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This week's episode of The Daily Caller News Foundation's "Alternative Facts" discussed media coverage of FBI agent Peter Strzok, a federal agent with strong anti-Trump sentiments who was intimately involved with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Prior to joining Mueller's team, Strzok was a lead investigator on the Bureau's investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email server.
One week after Sean Hannity agreed with regular guest Gregg Jarrett that the FBI "has become America's secret police" that acts "like the old KGB," Hannity had the nerve to announce, "I love the FBI. I love law enforcement.
An anti-Robert Mueller, anti-FBI fervor is intensifying among Trump supporters -- partly thanks to a campaign by Fox News and other conservative media sources. The right-wing commentary and President Trump's criticism of the FBI are part of a vicious circle.
US President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at the FBI inquiry into possible collusion between Moscow and his campaign, and refused to rule out pardoning former aide Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts with Russia. Trump said it was too early to discuss any pardon for his ex-national security advisor -- which would prompt a political firestorm.
Flamboyant lawyer Richard Luthmann may fancy himself a champion of the little guy, but federal prosecutors say he is little more than a "violent criminal and fraudster" who, along with accomplices, bilked customers in a scrap-metal business they had formed, had a victim threatened at gunpoint, and took advantage of a blind client in a bid to hide their scheme. Luthmann, 38, who two years ago famously sought to resolve a civil lawsuit through "trial by combat," was arrested Friday morning by the FBI on a slew of charges, including kidnapping, kidnapping conspiracy, money laundering, brandishing a firearm to commit a crime, aggravated identity theft and extortion conspiracy.
The man who was killed in a shooting involving an FBI special agent and a Yonkers police officer Friday was a bank robbery suspect, according to multiple reports. The shooting occurred late in the afternoon on Aqueduct Avenue near McLean Avenue, just east of I-87 and south of Hillview Reservoir.
Taking aim at the credibility of the FBI, President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack on the bureau's leadership even as he praised state and local police officers as a bulwark against rising violence and crime.
In this June 21, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington. Mueller has produced hundreds of thousands of documents, copies of data from 36 electronic devices and gathered 2,000 "hot" documents in the government's case against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates.
President Donald Trump sits with FBI Director Christopher Wray during the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, in Quantico, Va. QUANTICO, Va.
Taking aim at the credibility of the FBI, President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack on the bureau's leadership even as he praised state and local police officers as a bulwark against rising violence and crime. Trump denounced the bureau for its handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, calling it "really disgraceful" and continuing his questioning of his country's intelligence and law enforcement institutions as no president before.
President Donald Trump has attacked the FBI leadership while proclaiming loyalty and support for law enforcement in an address at the agency's training academy. "It's a shame what's happened" with the FBI, the president said as he left the White House for Quantico, Virginia.
President Donald Trump has attacked the FBI leadership while proclaiming loyalty and support for law enforcement in an address at the agency's training academy. "It's a shame what's happened" with the FBI, the president said as he left the White House for Quantico, Virginia.
President Donald Trump on Friday morning said people are "very, very angry" with the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the Department of Justice about what he sees as revelations of political bias in its ranks , just before he boarded a helicopter headed for Quantico. "It's very sad when you look at the documents, and how they have done that is really disgraceful," the president said, apparently referring to a batch of text messages critical of Trump between a former agent and FBI lawyer involved with the Mueller investigation released this week.
The White House said Friday newly revealed FBI records show there is "extreme bias" against President Donald Trump among senior leadership at the FBI. The accusation came hours before Trump was scheduled to speak at the FBI training academy in Quantico, Va.
The FBI believes the same unknown individual robbed a Chase bank in Cary and TCF Bank at a Huntley grocery store earlier this month. FBI officials said the agency believes the same unknown individual robbed a Chase bank in Cary and a TCF Bank at a Huntley grocery store.
Parts of a letter written by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., to FBI director Christopher Wray are photographed in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Johnson says edits to a draft FBI statement on the Hillary Clinton email investigation appear to have watered down the significance of the bureau's findings.
Popular television shows such as the "Law & Order," "CSI" and "NCIS" franchises glorify forensic science as a magical, near-flawless tool for identifying criminals. Not surprisingly, Hollywood's depiction of forensic science needs a reality makeover.
"Please be assured there is no credible threat," says assistant Special Agent in Charge Kristi Johnson. "We are aware of this situation and ask anyone who may be receiving this type of email to let us know so we can properly handle it," Authorities remind folks to never give personal information to someone you didn't make contact with first.
A brass band played, fighter jets streaked the clear blue sky and a red carpet adorned the airport tarmac on the day in May 2016 when Vladimir Putin came to Athens for a visit. "Mr. President, welcome to Greece," the Greek defense minister, Panos Kammenos, said in Russian as he smiled broadly and greeted a stone-faced Putin at the base of the stairs from the plane.
In the early hours of June 5, 2015, Gary Bravo was leaving Sammy T's in downtown Huntsville, Alabama. The club was hosting a gay night because the last of the city's few gay bars had closed and some downtown bars were picking up the slack.