It’s Only Getting Wilder: Trump Considering Pardoning Martha Stewart and Commuting Rod Blagojevich’s Sentence

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If TV ratings is the real goal, President Donald Trump is killing it. Trump indicated Thursday he’s considering pardoning for TV personality Martha Stewart and commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is serving 14 years for public corruption. Trump also said Thursday that he would offer a…

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Tedious Work: FBI Piecing Together Shredded Documents From Michael Cohen Raid

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sometimes FBI work can be pretty tedious. The agency is piecing together shredded documents found in its raid of Michael Cohen’s home and office while investigating President Trump’s personal attorney for suspected financial crimes, The Hill reports. CNN reports that there is not a large amount of shredded material. The federal government has so…

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Senior House Republican Backs FBI’s Use of Informant During the Campaign

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com While President Donald Trump promotes “Spygate” as the biggest scandal since Watergate, senior House Republican Trey Gowdy said the use of an FBI informant to gather information from Trump advisers  during the 2016 presidential campaign was justified. Gowdy, who was part of a highly classified Justice Department briefing last week, said…

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