Mar 15 House Intelligence Committee says they have seen no evidence supporting Trump’s wiretapping claims By Associated Press The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Intelligence Committee say they have seen no evidence supporting President Donald Trump's claim that the Obama administration wiretapped him last year. Continue reading
Feb 15 Democrats see disparity in handling of Clinton, Russia inquiries By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Democrats who seethed at the FBI's actions last year say they're upset a law enforcement organization that so publicly discussed one probe didn't even hint at the existence of another. Continue reading
Jan 24 FBI Director James Comey will stay, memo says By Associated Press President Donald Trump criticized the FBI during the campaign for its decision not to recommend charges against his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. Continue reading
Jan 14 House Dems press FBI on Russia, possible link to Trump camp By Erica Werner, Associated Press House Democrats confronted James Comey over his refusal to say whether the FBI is investigating possible links between President-elect Donald Trump's campaign and Russia. Continue reading
Jan 13 FBI’s Comey faces fresh scrutiny with email server probe By Eric Tucker and Ken Thomas, Associated Press FBI Director James Comey, already under fierce public scrutiny for his handling of the election-year probe of Hillary Clinton, faces a new internal investigation into whether he and the Justice Department followed established protocol in the email server case. Continue reading
Jan 12 Justice Department watchdog to investigate DOJ, FBI actions months before election By Ken Thomas, Associated Press The Justice Department inspector general says he will investigate the actions of the Justice Department and FBI in the months leading up to the 2016 election. Continue reading
Jan 11 Official: Trump was briefed on unverified but potentially compromising report By Eileen Sullivan and Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Top intelligence officials last week told President-elect Donald Trump about an unsubstantiated report that Russia had compromising personal and financial information about him, a U.S. official says. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 3:23 Top intelligence officials stop short of providing evidence of Russian hacking at Senate hearing By PBS News Hour The nation’s top intelligence officials appeared publically before the Senate Intelligence Committee, days after the release of a report on the alleged role of Russian influence during the presidential election. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports. Continue watching
Jan 06 Trump to get briefing on classified report on Russia, election hacking By Julie Pace and Deb Reichmann, Associated Press Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan and FBI Director James Comey are preparing to point to multiple motives for Moscow's alleged meddling as they brief Trump on their classified report Friday in New York. President Barack… Continue reading
Dec 17 Obama, rapping Putin, says U.S. could strike back on cyberattacks By Julie Pace and Josh Lederman, Associated Press President Barack Obama put Russia's Vladimir Putin on notice Friday that the U.S. could use offensive cyber muscle to retaliate for interference in the U.S. presidential election. Continue reading