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Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida sought "blanket pardons" for himself and his political allies from President Donald Trump shortly before Trump left office in January, The New York Times reported Tuesday.The Times, citing two people familiar with the discussions, said Gaetz asked the Trump White House, in its final weeks,...

The Washington Post reported on Friday that Rep. Matt Gaetz rescheduled Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign events in 2018 so that they'd "end the night in a college town."Gaetz was assisting DeSantis' gubernatorial campaign at the time, and sources told the outlet that Gaetz sought to hang out with younger crowds d...

A new report from CNN said Rep. Matt Gaetz showed lawmakers nude photos of women he said he had slept with. He showed off these photos both in private and on the House floor, CNN reported, and bragged about his sexual exploits.Thursday's development comes as Gaetz is facing a firestorm over the revelation that the J...

Summary List PlacementThe Federal Bureau of Investigations has raised the reward to $100,000 for information that leads them to person or people responsible for placing pipe bombs close to the Republican and Democratic party offices.  On Friday, the agency said they believe an individual planted the bombs between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. local time on January 5, the night before the Capitol riots.  The...

Summary List PlacementHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday that Congress members could face prosecution if an investigation shows that they had collaborated in last week's Capitol riots. "If, in fact, it is found that members of Congress were accomplices to this insurrection, if they aided and abetted the crime, there may have to be actions taken beyond the Congress in terms of prosecution...

Summary List PlacementFederal agents have arrested more than 30 people since a violent mob of President Donald Trump's supporters laid siege to the US Capitol last week to stop the peaceful transfer of power. In an affidavit against one of the defendants this week, the FBI detailed how he turned over evidence of his potential crimes to an agent he addressed as "Nice FBI...

Summary List PlacementA man arrested during the riots at the US Capitol was carrying 11 Molotov cocktails and an assault rifle, a federal prosecutor said Thursday. Mike Sherwin, the acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, gave a press conference describing action taken by prosecutors against members of the pro-Trump mob which attacked the Capitol building on Wednesday. Sherwin told reporters that 15...

Summary List PlacementTwo lawmakers are asking the FBI and Federal Election Commission to investigate a shell company created in part by President Donald Trump's most powerful advisor, Jared Kushner, in response to an Insider investigation published earlier on Friday. In a letter to the agencies obtained by Insider, House Democrats Ted Lieu of California and Kathleen Rice of New York wrote late Friday that Trump's...

Summary List PlacementThe Federal Bureau of Investigation's Newark, New Jersey office is urging people who received tests for COVID-19 at a laboratory located on the Jersey Shore to get new tests, according to a Friday public service announcement.  "If you were recently tested for COVID-19 at Infinity Diagnostic Laboratory, located at 6715 Atlantic Avenue, Ventnor, N.J., you are urged to be retested as soon...

Summary List Placement President Donald Trump plans to pardon former national security advisor Michael Flynn, Axios reported, citing sources with direct knowledge of discussions between Trump and close contacts.   Trump reportedly told sources close to him that he plans to pardon Flynn who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contact with Russia in a January 24, 2017 interview.  In...

Summary List Placement The military isn't the only one with special-operations units. Numerous US government agencies and departments have specially selected, manned, and trained units with some unique mission sets. Because of the Posse Comitatus Act, which makes it almost impossible to use the active-duty military in a domestic scenario, some of these units are the last line of defense in their respective jurisdictions....

Summary List Placement The FBI issued a warning last month for Americans to stay on the lookout for fake voting websites and emails that were set up by cybercriminals to spread misinformation and confuse people around the US presidential election. While the FBI didn't disclose specific fake websites, cybersecurity researchers have identified examples of the scam in action — and scam sightings have continued...

Summary List PlacementThe FBI is investigating reports of suspicious robocalls and texts urging voters to "stay safe and stay home" on Election Day, a senior cybersecurity official told reporters on Tuesday. "Robocalls of this nature happen every election," the official from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said during a media call, adding that the calls were a "voter intimidation" and "voter suppression" tactic....

Summary List Placement The FBI said in a letter to a top Republican lawmaker that it has "nothing to add" to comments made by Director of National Intelligence about a laptop purportedly belonging to the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's son, Hunter, according to The Washington Post. The New York Post first reported on the existence of the laptop last week in a widely...

Summary List PlacementMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer fired back after Jason Miller, a senior advisor for President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, attacked her for reportedly hating Trump just hours after the FBI said it had stopped armed right-wing extremists who were plotting to kidnap her. "If we want to talk about hatred, then Gov. Whitmer, go look in the mirror — the fact that she...

Attorney General William Barr announced Friday that the Justice Department, including the FBI, is investigating the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for eight minutes. The department is "conducting an independent investigation to determine whether any federal civil rights laws were violated" related to Floyd's arrest and subsequent death, Barr said in...

The FBI seized a cell phone belonging to North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, The Los Angeles Times reported. The move came as part of the bureau's investigation into whether members of Congress engaged in insider trading related to the coronavirus outbreak. Burr drew scrutiny after ProPublica reported that he and one of his family members dumped stocks around the same time that he, the...

US District Judge Emmet Sullivan on Tuesday slowed the Justice Department's effort to drop its case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn. He said in a filing that because of the politically charged nature of the proceedings, he expects third parties with an interest in the case to weigh in. To that end, Sullivan said he will set a schedule "at the appropriate...