Tag: FBI

Orange County Sheriff’s Officer Suspended in Capitol Riot-Related Investigation

SANTA ANA—A veteran Orange County sheriff’s employee is on administrative leave and the subject of an internal investigation for her part in attending the rally that led to the Capitol breach on Jan. 6. Monica Alston, a sheriff’s special officer, has been with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department since 1999, but was on personal leave…


Researcher Under FBI Investigation for Allegedly Hiding Ties to China

A Chinese researcher who once worked at The Jackson Laboratory is under FBI investigation, for allegedly failing to disclose his financial ties to China in applications for U.S. government funding. Ruan Yijun, a geneticist, failed to disclose his participation in a Chinese state-sponsored recruitment program called the Thousand Talents program and his collaboration agreement with…


Video: Live Q&A: FBI Details Categories of ‘Domestic Terror Threats’; New Election Ordered in Mississippi

The FBI has now identified two categories of extremist groups it deems are the main domestic terror threats for 2021. And in other news, a judge in Mississippi has ordered a new election over new findings. In this live Q&A with Crossroads host Joshua Philipp we’ll be discussing these stories and others, and answering questions…


FBI Dividing Pro-Trump Ralliers Involved in Capitol Breach Into 3 Different Groups: Wray

FBI Director Christopher Wray said the agency is dividing pro-Trump ralliers and those who engaged in rioting during the Capitol breach into three different groups, while suggesting that the majority of protesters on Jan. 6 were peaceful. Wray, in a Senate hearing this week, suggested that most of the rally-goers on Jan. 6 were peaceful….


Gang Task Force Operation Conducted in Orange County

SANTA ANA—The Orange County Violent Gang Task Force was serving a number of federal and state warrants March 3 as part of an investigation targeting an Orange County-based street gang, according to the FBI’s Los Angeles field office. “The Orange County Violent Gang Task Force and its partners are executing twelve federal search warrants this…


‘Militia Group’ Possibly Plotting to Breach the Capitol on March 4: Capitol Police

The U.S. Capitol Police said that it learned of a possible threat against members of Congress and the Capitol complex by “an identified militia group.” “The United States Capitol Police Department is aware of and prepared for any potential threats towards members of Congress or towards the Capitol complex,” said a news release from the…


Which Is Worse—the FBI or the KGB?

Commentary Asking which is worse, the FBI or the KGB, is rather like asking which is worse, the New York Times or Pravda? I would argue the New York Times, because it is trusted almost to a religious extent by a large portion of the public, even though it often lies blatantly for political/ideological purposes…


FBI Director Commits to Improving Flow of Information to Lawmakers

FBI Director Christopher Wray has committed to improving the flow of information from the agency to lawmakers after being pressed on the issue at a Senate hearing on Tuesday. Speaking at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) accused the FBI of stonewalling information requests, expressing concern that, over the past four years,…


FBI’s Wray Commits to Improving Flow of Information to Lawmakers

FBI Director Christopher Wray has committed to improving the flow of information from the agency to lawmakers after being pressed on the issue during a Senate hearing on March 2. Speaking at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) accused the FBI of stonewalling information requests, expressing concern that, over the past four…


FBI: Capitol Rioter Disguised Himself as Antifa Activist

The FBI in a criminal complaint is alleging one of the men who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 disguised himself as a member of the far-left Antifa network. FBI special agent Tyler Freedman, based in Washington, said that William Robert Norwood was posing as an Antifa activist during the tumult seen in the…