Lawyers for James Comey tried to persuade a federal judge Friday that the Trump administration’s third attempt to prosecute the former FBI director for allegedly disclosing national defense information should be stopped because the Department of Justice (DOJ) waited too long to bring the charges.   U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, an appointee of President Trump, is weighing whether the…

Federal prosecutors asked a judge Tuesday to reject a request from more than a dozen news organizations to immediately unseal the search warrant for Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) Washington, D.C., home, saying it could jeopardize the ongoing criminal investigation. A heavily redacted filing signed by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia,…

A federal magistrate judge criticized the Justice Department (DOJ) during a lengthy hearing on Tuesday for attempting to tack on new charges overnight in a case against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about their knowledge regarding the federal investigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop ahead of the 2020 election.   “Why today on…