FBI Coverage

FBI broke rules in scouring foreign intelligence on Jan. 6 riot, racial justice protests, court says

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI officials repeatedly violated their own standards when they searched a vast repository of foreign intelligence for information related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and racial justice protests in 2020, according to a heavily blacked-out court order released Friday.

By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press

Special prosecutor ends Trump-Russia investigation, saying FBI acted hastily

WASHINGTON (AP) — A special prosecutor found that the FBI rushed into its investigation of ties between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and relied too much on raw and unconfirmed intelligence as he concluded a four-year probe that fell far short of the former president's prediction that the “crime of the century" would be uncovered.

By ERIC TUCKER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press

FBI report shows active shooter incidents decreased in 2022

Active shooter incidents decreased in 2022 but the overall number of people shot went up, according to an annual report from the FBI.

No federal charges being filed in case of NC woman months after her death in Mexico

The Department of Justice and FBI have determined there will be no federal charges filed in the death of Charlotte native Shanquella Robinson.

Fact-checking CPAC claims about the FBI, fentanyl, IRS

Republican lawmakers and pundits at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference berated President Joe Biden and his administration officials as weak and biased against conservatives. PolitiFact checks their claims.

PolitiFact staff

Fact-checking GOP congressman on claim about FBI investigations into parents

U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., on Jan. 8 accused federal officials of abusing their power, saying parents who attend school board meetings "to question the curriculum" are "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI." PolitiFact checks his claim.

Fact check: Does FBI flag parents who 'go to school board meetings?'

U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., on Jan. 8 accused federal officials of abusing their power, saying parents who attend school board meetings "to question the curriculum" are "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI." PolitiFact checks his claim.

Amy Sherman, PolitiFact reporter

Cornelius 11-year-old missing for 22 days; Mother, stepfather arrested for failing to report

Madalina Cojocari has been missing since Nov. 23. She was last seen that day in Cornelius.

Delaney Eyermann, WRAL multiplatform producer

FBI investigation: Cell phone data could narrow down pool of suspects in Moore County power grid attack

Law enforcement have not filed any charges or named a suspect, but experts say the information can help narrow down the search to a list of suspects and a list of witnesses.

Brett Knese, WRAL reporter

Warrants issued in Moore County power grid attack

Multiple search warrants have been issued on the state level, and the FBI applied for a federal order to retrieve cell phone records to identify people in the area of the substations on Saturday. Investigators have not filed any charges and no arrests have been made at this point.

FBI finds person responsible for threats against HBCUs

An investigation of racially motivated threats of violence targeting historically Black colleges and universities has identified one juvenile believed to be responsible for a majority of the threats.

FBI finds juvenile responsible for more than 50 racially-motivated threats against HBCUs, churches

The person believed to be responsible for a series of threats made against historically Black colleges and universities has been identified.

This 'CSI: Miami' actress was threatened by a stalker for 12 years. The FBI caught him after he left his DNA on a fast-food straw

Her character was a DNA analyst for the Miami-Dade Police Department, which became a bitter irony when authorities found DNA on envelopes containing the threatening letters but couldn't pinpoint a suspect.

By Jean Casarez and Brandon Griggs, CNN

Fact check: Clinton says her server 'had zero emails that were classified'

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pushed back against comparisons between her email probe and the search on former President Donald Trump's Florida home, tweeting on Sept. 6 that "I had zero emails that were classified." PolitiFact checks her claim.

Jon Greenberg and Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact reporters

Fort Bragg soldier kicked out after FBI says he enlisted to become better at killing Black people

A former soldier who prosecutors say claimed he enlisted to become better at killing Black people was kicked out of the Army following an FBI investigation that uncovered ties to White supremacist organizations and Nazi ideology.

WRAL and CNN

Trump Lashes Out in First Rally Since FBI Search

WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — In his first rally since his home was searched by the FBI on Aug. 8, former President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at President Joe Biden and federal agents, calling his Democratic rival “an enemy of the state” and the FBI and the Department of Justice “vicious monsters.”

Katie Glueck and Michael C. Bender, New York Times

Mar-a-Lago search inventory shows documents marked as classified mixed with clothes, gifts, press clippings

US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday released a detailed inventory from the Mar-a-Lago search that the Justice Department previously filed under seal in court.

By Tierney Sneed

Fact check: Trump accuses Obama of keeping classified documents

On Aug. 12, former President Donald Trump issued a statement saying: "President Barack Hussein Obama kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified." PolitiFact checks his claim.

Jon Greenberg and Amy Sherman, PolitiFact reporters

FBI, DHS warn of spike in threats to federal officials in aftermath of Mar-a-Lago raid

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a joint bulletin describing a spike in threats to federal law enforcement officials.

SBC being investigated by FBI over sex abuse allegations

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating sexual abuse allegations within the Southern Baptist Convention.

NBC News Special Report: FBI agents find classified documents at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate

Federal agents removed 11 sets of classified documents from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

Trump says he agrees with DOJ request to unseal Mar-a-Lago search warrant

Trump says he agrees with the DOJ request to unseal the Mar-a-Lago search warrant -- amid reports the FBI sought nuclear documents.

The Washington Post: FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence for classified nuclear documents

The FBI sought to locate classified documents related to nuclear weapons, among other items, when agents searched former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, this week, people familiar with the investigation told The Washington Post.

By Paul LeBlanc, CNN

The Poisoned Relationship Between Trump and the Keepers of U.S. Secrets

WASHINGTON-- After four years of President Donald Trump's raging against his intelligence services, posting classified information to Twitter and announcing that he took the word of President Vladimir Putin of Russia over that of his own spies, perhaps the least surprising thing he did during his final days in office was ship boxes of sensitive material from the White House to his oceanside palace in Florida.

Mark Mazzetti, New York Times

AG Merrick Garland makes statement days after FBI raid of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate

Attorney General Merrick Garland is set to make a statement Thursday afternoon. It comes after three days of silence over the FBI's raid of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.