By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The war of words inside the Beltway over the Trump-Russia investigation shows no signs of letting up. Rep. Darrell Issa accused the Justice Department and FBI of purposefully misleading Congress when it comes to the origin of the Trump-Russia investigation, Real Clear Politics reports. “I believe they’re lying through their teeth,”…
For more than 50 years, Frank Andrews’s family never got justice.
FBI Director Eric Holder bid a heartfelt farewell to the Justice Department on Friday as he stepped aside for his successor. Holder served as the top law enforcement leader for the past six years. Loretta Lynch is replacing Holder after she was finally confirmed by the Senate. “I am proud of you. I’m going to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The prospect of a government shutdown over the budget is causing some unease at the Justice Department, which includes the FBI, DEA and ATF. “Should it become necessary to implement our contingency plans, you will receive notice from your manager no later than Friday April 8th regarding the designation…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The New York City officers involved in the highly controversial fatal shooting of Sean Bell — he was shot 50 times on his wedding day in 2006 — are off the hook. The Justice Department announced Tuesday there was insufficient evidence to file civil rights charges against the officers in the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Allan Kornblum, 71, a Florida federal magistrate, an ex-FBI agent who worked on civil rights cases in the 1960s, and a Justice Department official credited with writing key passages of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), died last week of cancer in Gainesville, Fla., the Washington Post reported. Kornblum,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — After all the unnecessary political grandstanding, the administration is doing what it probably would have done anyways in the wake of the Christmas Day bombing incident. The Washington Post’s Walter Pincus, one of Washington’s premier reporters, writes that the Justice Department and FBI will “consult with the intelligence community…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Let the fun begin. The Justice Department is firing back as tension between the agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence seems to be on the rise. On Wednesday, Intelligence Director Dennis Blair told a Congressional committee that he was never consulted before the FBI decided…
