Sep 28 Wray installed as FBI director, replacing fired Comey By Associated Press The former high-ranking Justice Department official replaces James Comey, who was fired in May by President Donald Trump after fewer than four years on the job. Continue reading
Sep 26 House panel demands details on Trump aides’ private emails By Associated Press A top House Republican has demanded details on the use of private emails by some of President Donald Trump's closest advisers, including Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus. Continue reading
Sep 25 Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in sexting case By Tom Hays and Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Former Rep. Anthony Weiner was sentenced Monday to 21 months in prison for sexting with a 15-year-old girl in a case that rocked Hillary Clinton's campaign for the White House in the closing days of the race and may have… Continue reading
Sep 13 Justice Department won’t allow FBI officials to speak to Senate panel in Russia probe By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Senate Judiciary Committee had asked in July to interview the two officials, Jim Rybicki and Carl Ghattas, and then agreed to narrow the scope of questioning after the Justice Department initially declined to make the men available. Continue reading
Aug 14 FBI arrests Oklahoma man after anti-government bomb plot at local bank By Joshua Barajas In his conversations about the planned attack on a local bank with an undercover FBI agent, the man said he followed the ideology of the Three Percenters, one of the nation's largest armed right-wing groups that pledges resistance against the… Continue reading
Aug 09 FBI agents searched former Trump campaign chair’s home By Chad Day, Associated Press A spokesman for President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, says that FBI agents served a search warrant at one of his homes. Continue reading
Aug 02 Christopher Wray sworn in as FBI director, succeeding James Comey By Associated Press Wray was a high-ranking Justice Department official in the George W. Bush administration and has spent the last decade in private practice. Continue reading
Aug 01 Senate confirms Wray as FBI director By Associated Press The lawyer is a former high-ranking official in President George W. Bush's Justice Department who oversaw investigations into corporate fraud. Continue reading
Jul 18 The FBI’s role in national security keeps expanding. Here’s why By Zachary Laub, Council on Foreign Relations The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been reoriented toward counterterrorism in recent years, but continues to face charges of overreach. Continue reading
Jul 13 Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on FBI director next week By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Wray would replace James Comey, who was abruptly fired by President Donald Trump in May amid an investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and possible ties to Trump's campaign. Continue reading