James Comey

President Donald Trump plans to nominate Christopher Wray to be the next director of the FBI. Trump has been searching for a nominee since he fired former FBI Director James Comey last month. He are five facts to know about Wray. 1) Led the Criminal Division Under George W. Bush Wray was...

Geopolitics will once again take center stage this week on Wall Street, as a trio of potential market catalysts could have a major impact on gold prices. When investors get uncertain about potential shifts in the political backdrop, they often turn to gold as an investment safe haven. Here’s...

President Donald Trump may exercise a rarely used presidential legal authority to prevent former FBI director James Comey from testifying about conversations he had with the president in front of the Senate next week. Comey has said Trump pressured him to end an ongoing FBI investigation into...

The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, passed after former President John F. Kennedy was assassinated to ensure a smooth transfer of power if a president dies or is considered unfit, has suddenly become a serious topic of conversation surrounding President Donald Trump. For all the talk of...

President Donald Trump has taken fire from critics in recent weeks following his firing of FBI head James Comey. While Democrats and even some Republicans are calling for a Trump impeachment, investors are trying to figure out what, if any, impact the recent developments will have on the Republican...

President Donald Trump might have drawn headlines away from his domestic troubles with his first state trip abroad, but ongoing investigations into his team’s Russian ties and financial dealings aren’t going away. Which means the steady murmurs of impeachment will likely remain when he...

Not yet a year into his presidency, Brazilian President Michel Temer is facing a major bribery scandal that has sent Brazilian stocks tumbling. JBS, the world’s largest meat producer, owner Joesley Batista secretly taped the president encouraging continued bribery of a jailed former-...

Robert Mueller’s bulletproof reputation as a relentless, by-the-book investigator virtually guarantees a rigorous and wide-ranging investigation of President Donald Trump’s ties to the Kremlin, the former FBI director’s supporters say. “I can’t think of a better...

President Donald Trump disclosed highly sensitive intelligence regarding ISIS during his meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, according to reports from the Washington Post and multiple other outlets. It's the latest in a...

Somewhere beyond the cacophony over President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey is a steady, behind-the-scenes hum about healthcare, which won’t stay yesterday’s news for very long. Analysts at Height Securities, LLC say the U.S. Senate has to deal with healthcare...

What timing. One of only seven men confirmed by Congress to run the FBI gets fired one day before Russia’s top envoy happens to be meeting with President Donald Trump. “Was he fired? You’re kidding, you’re kidding,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov,...

President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey might not be Watergate in Russian, according to one political science professor, but it could have the same effect on the public's view of government. Watergate — the scandal surrounding a break-in at Democratic National...

After President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey Tuesday in the midst of an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, members of both parties called for the appointment of a special prosecutor. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said in a letter...

President Donald Trump has fired James Comey, the man who was leading an investigation into whether members of the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. Comey had served as director of the FBI since September of 2013. "While I greatly appreciate you...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote a letter to both the Department of Justice (DoJ) and Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) to mark the eight-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers' collapse. According to Bloomberg, Warren told the DoJ's inspector general, Michael Horowitz, that a lack of...