By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Finally it’s complete — the most anticipated report in Washington in many many years. Multiple news outlets report that the long-anticipated Mueller report on Russian interference in the 2016 campaign is complete and has been handed off to Attorney General William Barr. What comes next is anyone’s guess.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Even before he was fired, it was clear to those in the know at the FBI that Director James Comey didn’t care for President Donald Trump. It became even more apparent after he was fired. But with that being said, Comey writes in an Op-ed piece in the New York Times…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com While most people would not prefer this, Attorney Alan Dershowitz says he wants to be investigated by the FBI. In a column in the Wall Street Journal, he professes his innocence in wake of allegations that he sexually assaulted two females, including one who claims she was underage at the time. …
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The ACLU is locked in a battle with the FBI. It wants information about the bureau’s “Black Identity Extremists” program. It says the bureau is resisting, so it’s suing. On the ACLU blog, Nusrat Choudhury, deputy Director of the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program and Malkia Cyril, executive director for the Center for Media Justice, …
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Secret service agent Garrett Fitzgerald was paralyzed below the neck more than three years ago when a driver, high on heroin, crashed into his work vehicle. Now, he’s going through intense physical therapy with hopes of one day returning to work. Thanks to some help from his friends, he’ll be part…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The hit on Gambino crime boss Frank Cali shook the mob the world. There was also some interesting news in the mob world out of Philly. Mob experts George Anastasia and Dave Schratwieser discuss two big stories in their latest episode of Mob Talk Sitdown. Enjoy.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A security guard charged with stealing firearms and gun parts from an ATF storage facility in West Virginia is on the lam. U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Trumble issued a bench warrant after Christopher Lee Yates of Martinsburg failed to appear at a preliminary hearing on Wednesday morning in federal court, The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The irony of it all is not lost. A former senior DEA who testified before Congress on the government’s efforts to stop the opioid epidemic is now paid to advise one of the largest opioid manufacturers in the country, Purdue Pharma, NBC News reports. Demetra Ashley, the former acting assistant administrator of…
