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Days after FBI chief Christopher Wray was deposed in a suit over the firing of agent Peter Strzok, the DOJ is seeking to block former President Trump from being deposed. A week after FBI director Christopher Wray was deposed in a lawsuit over the firing of veteran agent Pet er Strzok, the Justice Department is now asking a federal judge to -- once and for all -- block former President Donald Trump from being deposed in the suit. "[T]he deposition of former President Trump is not appropriate," Justice Department attorneys wrote in a motion to fully quash a subpoena to Trump. Strzok filed suit against the Justice Department and the FBI in 2019, claiming his First Amendment rights were violated when he was wrongfully terminated the year before over private text messages with then-FBI attorney Lisa Page reflecting anti-Trump sentiments. MORE: FBI Director Wray deposed in lawsuit over FBI agent's firing; Trump could be next In 2016, Strzok had helped launched the FBI'...

Gal Luft, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who has accused the Biden family of corruption, has been charged by federal prosecutors with failing to register as a foreign agent. A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who has accused President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, of corruption has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with failing to register as a foreign agent while working to advance the interests of China. Gal Luft, 57, has also been charged with violating U.S. sanctions on Iran. He remains a fugitive. According to the indictment, Luft paid an unnamed adviser to then-President Donald Trump to publicly support certain policies favorable to China. MORE: Republicans vow to keep investigating Biden family in wake of Hunter Biden plea deal In the weeks before the 2016 presidential election, Luft allegedly created a written "dialogue" between a Chinese national and the Trump adviser, in which Luft wrote the adviser's responses and included information that was favorab...

The day before a governmental oversight hearing, the FBI says it recently revoked the security clearances of three agents for issues related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The FBI has revoked the security clearances of three agent s for issues related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a letter from the bureau to congressional investigators obtained by ABC News. One of the agents was among the pro-Trump mob at the U.S. Capitol, according to the FBI, and the two others are alleged to have hindered investigative efforts. At least two of the agents -- Steve Friend and Marcus Allen -- are expected to testify Thursday before the Republican-led House select subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government as part of its probe into the federal government's purported wrongdoings against conservatives. MORE: Government 'weaponization' panel holds 1st hearing: 'Never seen anything like this' The letter could lead to a contentious hearing, pro...

Federal authorities say a Border Patrol agent in body armor was struck by gunfire but not seriously hurt while confronting the occupants of a vehicle suspected of smuggling migrants in New Mexico SANTA FE, N.M. -- A Border Patrol agent wearing body armor was struck by gunfire but avoided serious injury Thursday while confronting the occupants of a vehicle suspected of migrant smuggling in New Mexico, federal authorities said. Six people were taken into custody after the vehicle later crashed, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. The agency added that the agent was shot in the chest multiple times and was released after a medical examination. The officer, who was not identified, had returned fire as a vehicle sped away on a rural state highway north of Hatchita. “The fleeing vehicle was involved in a rolled over accident a few miles down the road and agent s took six persons into custody,” according to the statement. It said two of those in custody were flown to a trauma cen...