As senators prepare to consider Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet, they’ll likely be doing so without the FBI background ...

The Trump transition team has not entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Justice to allow the FBI ...

FBI background checks and ethics agreements are a standard part of vetting cabinet nominees. But, so far, the Trump ...

WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's choice of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has many Justice Department employees reeling, ...

Former federal prosecutor Harry Litman said former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) would fail a background check for an entry-level role at the Department of Justice (DOJ), a department President-elect ...

Whitaker has a legal and criminal justice background, rather than one focused on foreign policy and national security, yet is poised to take over an important position for U.S. global affairs.

Trump advisors reportedly recommended in a memo to the transition team that private firms, rather than the FBI, conduct ...

Whitaker has a legal and criminal justice background, rather than one focused on foreign policy and national security, yet is poised to take over an important position for U.S. global affairs.

There is no written requirement that the commission weigh geographic background, but historically the bench has had at least ...