By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some critics have said President Donald Trump has often been more obsessed with leaks than the substance involving possible improprieties. Now, the the Justice Department is responding, vowing to aggressively prosecute government officials who leak classified information, the Daily Beast reports. “As the Attorney General has said, the Department of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s a pretty good reason why President Donald Trump should have known better than to appoint Michael T. Flynn national security adviser under the circumstances. The New York Times reports that Flynn told President Trump’s transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working as…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, the stoic leader of the bureau from 2001 to 2013, has been appointed special counsel to investigate whether the Russians influenced the 2016 campaign and the administration of President Donald Trump. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the appointment on Wednesday, saying in a statement:…
