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Federal Bureau of Investigation

Jan 2020

Epstein prosecutor: Prince Andrew has provided “zero cooperation” even after FBI request

Ed Morrissey Jan 27, 2020 6:01 PM

Plus: Why would Ghislaine Maxwell visit Buckingham Palace four times in a day?

House Republicans to FISA court: When will you penalize attorneys who misled you on Carter Page warrants?

Ed Morrissey Jan 17, 2020 9:21 AM

And why did you appoint an FBI apologist to investigate?

Hoo boy: DOJ looking at James Comey for possibly having leaked classified information

Allahpundit Jan 16, 2020 7:21 PM

Soon.

Report: Three federal agencies investigating Ilhan Omar

Ed Morrissey Jan 16, 2020 3:21 PM

” … the worst-ever crime spree by an elected US official”?

Bad faith? Flynn lawyers file motion to withdraw guilty plea — and claim gov’t pressured Flynn to lie in court

Ed Morrissey Jan 15, 2020 10:01 AM

“Michael T. Flynn is innocent.”

Dec 2019

Epstein investigators haven’t killed case against his enablers … yet

Ed Morrissey Dec 28, 2019 1:01 PM

But Prince Andrew off the hook?

Hot Air’s top 50 countdown in 2019: 31-40

Ed Morrissey Dec 27, 2019 4:01 PM

Watch your … what?

WaPo media critic: Maddow has a lot to answer for with Steele dossier obsession

Ed Morrissey Dec 27, 2019 10:01 AM

“She was there for the bunkings, absent for the debunkings — a pattern of misleading and dishonest asymmetry.”

Barr fires back at Comey: FBI’s “unexplained misconduct” can’t be explained away as mistakes

Ed Morrissey Dec 20, 2019 2:01 PM

“There are episodes there that simply cannot be squared with innocent mistakes.”

NYT: Durham probing Brennan’s role in Steele dossier assessment

Ed Morrissey Dec 20, 2019 8:41 AM

Should Comey be more worried?

Joe Manchin: I don’t understand why House Democrats didn’t call the most important witnesses

Allahpundit Dec 18, 2019 10:41 PM

Uh oh.

Page explains: “Insurance policy” was, er, in case Trump won

Ed Morrissey Dec 18, 2019 12:31 PM

“By ‘we’ he’s talking about the collective we.”

Say, does anyone remember Nadler calling Page “an agent of a foreign power”?

Ed Morrissey Dec 17, 2019 10:01 AM

“The chairman has no credibility left.”

Schiff: Hey, how could I know that the FBI’s FISA applications were so bad?

Ed Morrissey Dec 16, 2019 6:01 PM

Nunes: “your rehabilitation will be a long, arduous process.”

Loughlin: Prosecutors are covering up evidence of our innocence

Ed Morrissey Dec 16, 2019 2:01 PM

“The Government’s failure to disclose this information is unacceptable …”

Comey: Let me tell you all the ways that Horowitz actually vindicated me

Ed Morrissey Dec 16, 2019 8:41 AM

“The Inspector General did not find misconduct by any FBI people”?

Sunday morning talking heads

Allahpundit Dec 15, 2019 8:01 AM

Hot seat.

Should we dump FISA — and put Congress in charge of surveillance oversight?

Ed Morrissey Dec 14, 2019 1:01 PM

Accountability.

WaPo: Say, about that Schiff rebuttal to the Nunes memo …

Ed Morrissey Dec 13, 2019 9:21 AM

Vindication.

Mike Huckabee: Trump will be eligible for a third term due to the illegal attempt to oust him as president

Allahpundit Dec 12, 2019 7:21 PM

Okay.

NYT: Now we know that FISA surveillance is ugly, right?

Ed Morrissey Dec 12, 2019 6:01 PM

Plus: Horowitz vindicated Comey’s firing, not Comey’s work.

Gowdy to Comey: Don’t write any more ethics books, pal

Ed Morrissey Dec 12, 2019 2:01 PM

“If he wants to take a victory lap because he not indicted, more power to him.”

Cruz to Horowitz: Did an FBI attorney defraud the FISA court? Horowitz: Yup

Ed Morrissey Dec 11, 2019 6:01 PM

“This wasn’t Jason Bourne, this was Beavis and Butthead.”

Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ Indicts the Media and an Atlanta Newspaper Reaction Proves Him Correct

Brad Slager Dec 11, 2019 4:16 PM

Pushing back the pushback.

Graham: Horowitz report shows Crossfire Hurricane akin to resurrecting J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI; Horowitz rebukes Comey: What we found vindicates no one; Update: “Don’t know” if political bias played a role

Ed Morrissey Dec 11, 2019 12:01 PM

“Holy God, what a clown show the Trump-Russia investigation was,” says … Rolling Stone?

Barr: Sure seems like the FBI acted in “bad faith” in Operation Crossfire Hurricane

Ed Morrissey Dec 10, 2019 2:01 PM

“…a completely bogus narrative that was largely fanned and hyped by a completely irresponsible press.”

Trump blasts FBI director: What report was he reading, anyway?

Ed Morrissey Dec 10, 2019 8:41 AM

Barr: Ahem.

Comey takes victory lap over IG report: You’re welcome, America

Allahpundit Dec 09, 2019 7:31 PM

“The FBI fulfilled its mission — protecting the American people and upholding the U.S. Constitution.”

Horowitz report: Sufficient predicate for Crossfire Hurricane — but probably not the Page FISA warrant;More: Ordering audit of all FBI FISA warrant processes; Rips Ohr; Update: Durham dissents?

Ed Morrissey Dec 09, 2019 2:01 PM

Plus: Steele discussed working for the Trumps a few years earlier?

Beltway battens down hatches for the Horowitz Report — and new reveal on Christopher Steele?

Ed Morrissey Dec 09, 2019 12:01 PM

As read by Adam Baldwin!

Andrew Yang, campaign staff receive death threats in New Hampshire

Karen Townsend Dec 05, 2019 11:01 AM

Increased security measures

Nov 2019

NYT: Draft IG report on Russiagate finds that FBI didn’t spy on Trump’s campaign

Allahpundit Nov 27, 2019 7:01 PM

“But Mr. Horowitz will sharply criticize F.B.I. leaders for their handling of the investigation in some ways…”

Bharara on altered FBI FISA application: “Doesn’t get a lot more serious than this”

Ed Morrissey Nov 22, 2019 12:01 PM

CNN: The “Republican pounce” potential looks very serious indeed.

Smoking gun? DoJ misidentified agent authors for Flynn 302s

Ed Morrissey Nov 06, 2019 2:01 PM

Or an easy out?

Oct 2019

Media honey trap? DoJ indicts intel analyst for leaking to journalist lover; Update: Journalists identified?

Ed Morrissey Oct 09, 2019 4:01 PM

Again?

Hmmm: Durham expanding scope of Operation Crossfire Hurricane probe to include … Mueller?

Ed Morrissey Oct 09, 2019 2:01 PM

“Detailed” IG report to be released later this month?

Who’s up for a four-hour miniseries about the life and times of James Comey starring Jeff Daniels?

Allahpundit Oct 07, 2019 10:41 PM

Hoo boy.

Clint Eastwood’s new film, Richard Jewell, takes aim at the FBI and the news media

John Sexton Oct 03, 2019 2:41 PM

“…the epitome of false accusation.”

Sep 2019

McCabe defense: Barr would have to apply double standard to prosecute me while letting Trump off the hook

Ed Morrissey Sep 19, 2019 4:01 PM

No obstruction without an underlying crime, right?

“The real bombshell”: CBS News hits NYT over Kavanaugh story to focus on witness tampering

Ed Morrissey Sep 17, 2019 8:41 AM

Politico: Senior Democrats pulling the plug on impeachment.

IG Horowitz has submitted a draft of his report on FBI surveillance

John Sexton Sep 14, 2019 4:01 PM

“…reviewed over one million records”

Breaking: FBI arrests top FEMA administrator, two others for Hurricane Maria relief fraud

Ed Morrissey Sep 10, 2019 2:01 PM

Disaster.

Feds: Felicity Huffman should go to jail for a month

Karen Townsend Sep 07, 2019 10:01 AM

Friends pen letters of support to judge for leniency.

RealClearInvestigations: Why didn’t FBI test Steele’s credibility on … Rick Wilson?

Ed Morrissey Sep 05, 2019 5:21 PM

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