UPDATE: Friday; 11:15 a.m. — The jury finished Thursday and went home for the weekend. Deliberations resume Monday. Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The jury in the retrial of ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich is still working way. On Thursday, on the fifth day of deliberations, the jury asked U.S. District Judge James Zagel to clarify legal language…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Senate Judiciary on Thursday approved legislation that would extend FBI Director Robert S. Mueller’s term for two years. The vote 11-7, paves the way for Congress to approve the extension, something that seems certain to happen. The legislation must be approved by the House and the Senate. Mueller was appointed…
Norm Coleman smiling (probably because he has generous friends) By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I have some lousy friends, particularly those with money. They haven’t lavished me with tens of thousands of dollars in gifts. Maybe a beer. Maybe a meal. And oh yes, one once gave me a Jerry Springer “Uncensored” video for my birthday….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fed authorities in Arizona have busted a special agent with ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on charges that she illegally accessed, stole and transferred sensitive U.S. government documents to family members and associates with strong ties to drug trafficking organizations south of the border, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Jovana Samaniego…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Soon we’ll get the verdict in the Blago II trial and we’ll start to evaluate what it means for Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. The jury begins the fifth day of deliberations on Thursday. The first trial did not bode so well for Fitzgerald, the rock star among U.S. Attorneys. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The hard-charging late Tim Russert, who hosted NBC’s “Meet the Press” for more than 16 years, may have been beloved, but apparently not be everybody. The Hill newspaper reports that FBI files show that someone left a threatening voicemail for Russert at the tv station on March 7, 2001 at about…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A suburban Pittsburgh family says sorry, sorry ain’t enough. The family said it’s suing the FBI for more than $50,000 in damages after agents and police officers in March mistakenly entered their Bellevue, Pa., home, guns drawn, looking for a suspect who moved out two years before and was not related…
