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The Washington Post reports: The FBI has begun dispatching agents in overnight shifts to help local law enforcement prevent carjackings and violent crime in Washington, according to two people familiar with the matter, as President Donald Trump threatens a federal takeover of the nation’s capital and considers calling up the National Guard. A decision on calling up the Guard could …

The Washington Post reports: Texas GOP leaders hailed the FBI’s apparent willingness to help them track down the more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who have left the state amid a messy redistricting fight, calling it a necessary step to end a standoff that has ground state politics to a halt. But a day after Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said that …

The New York Times reports: Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, said on Thursday that the F.B.I. had agreed to his request to help track down dozens of Democratic Texas state lawmakers who left the state to prevent a vote on a redistricting plan. The activation of federal agents could create a standoff between the Trump administration and state leaders …

CBS News reports: Crime decreased in every category in 2024, including murder, violent crime and motor vehicle thefts, according to data released by the FBI on Tuesday. It reflects a trend experts have been tracking as reported numbers of violent crimes continue to drop from a spike immediately following the COVID-19 pandemic. The FBI’s report did not venture to say …

Bloomberg News reports: We know from news reports that Trump’s name was in the Epstein files. But what hasn’t been reported is that an FBI FOIA team redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the documents, according to three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to speak with the media. That team, tasked with …

The New York Times reports: The Trump-era special counsel who scoured the Russia investigation for wrongdoing gathered evidence that undermines a theory pushed by some Republicans that Hillary Clinton’s campaign conspired to frame Donald J. Trump for colluding with Moscow in the 2016 election, information declassified on Thursday shows. The information, a 29-page annex to the special counsel’s 2023 report, …

NBC News reports: The suspect, whom the FBI identified as Jeffrey Dorsey, 60, of Dayton, left a nearly 90-second expletive-laden voicemail on the main line of a lawmaker’s Washington, D.C., office last month, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court Tuesday. Court documents did not name the member of Congress, but a House Republican aide confirmed it was …

CBS News reports: The “missing minute” from the surveillance video at the Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Center where Jeffrey Epstein died in 2019 may not be missing after all, CBS News has learned. When the Justice Department and FBI released nearly 11 hours of footage earlier this month, the time code on the screen jumped forward one minute just before midnight, …

“During my tenure here as the Deputy Director of the FBI, I have repeatedly relayed to you that things are happening that might not be immediately visible, but they are happening. “The Director and I are committed to stamping out public corruption and the political weaponization of both law enforcement and intelligence operations. It is a priority for us. But …

CNBC reports: FBI agents assigned earlier this year to review investigative files in the criminal case against notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were instructed to “flag” any documents that mentioned President Donald Trump, Sen. Richard Durbin said Friday. Durbin’s claim came in letters the Illinois Democrat sent the Justice Department and FBI letters asking them to explain what his office …

The New York Post reports: FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino was back at work on Monday after a clash with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case left him mulling resignation last week, as The Post previously reported. Multiple sources told CNN that Bongino, 50, did come into the office after taking a personal day …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump did not say for sure that Dan Bongino is still serving as deputy director of the FBI. “Oh, I think so,” Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Sunday when asked if the former right-wing podcaster is still No. 2 at the agency. “I spoke to him today,” he added. “Dan Bongino. …

The New York Times reports: Typically, the F.B.I. has turned to polygraph tests to sniff out employees who might have betrayed their country or shown they cannot be trusted with secrets. Since Kash Patel took office as the director of the F.B.I., the bureau has significantly stepped up the use of the lie-detector test, at times subjecting personnel to a …

The Hill reports: The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved an amendment to the annual Justice Department funding bill aimed at blocking the Trump administration from keeping the FBI’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The committee voted 15-14 to adopt language that seeks to block funding from being used to relocate the headquarters from its current J. Edgar Hoover Building site …

NBC News reports: A 37-year-old Rhode Island man has been arrested and charged with threatening to shoot and kill Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Rhode Island. The man, Carl D. Montague, is accused of posting a “profanity-laced” message on social media on June 27 …

Axios reports: President Trump’s Justice Department and FBI have concluded they have no evidence that convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept a “client list” or was murdered, according to a memo detailing the findings obtained by Axios. The administration is releasing a video — in both raw and “enhanced” versions — that it says …

NewsNation reports: As millions of Americans prepare to celebrate this Fourth of July holiday weekend, authorities across the country are on alert for potential lone wolf attacks. In a joint bulletin, the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and other law enforcement agencies said individuals or small groups motivated by political, racial or personal grievances are most likely to target large …

The Associated Press reports: A military veteran was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for plotting to attack an FBI office and assassinate law enforcement officers in retaliation for his arrest on charges that he was part of the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, court records show. Edward Kelley was one of the first rioters to …

Law & Crime reports: Michael Flynn, the first national security advisor for President Donald Trump who twice pleaded guilty to charges of lying to the FBI about his conversations with a Russian agent, is once again suing the federal government claiming he was wrongfully prosecuted. The case was initially filed in July 2023 and dismissed by a federal judge in …

The Hill reports: FBI Director Kash Patel is suing an MSNBC analyst over a claim suggesting Patel was spending more time in nightclubs than the FBI’s headquarters. Patel’s attorneys argued Frank Figliuzzi, a former FBI official and frequent commentator on the channel, “crossed the legal line by fabricating a specific lie about Director Patel.” Figliuzzi said during a May 2 …