Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, pledged Thursday to shield the bureau’s employees from “political retribution,” even as the Trump administration has begun purging Justice Department officials involved in investigations targeting the president.
Senate Republicans are facing pressure from former GOP officials to reject President Trump’s FBI nominee, Kash Patel, setting up a contentious confirmation battle this week.
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will review whether the federal government can be held liable for an FBI SWAT raid on the wrong home in suburban Atlanta, where agents smashed down the door, threw a stun grenade, and held a family at gunpoint.
The FBI is grappling with President Trump’s hiring freeze, creating uncertainty within the bureau and unsettling its workforce.
An FBI agent accused of sexually assaulting two women in his off-duty tattoo shop now faces additional allegations from a third woman.
President Trump directed the nation’s security agencies on Thursday to prepare plans for releasing all government records tied to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Trump administration is moving to suspend agreements aimed at reforming police departments where the Justice Department identified systemic misconduct, according to a memo issued on Wednesday.
The Trump administration is working to expand the number of federal law-enforcement officials involved in immigration enforcement by giving agents from various federal agencies the same powers as immigration officers
