By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director James Comey, who headed the agency at the time of the 2016 presidential campaign, defended the bureau against attacks by President Donald Trump and his allies. Comey says the attacks on the U.S. law enforcement agency “will do lasting damage to our country,” Politico reports. “Facts matter. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The lines continue to get blurred in the Trump era. White House chief of staff John Kelly plans to attend two briefings at the Justice Department on Thursday about an FBI informant who interacted with the Trump campaign in the 2016 election. Kelly’s presence comes despite previous White House assurances that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI, through a court order, has seized control of a key server in the Kremlin’s global botnet of 500,000 hacked routers, The Daily Beast reports. The move will allow the bureau to build a comprehensive list of victims of the attack, and short-circuits Moscow’s ability to reinfect its targets. The…
