By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Publicity hound Rod Blagojevich, the ex-Gov. of Illinois, pleaded “innocent” Wednesday in federal court in Chicago to a revised public corruption indictment, and his attorneys indicated they want the green light to play all the secret FBI recordings they desire during trial, the Chicago Tribune reported. The Tribune reported that Blago’s…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Assistant U.S. Attorney Angel Moreno, who is based in Laredo, Tex., is the new acting U.S. Attorney for the Houston division, the Houston Chronicle reports. The federal judges in the Southern District of Texas voted to appoint Moreno to the position, the Chronicle reported. President Obama has yet to name anyone…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF is offering a $5,000 reward for for information leading to the arrest in the January arson fire at the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, a beach community in San Diego County. Authorities say sometime between 8:00 p.m. on Jan. 24, and 6:30 a.m. on Jan….
By Allan Lengel For Aol News Who will U.S. District Judge Stephen C. Robinson see when he peers down at ex-New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik during sentencing Feb. 18 in White Plains, N.Y.? An egotistical, lying, greedy lawbreaker, as the government suggests in documents filed Monday in federal court? Or a dedicated public…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In a case chock full of drama and wild accusations, a federal judge in Tampa is considering whether to sanction a former federal prosecutor in connection with his libel lawsuit against his former supervisor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Tampa Tribune reported. The paper reported that the judge is considering…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles is recommending that the man who secretly videotaped ESPN reporter Erin Andrews naked through hotel peep holes and posted the material on the Internet, get 27 months in prison. “She has lived in fear for her physical safety,” according to the government’s sentencing document…
The New York Times Editorial Page An election is coming, so the Republicans are trying to scare Americans by making it appear as if the Democrats don’t care about catching or punishing terrorists. It’s nonsense, of course, but effective. The be-very-afraid approach helped former President George W. Bush ram laws through Congress that chipped away…
By Allan Lengel For Aol News WASHINGTON — It was in November 1973 that President Richard Nixon famously declared, “I’m not a crook.” Now, nearly 37 years later, a crook has been prancing around Encino, a hilly district in Los Angeles, impersonating our 37th president, wearing a Nixon mask and sticking up banks with a…
