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FBI Director Christopher Wray says he’ll resign before Trump takes office

Wray said at a town hall meeting that he would be stepping down “after weeks of careful thought,” roughly three years short of the completion of a...

12.12.2024 10

Fortune

Eric Tucker

FBI director pick Kash Patel is likely to face deep skepticism during Senate confirmation hearings

"Patel needs to prove to the Senate Judiciary Committee that he has the right qualifications and, despite his past statements, will put our nation’s...

01.12.2024 10

Fortune

Eric Tucker

China releases 3 Americans imprisoned for years as US returns 4 people to China

One of the Americans had been facing the death penalty.

28.11.2024 30

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Trump taps his former lawyer Pam Bondi for attorney general after Gaetz withdraws

Bondi was among a group of Republicans who showed up to support Trump at his hush money criminal trial in New York that ended in May with a conviction...

22.11.2024 10

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Matt Gaetz, unable to escape sexual misconduct allegations, withdraws as Department of Justice lead

While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance...

21.11.2024 8

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Donald Trump assassination plot foiled by FBI in days leading up to election—prominent Iranian American journalist linked to murder-for-hire scheme

Two other men who the authorities say were recruited to participate in other assassinations, including a prominent Iranian American journalist, were...

08.11.2024 9

Fortune

Eric Tucker

FBI arrests Afghan man officials say was plotting Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S.

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi entered the US on a special immigrant visa in 2021 and has been on parole status pending the conclusion of his immigration...

09.10.2024 10

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Iranian hackers tried to sell stolen Trump info to Biden campaign but failed, FBI says

There’s no indication that any of the recipients responded, officials said, and several media organizations who have said they also were approached...

19.09.2024 10

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Justice Department is preparing criminal charges in Iran hack that targeted Trump campaign

The prospect of criminal charges comes as the Justice Department has raised alarms about aggressive efforts by countries including Russia and Iran.

13.09.2024 10

Fortune

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Meta blocked an Iranian hacking network posing as tech support from Microsoft and Google

Hackers tried to target the WhatsApp accounts of political staffers tied to Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

24.08.2024 10

Fortune

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Secret Service acting director says he is ‘ashamed’ over Trump shooting and blames agency’s ‘failure to challenge our assumptions’

Ronald Rowe Jr. also testified that he recently visited the shooting site and laid down on the roof of the building where shots were fired in order to...

31.07.2024 8

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Donald Trump agrees to FBI interview about his attempted assassination

“We want to get his perspective on what he observed,” said Kevin Rojek, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field office.

29.07.2024 8

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Donald Trump agrees to FBI interview for assassination attempt probe while gunman’s motive remains a mystery

The expected interview with Trump is part of the FBI’s standard protocol to speak with victims during the course of their criminal investigations.

29.07.2024 10

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Trump rally gunman trolled the web for JFK assassination information, FBI director says: ‘How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?’

The agency has built out a detailed timeline of Crooks' movements and online activity, but the precise motive — or why Trump, the Republican...

25.07.2024 10

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Gunman in Trump assassination attempt flew a drone over the rally site ahead of shooting, official says

More details about the investigation are expected to be made public in the coming week when FBI Director Chris Wray appears before the House Judiciary...

21.07.2024 20

Fortune

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Judge delivers stunning blow to special counsel, agreeing with Trump’s long-shot legal argument in dismissal of classified documents case

Trump faced dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and...

15.07.2024 5

Fortune

Eric Tucker

North Koreans stole Americans' identities and took remote-work tech jobs at Fortune 500 companies, DOJ says

The Justice Department says the conspiracy has affected more than 300 companies — including a high-end retail chain and “premier Silicon Valley...

17.05.2024 100

Fortune

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Singaporean ship that collapsed Baltimore bridge had electrical problems at port, source says

While the ship was docked in Baltimore, alarms went off on some of its refrigerated containers, indicating an inconsistent power supply, says a...

16.04.2024 30

Fortune

Eric Tucker

FBI opens criminal investigation after Singaporean firm’s ship took down Baltimore Bridge, with $44 million liability cap in play, source says

The person familiar with the matter was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly.

15.04.2024 10

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Federal judge rejects Trump’s attempt to throw out classified documents case by striking down Espionage Act statute

Trump attended Thursday's arguments, listening intently with his hands sometimes clasped in front of him on the defense table as his attorneys pressed...

15.03.2024 20

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Former Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets for Chinese firms

Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal trade secret theft, each punishable by up to 10 years...

07.03.2024 5

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Biden angrily denies report questioning his memory, arguing he sat for questioning amid outbreak of crisis in Gaza

"I was in the middle of handling an international crisis," Biden said, noting that he had sat for five hours of in-person interviews.

09.02.2024 9

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Judges keep telling Trump that he's not immune from prosecution

Tuesday's appeals panel decision marks the second time in as many months that judges have spurned Trump’s immunity arguments.

06.02.2024 3

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Trump's trial on plot to overturn election postponed so separate trial over hush money payments can go first

Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan vacated the March 4 trial date in the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith but did not immediately set a new date.

03.02.2024 10

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Trump appeal judges express deep skepticism that he deserves absolute immunity from prosecution as ex-president looks on

“I think it’s paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed allows him to violate criminal...

10.01.2024 20

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Trump heading back to federal court as judges determine whether he's immune from prosecution over charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election

The outcome carries enormous ramifications both for the landmark criminal case against Trump and for the broader question of whether an ex-president...

09.01.2024 10

Fortune

Eric Tucker

Foreign hackers did not change vote totals or compromise integrity of 2022 elections

The report does identify multiple instances in which hackers linked to Iran, China and Russia connected to election infrastructure, scanned state...

19.12.2023 30

Fortune

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