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A handful of demonstrators held signs outside the federal courthouse where Michael Flynn had his plea hearing on December 1, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption A handful of demonstrators held signs outside the federal courthouse where Michael Flynn had his plea hearing on December 1, 2017, in Washington, D.C. This week In the Russia investigations: Downshift from strategic war to knife fight, top G-Men on his back foot as lawmakers engage in oversight, Trump Jr. clammed up in Congress.
Conservative efforts to discredit the special counsel are intensifying as Robert Mueller's investigation moves steadily closer to the White House. Republicans on Capitol Hill are increasingly frustrated by what they view as a partisan exercise that's rife with conflicts of interest.
Lying to the FBI has consequences : What does a 21-year veteran of the FBI make of General Michael Flynn pleading guilty to the bureau? Jeff Ringel, director of the Soufan Group and a former FBI supervisor, joined "Salon Talks" to discuss what the implications are for Flynn. Watch it here .
At least three people must have celebrated the news that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversation with a Russian ambassador. First to pop a champagne cork was surely Matt Lauer, whose Icarus imitation put to shame all others recently accused of sexual misconduct in the workplace.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Thursday that President Trump is criticizing only FBI leadership when he says the bureau's reputation is "in tatters." "The president is referring to the political leaders at the FBI, particularly those that were involved in the Hillary Clinton probe," Sanders said at the daily White House press briefing.
On Thursday morning, FBI Director Christopher Wray was grilled by the House Judiciary Committee on the merits of a recent Trump tweet, where he declared the FBI in tatters. This was in response to news that an FBI agent working with Robert Mueller's investigatory team addressing Russian interference in the 2016 election had sent anti-Trump tweets to a girlfriend.
FBI Director Chris Wray is poised to face a grilling from Republican lawmakers on Thursday morning at a time when the bureau is under mounting scrutiny from the right and outright attacks from the White House.
Christopher Wray faces a tough test four months into his leadership of the FBI: He must defend America's top law enforcement agency against blistering attacks from President Donald Trump without putting his own job at risk. The competing pressures Wray faces will be on display Thursday when he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee.
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The new US ambassador to the Czech Republic, Stephen King, has offered his credentials to the Czech president MiloA Zeman and may now officially assume his duties. Mr King, a rich Republican businessman with no previous diplomatic experience, met with the Czech head of state at Prague Castle on Wednesday.
"The FBI issued 4,170 orders last year to [steal] guns from buyers who should [sic] have been blocked by the federal background check system, according to a new report from USA Today. The purchasers include people with criminal records, mental health issues or other red flags.
The Washington Post reported that a former top FBI official, Peter Strzok, who had been assigned to and then removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, had "exchanged politically charged texts disparaging [President Donald Trump and supporting Democrat Hillary Clinton" and that Strzok was "also a key player in the investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server." This is a blockbuster revelation, carrying the possibility of shattering public confidence in a number of long-held assumptions about the criminal-justice system generally and the FBI and the Justice Department specifically.
The Senate Judiciary and House Intelligence Committees, two of the three major congressional panels investigating Russia's election interference, appear to have resigned themselves to the reality that their probes will be conducted according to the partisan interests of their members. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has recently begun sending out a flurry of letters to witnesses requesting new documents and interviews related to potential collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign team and Russia.
President Donald Trump smiles as he speaks before hosting a lunch with Senate Republicans in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Washington. President Donald Trump smiles as he speaks before hosting a lunch with Senate Republicans in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Washington.
In this Nov. 2, 2017, file photo, Paul Manafort accompanied by his lawyers, arrives at U.S. Federal Court, in Washington. Prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller say Manafort has been working on an op-ed with a longtime colleague "assessed to have ties" to a Russian intelligence service.
In this Oct. 28, 2013, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller is seated before President Barack Obama and FBI Director James Comey arrive at an installation ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington. A veteran FBI counterintelligence agent was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russian election meddling after the discovery of an exchange of text messages seen as potentially anti-President Donald Trump, a person familiar with the matter said Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017.
Baltimore police officials have asked the FBI to take over the investigation into the fatal shooting of a homicide detective the day before he was set to testify in a police corruption case involving fellow officers. Sean Suiter, 43, was shot in the head with his own gun after struggling with his killer November 15 in west Baltimore.
In yet another stunning twist to the 'Trump-Russia,' witch hunt, Fox News host Sean Hannity and Circa News reporter Sara A. Carter have teamed up to reveal that Trump-hating FBI agent Peter Strzok interviewed former National Security advisor Michael Flynn. As The Gateway Pundit reported , Strzok was fired from Mueller's investigation after reports surfaced that he exchanged 'anti-Trump,' text messages with Lisa Page, a lawyer for FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
A USA Today review found that the FBI issued more than 4,000 requests last year for agents to retrieve guns from prohibited buyers. A USA TODAY review finds thousands of guns were sold to people who should have failed their background checks.