Former FBI director James Comey has said Donald Trump is “morally unfit to be president”, who treats women like “pieces of meat”. Mr Comey was giving his first major television interview since he was fired by President Trump last year. He told ABC News that Mr Trump lies constantly and may have obstructed justice. Hours … Read more
Ex-FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe has given memos about conversations he had with President Donald Trump to an inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, US media say. They say the memos could support allegations that the president sought to obstruct justice. Mr McCabe was fired from the FBI on Friday following an … Read more
High-flying criminal lawyer Christopher Wray took a big step Wednesday toward becoming the next director of the FBI as he told lawmakers he would resign rather than bow to political interference. Nominated by Donald Trump after the president fired FBI chief James Comey in May, Wray told a confirmation hearing he would be ready to … Read more
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before Congress Tuesday in another point of high drama regarding the Russia election meddling probe, under pressure to explain his role in the scandal battering President Donald Trump’s administration. Sessions appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee at 2:30 pm (1830 GMT) for what will be a closely-watched grilling over … Read more
Fired FBI director James Comey admitted Thursday he leaked his personal notes on his meetings with President Donald Trump in hopes it would prompt the naming of a special prosecutor to lead the Russia probe. Comey’s decision to go public came in the days after his May 9 sacking by Trump amid rising tensions over … Read more
Former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has been arrested as part of a money-laundering investigation. A number of other people were also held as police raided nine offices and homes in north-eastern Catalonia. The arrests are part of an investigation into rights sales relating to Brazil, police sources say. Rosell was Barca president from 2010 to … Read more
Robert Mueller, named Wednesday to take over the US probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, has a reputation as a tough lawman who once even stood up to a president. Mueller, a Vietnam war vet who served as director of the FBI from 2001 to 2013, is described as enjoying seamless respect from … Read more
For many in Washington, US President Donald Trump’s shock firing of FBI director James Comey has sparked instant comparisons to the actions of Richard Nixon and the Watergate era’s infamous “Saturday Night Massacre.” On October 20, 1973, Nixon crossed a fateful line by trying to rid himself of the independent special prosecutor who was investigating … Read more
An 18-year-old Israeli-American man, in custody in Israel after being arrested there last month, was hit with US charges on Friday for making hoax telephone threats against Jewish centers. FBI Director James Comey said in a Justice Department statement that the behavior allegedly perpetrated by the suspect, Michael Ron David Kadar, “is not a prank… … Read more
Football’s governing body Fifa has passed on further evidence to Swiss and United States authorities as it completed its internal investigation into alleged corruption. It has been co-operating with law enforcement since May 2015 when Fifa members were arrested in Zurich. “We have now completed that [22-month] investigation and handed the evidence over to the … Read more
FIFA announced Friday that it has completed the internal investigation it began in June 2015 after the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced investigations into allegations of criminal misconduct, bribery and corruption in world football. During the course of FIFA’s 22-month investigation, more than … Read more
Donald Trump has fired the acting US attorney general, after she questioned the legality of his immigration ban. Sally Yates, who had been appointed under Barack Obama, earlier ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the president’s executive order. Dana Boente, US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, replaced her as acting attorney general. … Read more
Chicago police showed racial bias and a “pattern” of excessive use of force, the US Justice Department has found. Justice Department officials on Friday released a scathing report after a year-long probe into the police force found serious civil rights abuses. The 2015 inquiry was launched after fallout over the release of dashcam video showing … Read more