FBI Director Christopher Wray Named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for 2024
Wray was the perfect tonic for the bureau – low key and steady.
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ProPublica: Judge Aileen Cannon Failed to Disclose a Right-Wing Junket
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. This story first appeared in ProPublica. By Marilyn W. Thompson and Alex Mierjeski ProPublica Federal Judge Aileen M. Cannon, the controversial jurist who tossed out the classified documents criminal case against Donald Trump in July, failed to disclose her attendance at a May 2023 banquet funded by a…
ProPublica: Chinese Organized Crime’s Latest U.S. Target: Gift Cards
By Craig Silverman and Peter Elkind ProPublica This story was first published by ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative newsroom. Federal authorities are investigating the involvement of Chinese organized crime rings in gift card fraud schemes that have stolen hundreds of millions of dollars or more from American consumers. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched a task…
Jack Smith and Eli Rosenbaum Named ticklethewire.com Feds of the Year for 2023
It was Martin Luther King Jr. who said “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” So it’s with gratitude each year that we pick our ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year.
ProPublica: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court
By Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski ProPublica In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the size of his leg, Alito posed for…
ProPublica: Clarence Thomas and the Billionaire. Rides Aboard a Superyacht and Private Jet.
By Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski This story was originally published by ProPublica. Read Justice Clarence Thomas’ response at the end of this article. By IN LATE JUNE 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet headed to Indonesia. He and his wife were…
FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate Named ticklethewire.com Fed of the Year for 2022
By Allan Lengel The FBI is facing extremely challenging times, undertaking highly-sensitive investigations while dealing with intense and sometimes very harsh criticism from outside and within. We can think of no better No. 2 person than Paul Abbate to try to help steady the ship. Unflappable and low key, Abbate, with more than 26 years…
Book Excerpt: I Reported to the FBI in Detroit, Then Jimmy Hoffa Disappeared
The writer, an FBI agent for 31 years, retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office in 2006. The following is the first chapter in his book, “FBI Case Files Michigan: Tales of a G-Man,” published by The History Press. It’ll be released Feb. 21 and can be pre-ordered or found at local bookstores June…