Columnist: FBI, DOJ pulled off ‘most significant coverup in American political history’

Columnist: FBI, DOJ pulled off ‘most significant coverup in American political history’

CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE: Countdown: Top stories of 2018 by WorldTribune Staff, January 7, 2019 Via their consistent stonewalling of a congressional investigation into their alleged abuses of power during the 2016 campaign, the FBI and Department of Justice “have succeeded in the most significant coverup in American political history,” a columnist wrote. For […]

Comey suffered memory lapses in Friday’s testimony but recalled key talking points

Comey suffered memory lapses in Friday’s testimony but recalled key talking points

by WorldTribune Staff, December 9, 2018 Former FBI Director James Comey seemed to suffer memory loss on several occasions during closed-door testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Dec. 7 and at times struggled with simple questions on FBI procedure, according to a transcript from the meeting. Under questioning by Republicans on the committee, Comey […]

House panel issues year-end subpoenas for Comey, Lynch

House panel issues year-end subpoenas for Comey, Lynch

by WorldTribune Staff, November 20, 2018 With the clock ticking down on his tenure as House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte said he plans to subpoena former FBI Director James Comey and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch for closed-door depositions as part of an investigation into the FBI and Department of Justice’s handling of […]

Gowdy: Documents declassified by Trump ‘should be embarrassing to John Brennan’

Gowdy: Documents declassified by Trump ‘should be embarrassing to John Brennan’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 21, 2018 There are likely no game-changers in the documents declassified by President Donald Trump this week, but many former officials stand to be highly embarrassed by the content, especially ex-CIA chief John Brennan, according to Rep. Trey Gowdy. Brennan and other former and current officials have contended the documents should […]

Gowdy at hearing: Frankly, Mr. Strzok, ‘I don’t give a damn …’

Gowdy at hearing: Frankly, Mr. Strzok, ‘I don’t give a damn …’

by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2018 In one of many heated exchanges with Republicans during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on July 12, anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok said he didn’t “appreciate” how Rep. Trey Gowdy was characterizing the agent’s removal from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team. “I don’t give a damn what […]

Mueller expands investigation, hires more prosecutors

Mueller expands investigation, hires more prosecutors

by WorldTribune Staff, July 5, 2018 Special counsel Robert Mueller is expanding his investigation of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election by dipping into the Justice Department’s well of resources to hire more prosecutors, a report said. “As Mueller pursues his probe, he’s making more use of career prosecutors from the offices of U.S. […]

Under heavy pressure from House Intel committee, DOJ finally releases Russia document

Under heavy pressure from House Intel committee, DOJ finally releases Russia document

by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2018 Under warning of impeachment, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on April 11 provided the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence a two-page document that helped initiate special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. In an April 10 interview on Fox’s “The Ingraham Angle”, Intel Committee Chairman Devin Nunes threatened to […]

Text-gate: Missing messages from 5 critical months; Gowdy challenges FBI’s objectivity

Text-gate: Missing messages from 5 critical months; Gowdy challenges FBI’s objectivity

by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2018 Republican lawmakers are demanding explanations from the FBI after newly-released text messages between a pair of anti-Trump FBI agents referenced a “secret society” being formed to derail then President-elect Donald Trump. Also troubling are missing text messages from 5 critical months. “The day after the election … there is […]

Susan Rice admits unmasking Trump aides Flynn, Bannon, Kushner

Susan Rice admits unmasking Trump aides Flynn, Bannon, Kushner

by WorldTribune Staff, September 20, 2017 Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice told a congressional committee last week that she asked intelligence agencies to unmask the names of three Trump advisers, according to news reports. Rice had previously denied any role in politicizing intelligence information she had access to despite reports to the contrary. […]

Podesta takes some of the heat on Russian interference, but behind closed doors

Podesta takes some of the heat on Russian interference, but behind closed doors

by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2017 Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign chairman met with the House Intelligence Committee in a behind-closed-doors meeting on June 27 amid breaking news that Democrats and the Obama administration knew well before the election of Russia’s attempted meddling. John Podesta, whose hacked emails led to much embarrassment for the Clinton campaign, […]