Two of Law Enforcement’s Big Dogs Will Testify Thursday on the Hill

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Who knew C-Span could be so interesting? Two big names in federal law enforcement, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray, both Trump appointees, are scheduled to testify Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee about a recent Justice Department inspector general report that White House allies claim proves bias among…

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FBI Agent Strzok to Be Grilled on the Hill on Wednesday

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com FBI agent Peter Strzok, who had his embarrassing anti-Trump emails exposed, is scheduled to testify Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee about his work and political views, ABC News reports. Strzok was one of the FBI’s top investigators assigned to lead the secretive investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia after…

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Mueller Team Could Produce Indictments Addressing Collusion By Fall, Bloomberg News Reports

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Do folks in the Trump camp need to keep worrying about the Robert Mueller probe? Bloomberg News, citing a “person familiar with the probe,” reports that Mueller is preparing to accelerate his probe into possible collusion between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russians in the 2016 election. The source tells Bloomberg…

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Ex-Secret Service Agent’s Column: Maxine Waters’ Comments Are Dangerous

Jonathan Wackrow is a CNN law enforcement analyst and former agent with the US Secret Service, serving in the presidential protection division. By Jonathan Wackrow CNN Over the weekend, Rep. Maxine Waters — a vocal critic of President Donald Trump — directly called for her supporters to publicly confront members of the Trump administration over a “zero-tolerance” policy…

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DEA Concerned About Drug-Laced Cash

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The DEA is concerned about dirty money. More specifically, the agency is concerned that drug-laced cash seized in narcotics busts could seriously injure—even kill—its agents, the Daily Beast reports. So, the DEA has has begun reaching out to potential industry partners about decontaminating confiscated currency, the website reports. “Some of the substances on…

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