2018
Mueller Wants Manafort to Remain Behind Bars
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Robert Mueller’s team wants Paul Manafort to remain behind bars. Manafort’s lawyers want him released so he can help better prepare for trial, CNN reports. Prosecutors argue that Manafort’s attempts to contact potential witnesses in his case and influence their testimony are dangerous, the prosecutors argued. Witness tampering “is no less damaging…
Rod Rosenstein Losing His Right Hand Man, Scott Schools
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Another key figure in the Department of Justice is leaving. Scott Schools, the senior-most career attorney and a top aide to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, will step down to take a job in the private sector, the department announced this week, according to Business Insider. Schools is Rosenstein’s main adviser. Before Rosenstein,…
Federal Judge Mostly Rejects Justice Department’s Bid to Block California’s Sanctuary Laws
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Trump administration has been continually fighting the concept of sanctuary cities. But the judiciary has not always been helpful in that battle. The latest: A federal judge on Thursday mostly rejected a bid by the Justice Department to block California’s “sanctuary state” laws, which enact policies friendly to undocumented immigrants,…
Column: Retired FBI Agent Says Attacks on the Bureau Are ‘Unfair, Unwise and Disgusting’
Robert “Bob” Anderson Jr. served for 21 years in the FBI, retiring as executive assistant director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch. By Robert Anderson For The News Journal For nearly as long as the FBI has existed, its motto has been “Fidelity. Bravery. Integrity.” Those words remind us of the “vital part this…
Mueller Taps Additional Justice Department Resources for His Probe
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Where this all ends, and when it ends, is anyone’s guess. Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand, Bloomberg reports, adding: As Mueller pursues his probe,…
FBI Agent Peter Strzok May Not Comply With Subpoena to Testify on Hill
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The drama surrounding FBI agent Peter Strzok continues. On Tuesday, his lawyer suggested Strzok might not comply with a recent subpoena issued by two powerful House committees, according to his attorney, The Hill reports. “My client will testify soon, somewhere, sometime,” Lawyer Aitan Goelman tells CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Tuesday night. “We just got…
Radio Personality Comes Under Secret Service Scrutiny for Prank Call to Trump; Hires Michael Avenatti
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service doesn’t have a great sense of humor when it comes to matters involving the president. After prank calling President Donald Trump on Air Force One, radio personality John “Stuttering John” Melendez was reportedly brought in for questioning Monday by the Secret Service, reports the website, NorthJersey.com To add…