By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ohio native Stephen D. Anthony, a former special assistant to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Cleveland Division. Anthony most recently was responsible for establishing an FBI-wide leadership development program, the FBI said. Anthony entered the FBI in February…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Thomas J. Browne, former head of the Little Rock FBI office, has been named assistant director of the agency’s Training Division. In his new assignment, Browne will be responsible for all FBI training programs, including the new agent and intelligence analyst training programs, and the National Academy, which trains…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI agent testified Tuesday that a Neo-Nazi on trial in federal court in Chicago once posted potentially harmful information about a popular African American Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The agent’s testimony came in the trial of Neo-Nazi William White, who is charged with advocating…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The operator of a wealth management firm pleaded guilty Monday in Washington federal court to causing the Hillary Clinton for President Committee to unwittingly submit false statements to the Federal Election Commission involving campaign contributions totaling $48,300. The scheme involved an Elton John concert. Evan Snapper, 46, of Fairfield,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s a game of musical chairs over at the Justice Department at 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Gary G. Grindler, who had been filling in as acting deputy attorney general, the number two spot, becomes chief of staff to the Attorney General, the department announced Monday. Grindler is being replaced…
James Burdick is a former Wayne County prosecutor in Detroit and is a criminal defense attorney who also practices health care discipline and is a reinstatement expert at the firm of Burdick Law, P.C. in Bloomfield Hills, Mi. He has also appeared regularly on Larry King Live, Court TV, Geraldo, Good Morning America and other…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Something seems terribly wrong when we see federal law enforcement agencies headed up for years by people who are “acting” heads. Michele Leonhart of the DEA was the acting head since 2007 — up until the end of December. Finally, just before the holidays, the Senate confirmed her appointment…
