Jul 30 Watch 5:36 Acting Secret Service head grilled over failures leading to Trump assassination attempt By Geoff Bennett One week after the resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, acting successor Ronald Rowe spent Tuesday morning acknowledging the agency’s failures and trying to reassure Congress during a hearing that the Secret Service is capable and accountable. Rowe was… Continue watching
Jul 30 WATCH: Rowe says he ‘cannot defend why that roof was not better secured’ at Trump rally shooting By Vivian Hoang Rowe expressed his shame at the Secret Service's handling of the campaign rally's security and vowed to ensure that the critical gaps in security that led to the fatal rally shooting would be amended under his direction. Continue reading
Jul 29 WATCH: Acting Secret Service director testifies in Senate hearing on Trump rally shooting By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Secret Service's acting director told lawmakers on Tuesday that he considered it indefensible that the roof used by the gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump was unsecured, faulting local law enforcement for not circulating urgent… Continue reading
Jul 29 Trump to be interviewed as part of FBI investigation into his assassination attempt By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The expected interview is part of the FBI's standard protocol to speak with victims of federal crimes during the course of their investigations. Continue reading
Jul 24 WATCH: Wray says Trump would-be assassin ran Google search for Lee Harvey Oswald By Joshua Barajas Responding to questions from Rep. Adam Schiff, FBI Director Christopher Wray said a laptop tied to the 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump revealed that he did a Google search for “How far away was Oswald from… Continue reading
Jul 24 WATCH: FBI Director Wray testifies on investigation into attempted assassination of Trump By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Wednesday's hearing before the House Judiciary Committee included Wray's most detailed comments to date about a shooting that has again thrust the FBI into a political maelstrom months before the presidential election. Continue reading
Jun 26 5 people charged for attempting to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K By Michael Goldberg, Associated Press/Report for America Five people were charged on Wednesday for trying to bribe a juror in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases with a bag of $120,000 in cash, the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI announced Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 24 Prosecutors look to bar Trump from ‘inflammatory’ comments endangering FBI in hush money trial By Eric Tucker, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press The federal judge presiding over the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump is hearing arguments on whether to bar the former president from public comments that prosecutors say could endanger the lives of FBI agents working on the case. Continue reading
Jun 23 FBI offers up to $10,000 reward for information about cause of deadly New Mexico wildfires By Associated Press Federal authorities offered a reward for information about those responsible for igniting a pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes in the past week. Continue reading
Jun 14 State trooper who hid prior FBI sexual misconduct convicted of child rape in Alabama By Kim Chandler, Jim Mustian, Associated Press A former FBI agent was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl while serving as an Alabama state trooper — a law enforcement job he landed even after he was kicked out of the FBI amid earlier claims that… Continue reading