Federal Case: After a briefing on Russian hackers by the intelligence chiefs, Democratic congressional leaders are furious that FBI director James Comey, who spoke openly about the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email, wouldn’t say whether his agency is investigating whether …

G-Man Under Fire: The Justice Department’s inspector general has announced an investigation into FBI Director James Comey’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, particularly his disclosure 11 days before the election that he might have new information. Comey is …

Berate the Press: So much about Trump. In his first press conference since July 27th, President-elect Donald Trump said that to avoid conflicts between his business and government he would turn over his holdings to a trust run by his …

The Manchurian Candidate: Reports have surfaced that both President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump were shown intelligence documents that say Russian operatives claim to have information that is both personally and financially compromising to Trump. CNN and The New York …

Conflict and Interest: The Senate and Trump transition team appear to be trying to ram through cabinet appointees who have yet to receive complete background and ethics screenings. The man who leads the Office of Government Ethics says the schedule …

The Intel: A senior member of Russia’s parliament mocked and dismissed the CIA report on Russian hacking of the US election. Alexey Pushkov, a member of the defense and security committee of the Russian Parliament’s upper house, said via Twitter, …

The Intel: Russian President Vladimir Putin “ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election,” and demonstrated “a clear preference for President-elect Trump” over Hillary Clinton, according to a declassified version of an intelligence report on Russian …

The Intel: The Washington Post reports that US intelligence intercepts found Russian leaders celebrating Donald Trump’s election win over Hillary Clinton as a geopolitical victory for Moscow. The Post also reports that intelligence agencies identified “actors” who turned over hacked …

The Intel: President-elect Trump is thinking about limiting the power of the Director of National Intelligence and doing some reorganizing, particularly at the CIA, according to some reports. In the meantime, Trump is taking sides with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange …

It’s Political: After a Twitter whipping by President-elect Donald Trump and public outrage, House Republicans scurried yesterday to reverse their vote to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics. The headline on a NY Times editorial says, “House Fires at …