• What’s ahead for the impeachment inquiry?

    What’s ahead for the impeachment inquiry?

    Dec 02, 2019 11:55 PM EDT

    ... through the House altogether. I want to point out a couple other dates in December that may affect everything. December 9, that's when the inspector general at the Department of Justice releases a report about the FBI's handling of the Russia investigation. That's something Republicans say will ...

  • News Wrap: China bars U.S. military from Hong Kong

    News Wrap: China bars U.S. military from Hong Kong

    Dec 02, 2019 11:50 PM EDT

    ... his car at a stop sign near his home. He acknowledged that he had had a few drinks. But Mayor Lori Lightfoot said today an inspector general's report showed that Johnson was not truthful with her. Lori Lightfoot: Eddie Johnson intentionally lied to me several times, even when I ...

  • Chicago mayor fires city’s top cop over ‘ethical lapses’

    Chicago mayor fires city’s top cop over ‘ethical lapses’

    Dec 02, 2019 09:02 PM EDT

    ... drinks. Named to the job in the wake of a police shooting that killed a black teenager, Johnson was dismissed after the mayor reviewed an inspector general’s report and video evidence related to the night in mid-October when officers discovered Johnson unconscious in his SUV. He initially blamed ...

  • AP Fact Check: Trump’s Ukraine defense collides with facts

    AP Fact Check: Trump’s Ukraine defense collides with facts

    Nov 30, 2019 09:21 PM EDT

    ... try some form of retribution attack, and we are postured and prepared for that.” The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency warned this month in an inspector general’s report that IS was expected to rebuild its capability to attack the West now that counterterrorism efforts by U.S. and allied ...

  • Report finds U.S. lacked technology to properly document separated families

    Report finds U.S. lacked technology to properly document separated families

    Nov 27, 2019 10:17 PM EDT

    ... some parents languishing in custody for weeks without knowing the location of their children. The report by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General found the agency lacked proper systems when Border Patrol agents took children from parents set to be criminally prosecuted for illegal entry. Most ...

  • Official says White House gave Navy go-ahead on Gallagher

    Official says White House gave Navy go-ahead on Gallagher

    Nov 24, 2019 05:40 PM EDT

    ... the Navy of trying to remove the SEAL designation in retaliation for Trump’s decision to restore his rank. Gallagher filed a complaint with the inspector general accusing Rear Adm. Collin Green, the Naval Special Warfare commander, of insubordination for defying Trump's actions. Speaking Sunday on “Fox & Friends,” Gallagher ...

  • News Wrap: DOJ report finds political bias did not affect FBI’s Russia probe

    News Wrap: DOJ report finds political bias did not affect FBI’s Russia probe

    Nov 22, 2019 11:55 PM EDT

    ... FBI's probe of links between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia. The Washington Post, The New York Times and others say the department's inspector general makes that finding in a forthcoming There's word that a former FBI lawyer allegedly altered a document on surveillance of a Trump ...

  • FBI lawyer suspected of altering Russia probe document

    FBI lawyer suspected of altering Russia probe document

    Nov 22, 2019 09:25 PM EDT

    ... touted news reports about the allegations to assert that the FBI had tried to “overthrow the presidency.” The allegation is part of a Justice Department inspector general investigation into the early days of the FBI’s Russia probe, which was ultimately taken over by special counsel Robert Mueller and resulted ...

  • Epstein’s death was a ‘perfect storm of screw-ups,’ says AG Barr

    Epstein’s death was a ‘perfect storm of screw-ups,’ says AG Barr

    Nov 22, 2019 05:14 PM EDT

    ... by the numerous irregularities at the New York jail where Epstein was being held. But he said after the FBI and the Justice Department’s inspector general continued to investigate, he realized there were a "series" of mistakes made that gave Epstein the chance to take his own life. “I ...

  • Trump defends rank of Navy SEAL acquitted of murdering a militant captive

    Trump defends rank of Navy SEAL acquitted of murdering a militant captive

    Nov 21, 2019 04:43 PM EDT

    ... This case was handled very badly from the beginning” and he urged those involved to “Get back to business!” Gallagher filed a complaint with the inspector general accusing a rear admiral of insubordination for defying Trump’s actions. Rear Adm. Collin Green is the Naval Special Warfare commander. Two U ...