The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis was interviewed by FBI agents last year after his mother called police to say that her son might commit “suicide by cop,” the bureau said Friday. Authorities also released the names of the eight victims late Friday.
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The Indiana Statehouse complex will be closed to the public through Wednesday and state legislative meetings this week are canceled because of possible protests related to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. The closure comes as law enforcement and National Guard forces have fortified security in the nation’s capital and in state capitals around the country amid threats of violence.
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At the center of the standoff that has stretched throughout the week is Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which permits the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI and other agencies to collect and analyze vast amounts of overseas communications without a warrant.
President Trump posted on social media, “Good, I’m glad he’s dead.” The Republican president added, “He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
“The affected system is unclassified and contains law enforcement sensitive information, including returns from legal process, such as pen register and trap and trace surveillance returns, and personally identifiable information pertaining to subjects of FBI investigations,” said the notification.
The motion asks the judge to “order reasonable limits on the government’s use of the seized data” and to prohibit the government from using the data for purposes other than the criminal investigation cited in the search warrant affidavit.
The affidavit provides the first public justification for an FBI search last month that targeted a county Trump and his allies have long seen as central to their claim that the 2020 election was stolen.
A federal grand jury subpoena shows the agency is seeking records and information relating to Irsay’s death, his “substance (illegal and prescription) use,” and his “relationship with Dr. Harry Haroutunian,” a prominent addiction specialist based in California.
While classified documents investigations aren’t unusual, the search of a reporter’s home marks an escalation in the government’s efforts to crack down on leaks.
U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker sentenced Austin Ryan Lauless, 31, of Colorado, to 84 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release.
The departure would be among the highest-profile resignations of the Trump administration, coming as the firing of career agents has contributed to upheaval at the FBI.
The effort will target sophisticated cartels, foreign terrorist organizations, and transnational gangs whose crimes include homicide, kidnapping, human trafficking, extortion, and smuggling drugs across the U.S. borders.
Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey want to review a transcript and audio recording of grand jury proceedings in his criminal case, citing what they say were “irregularities” in the process that should result in the dismissal of an indictment pushed by President Donald Trump.
The indictment makes Comey the first former senior government official to face prosecution in connection with one of Trump’s chief grievances: the long-concluded investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The seized documents marked as confidential appear to be about weapons of mass destruction, national “strategic communication” and the U.S. mission to the United Nations.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Tuesday rejected the agent’s claim that his August 2018 firing violated his First Amendment free speech rights.
U.S. District Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson sentenced Jeremy Mack, 50, to an additional 30 years and five months in federal prison and $3,000 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for fatally stabbing his former cellmate, Stephen Cannada, at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute.
The group Democracy Forward sued the Justice Department and the FBI for senior administration officials’ communication about Jeffrey Epstein documents and any regarding correspondence between him and President Donald Trump.
Kash Patel was in Wellington on Thursday to open the FBI’s first standalone office in New Zealand and to meet senior officials.
A nationally recognized FBI cybersecurity executive with Indianapolis ties has joined Dinsmore & Shohl LLP as a partner in the firm’s corporate group.
On Tuesday, an attorney for Trina Martin will go before the U.S. Supreme Court to ask the justices to reinstate her 2019 lawsuit against the U.S. government accusing the agents of assault and battery, false arrest and other violations.
The selection places two staunch Trump allies atop the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency at a time when Democrats are concerned that the president could seek to target his adversaries.