Tag: FBI

New DOJ Notes Reveal FBI Panic After Trump Tweeted He Knew He Was Being Spied On

News Analysis Newly released notes taken by high-level Department of Justice (DOJ) officials during a March 6, 2017, meeting with FBI leadership expose some of the lengths the FBI engaged in to cover up its spying on the 2016 campaign of President Donald Trump. The notes were released on May 8 by lawyers representing former Hillary…


Jan. 6 Protester Appeals Dismissal of FBI Lawsuit

A Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protester has appealed a federal judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit against the FBI for allegedly violating his constitutional rights during a June 2021 raid of his home. Siaka Massaquoi, an African-American actor who participated in the Jan. 6 event, initially sued the FBI last July, a month after…


Marjorie Taylor Greene Qualifies for Reelection; FBI Tries Firing J6 Rally Attendees: Whistleblowers | NTD Evening News

A judge has ruled on May 6 that Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified to run for Congress this year. House GOP lawmakers say that whistleblowers have come forward and alleged that the FBI is trying to fire bureau employees who partook in the Jan. 6 rally near the Capitol building. …


Ex-FBI Intel Chief Says Durham Probe Is Revealing Clinton Campaign’s 2016 ‘Disinformation’

A former FBI intelligence chief said that the Democrats and Clinton campaign in 2016 used “contrived disinformation” to try to sway voters into thinking that then-candidate Donald Trump was a Russian asset. In response to the Department of Homeland Security’s announcement to create a Disinformation Governance Board, retired Assistant Director for Intelligence Kevin Brock said that the…


Republicans Urge Attorney General to Order Probe Into Supreme Court Leak

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and 18 other Republicans on May 3 urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to order an investigation into the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion—believed to be the first leak of its kind in history. The leak appears to be aimed at “foment[ing] discord and upheaval, potentially pressuring justices to reconsider…


FBI Warrantless Searches of Americans’ Data Doubled From 2020 to 2021: ODNI

The number of searches conducted by the FBI of Americans’ communications doubled from 2020 to 2021, according to a report released April 29 by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The ODNI report details U.S. intelligence agencies’ use of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which authorizes the warrantless surveillance…


FBI Accused of Doctoring Evidence in Child Sex Trafficking Case

A convicted child sex trafficker has accused the FBI of doctoring evidence in his case, which is under appeal. Keith Raniere, the former leader and founder of NXIVM, was sentenced to 120 years in October 2020 after a federal jury found him guilty of sex trafficking, forced labor conspiracy, and racketeering. Raniere’s alleged crimes have been the subject of multiple…


All-Black Militia Leader Speaks After Trial Is Postponed

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—It was a sight rarely seen for more than 18 months: The all-black militia that captured headlines during the protests of the summer of 2020 gathered again on April 27 outside the Louisville Central Community Center. “Take formation … I’ve got some ex-military in there who know what they’re doing. Y’all got to help them out,”…


Leader of All-Black Militia Speaks After Trial Is Postponed

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—It was a sight rarely seen for more than 18 months: The all-black militia that captured headlines during the protests of the summer of 2020 gathered again on April 27 outside the Louisville Central Community Center in Kentucky. “Take formation … I’ve got some ex-military in there who know what they’re doing. Y’all got to help…


Trial Delayed for Leader of Black Nationalist Militia

LOUISVILLE, Ky.–A federal judge has delayed the trial of John Johnson, the black nationalist militia leader accused of pointing his firearm at a group of law enforcement officers during a September 2020 racial justice protest in Louisville, Kentucky. Johnson’s trial was set to begin on April 27, and a cameraman from a local television news…