Tag: FBI

FBI Releases Documents on Probe Into Death of DNC Staffer Seth Rich

The FBI has produced 68 pages relating to a Democratic National Committee (DNC) worker who was shot dead in 2016 in Washington, including an investigative summary that appears to suggest that someone could have paid for his death. Seth Rich, who had been the DNC’s voter expansion data director, was shot dead in the early…


FBI Designated 2017 Baseball Field Shooting as ‘Suicide by Cop’: Congress Members

The FBI in 2017 reportedly told members of Congress that a man who tried gunning them down was engaging in a “suicide by cop.” James Hodgkinson attacked a group of members playing in a charity baseball game in Washington that year, firing over 100 rounds before being shot by law enforcement officers. But FBI agents told…


Organizer of Alleged Pro-Trump Super PAC Charged for Allegedly Misleading Donors

The organizer of a political action committee that was presented to prospective donors as supportive of then-President Donald Trump’s re-election was charged this week with wire fraud. Kyle James Bell started the Keep America Great Committee in January 2020 purportedly to support Trump’s re-election efforts. He copied content and source code for his website from…


Operation Home Alone: 10 ‘Potential Child Predators’ Arrested in South Carolina

Ten potential child predators arrested following an extensive online child exploitation investigation in South Carolina dubbed “Operation Home Alone.”


Rep. Gaetz Says He’s Not Stepping Down as Communications Director Resigns

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Friday he will not step down as he deals with allegations about paying a minor for sex. Gaetz told The Hill that any rumors he plans to resign are “false,” adding that it is “very safe” to say he does not intend to leave his seat. “Of course not,” the…


FBI Gun Background Checks Soar to Record High in March Amid Gun Control Push

Background checks for firearms conducted by the FBI reached a new record high in March. Nearly 4.7 million checks were done across the month, smashing the previous record of 4.3 million set in January. The FBI numbers include background checks for firearms, permits, and other purposes related to guns. Adjusted numbers from the National Shooting Sports…


Documents Outline Alleged Scheme to Extort Rep. Gaetz’s Family

Newly published documents appear to back up Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) claim that he and his family were victims of an extortion scheme. In an email obtained and published by the Washington Examiner, a lawyer for Gaetz’s father Don, a former Florida state senator, asked the Department of Justice for confirmation that both the department and…


G-Man Taught a ‘Golden Rule’ He Failed to Follow

A top FBI intelligence analyst under investigation for failing to properly vet the Steele dossier before it was used to obtain invalid warrants to spy on a former Trump campaign aide appears to have violated his own “Golden Rule” for government spying. A member of the International Intelligence Ethics Association, Brian Auten has lectured since…


Grassley Demands Update From Feds on Women That Falsely Accused Brett Kavanaugh

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) asked the FBI for an update on his criminal investigation referrals of women who falsely claimed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted them. Kavanaugh was accused by a number of women in 2018 during a heated confirmation battle of assault, but all of the women later recanted their claims or…


Dim Prospects for an Independent and Objective FBI

Commentary FBI Director Christopher Wray’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this month, where he stated that the events of Jan. 6 are not isolated, but are symptomatic of a widespread domestic terrorism problem, can only be interpreted in one way. He is laying the foundation for the utilization of authoritarian tactics by the…