By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Three Democratic senators want the FBI to evaluate the national security risks at Mar-a-Lago in wake of the recent arrest there of a Chinese national, Mother Jones reports. Yujing Zhang had allegedly gained entry to Donald Trump’s private resort while carrying electronics that included a thumb drive containing malware. “This latest incident raises very…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com And so the plot thickens. Some of Robert S. Mueller III’s investigators have told associates that the findings in the Mueller report were more troubling than Attorney General William P. Barr let on in his summary, the New York Times reports. That revelation will only emboldened Democrats in Congress to push…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Thomas Brandon, who led ATF since 2015, is retiring, the website The Trace reports. Brandon will step down on April 30. “Deputy Director Brandon has faithfully served ATF for 30 years, starting as a Special Agent in 1989,” ATF spokesperson Bradley Engelbert said in an emailed statement to the new site. “He…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service says a Chinese woman carrying four cell phones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive, and a thumb drive containing malware tried to get into President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort Saturday while the president was golfing nearby, NBC reports. The Secret Service issued a statement Tuesday night: “The Secret…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that Attorney General William Barr deserves “the benefit of the doubt,” but questioned Barr’s decision on whether President Donald Trump had committed obstruction of justice. “Bill Barr, our attorney general, deserves the benefit of the doubt,” Comey told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “Give him a chance…
