FBI officials repeatedly violated their own standards when they used a foreign surveillance authority in 2020 for information on racial justice protesters, according to two reports declassified Friday.
The FBI has revoked the security clearances of three agents for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to a letter sent by the bureau to the House Judiciary Committee.
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe slammed special counsel John H. Durham’s investigation into Donald Trump’s connections with Russia, claiming it was “illegitimate” and “a political errand.”
The report echoed some criticism from the inspector general. But the IG said the probe was legit.
An Afghan national on the FBI’s terror watchlist was captured while crossing into the U.S. illegally with a group of migrants last week.
The FBI on Wednesday declined a request from House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer to provide an internal law enforcement document that some Republicans claim will show President Biden was involved in an illegal scheme when he was vice president.
The FBI has sabotaged a piece of advanced malware that elite Russian spies have used to steal secrets from computers worldwide for more than 20 years, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Kurt Ronnow has been named special agent in charge of the Counterintelligence Division at the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
