Epstein Secrets

decision by D.C. District Court Judge Beryl Howell ordering former chief of staff Mark Meadows and other Trump White House officials to testify in the Justice Department's investigation into the January 6th insurrection. The officials include Dan Scavino, Trump's communications adviser, as well as several national secu

beat them and used "waterboarding techniques" and a stun gun on them during a raid in January, according to their lawyer. According to the article, the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI Jackson field office are conducting a larger investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department in Brandon, Miss., for possible c

said, almost a year after a ransomware group laid siege to its critical infrastructure and triggered a state of emergency. According to the article, the State Department will commit $25 million to help build a security operations center within Costa Rica's Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunic

in Dunnigan, of California, to be Ambassador to Georgia, and David J. Kostelancik, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, all of the Department of State, and other pending nominations. — 10:15 AM — Host: Foreign Relations Committee • Hearings to examine forestry in the Farm Bill, focusing on the imp

The Epoch Times (03/29, Lord) reported that during a recent hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the FBI's use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), arguing that the surveillance app

g challenges to the federal government's lethal injection protocol. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit late Monday refused the Justice Department's request to stay the injunction. The Justice Department had appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court." The AP (7/13, Balsamo) reports that on Monday

American manufacturers," but he "could not achieve one of the industry's main goals: overturning a ban on sales to private foreign buyers enacted by the State Department to protect American troops in Afghanistan and elsewhere." The Times adds, "Then Mr. Williams joined the Trump administration." The Times adds, "As

• House Appropriations Committee markup hearing - Markup hearing on 'FY 2021 Defense Appropriations Bill', 'FY 2021 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill', and 'FY 2021 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill' Location: Rm 1100, Lon

ost extensive he has made in recent weeks about his handling of classified material after he left office. Jack Smith, a special counsel appointed by the Justice Department, has for months been investigating whether Mr. Trump illegally kept national defense documents at his properties — including Mar-a-Lago, his private

Back to Top COUNTERTERRORISM U.S. Authorities Take Down 13 Hezbollah-Affiliated Web Domains The Associated Press (05/11, Chehayeb) reported that the U.S. Department of Justice has announced the seizure of more than a dozen website domains used by sanctioned associates, businesses, and charities of Hezbollah, the Lebanese

he Middle East. The article mentioned that Director Wray told the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on April 27 that Chinese hackers outnumber the U.S. cyber personnel by at least 50 to 1 even if each of the FBI's agents and intel analysts solely f

SA Today (7/9, Phillips, 10.31M) reports that, "if the kill appeals court agrees to rehear the case, it would resurrect the prospect of challenging the Justice Department's controversial decision to drop the case against Flynn, a defendant who twice pleaded guilty." And it would "give Sullivan another shot at convincing

NBC (7/9, Mangan, Breuninger, 3.62M) reports a lawyer for Sullivan "argued in a lengthy court filing that the appeals panel's order to quickly grant the Department of Justice's request to drop its prosecution of Flynn threatens to turn ordinary judicial process upside down."' The Washington Post (7/9, Marimow, Hsu, 14.2M) r

ending Bill Boosts Funding For FBI. MeriTalk (7/9, Smith) reports, "The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS), and Related Agencies approved by voice vote a $71.4 billion funding bill for fiscal year 2021. The funding total under the legislation is $1.7 billion lower than the ena