

    WATCH: Partisan fireworks during Judiciary's second day of impeachment hearings

    Dec 09, 2019 03:44 PM EST

    ... is heading out for campaign rallies shifting attention away from the House. Over the weekend, he was focused on a related matter, the Justice Department inspector general's findings on the FBI's decisions to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election. The president has long called special counsel Robert ...

  • Health researchers disclose $188 million in conflicts of interest, NIH data suggests

    Health researchers disclose $188 million in conflicts of interest, NIH data suggests

    Dec 09, 2019 03:41 PM EST

    ... next with 294. While the worth of NIH-funded researchers’ financial conflicts of interest has not previously been made public, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services inspector general reported last year that the value of NIH grants associated with such conflicts was $1 billion in fiscal 2018.

  • Judiciary hearing sets the stage for impeachment charges against Trump

    Judiciary hearing sets the stage for impeachment charges against Trump

    Dec 09, 2019 02:16 PM EST

    ... is heading out for campaign rallies shifting attention away from the House. Over the weekend, Trump was focused on a related matter, the Justice Department Inspector General's findings into the FBI's decisions to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election. The president has long called special counsel Robert ...

  • Watchdog expected to find Russia probe valid, despite flaws

    Watchdog expected to find Russia probe valid, despite flaws

    Dec 08, 2019 08:40 PM EST

    ... seize control of the investigation, including by firing James Comey as FBI director, but declined to decide on whether Trump had illegally obstructed justice. The inspector general's investigation began in early 2018. It focuses in part on the FBI's surveillance of a former Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page ...