FBI Probes Source of Weapons Used by Gunman Who Killed 5 in Santa Monica

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  One big mystery behind the gunman who killed five people in Santa Monica is how he got his weapons. Federal authorities recovered two weapons from John Zawahri – a semiautomatic rifle and an old “black-powder handgun,” The Los Angeles Times reports. Authorities also are trying determine how he amassed a large collection…

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Pennsylvania Justice Under FBI Probe Over Wife’s Referral Fees Involving Law Firms

 Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffery is the target of an FBI investigation involving referral fees received by his wife, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. His wife and chief aide, Lise Rapaport, received 19 referral fees for connecting clients with personal-injury law firms, the Inquirer reported. One of those fees was for…

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Controversial ATF Agent Vince Cefalu Calls ATF Leadership “A Joke That is Not Funny”

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As acting director B. Todd Jones faces questioning this week from the Senate Judiciary Committee on his nomination for director, veteran ATF agent Vince Cefalu is weighing in. Cefalu, who has been described as a whistleblower, and is embroiled in multiple controversial legal actions against ATF, says that the current leadership…

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