By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A version of Robert Mueller’s report, which is expected to be redacted, will be available for Congress and the public within weeks, a Justice Department official said, the Wall Street Journal reports. The official said there are no plans to provide the White House with the report first. The release is…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A U.S. Secret Service motorcycle officer, who was headed to the vice president’s residence to set up a motorcade later in the day, was injured Tuesday morning in a crash involving a vehicle near the U.S. Naval Observatory in Northwest Washington, the Washington Post reports. The uniformed officer was treated at…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Yes, the ban on bump stocks is real. Hours before a federal rule banning the possession of bump stocks came into effect on Tuesday, Texas-based gun accessory retailer RW Arms announced it was voluntarily turning over its entire inventory of 60,000 unsold devices to ATF for destruction, the website The Trace reports. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos testified to Congress that the FBI asked him to wear a wire in 2017, but he refused, CNN reports. Papdopoulos told lawmakers of the wire last October. The FBI wanted him to record his conversations with a professor who had ties to Russia and claimed…
