By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that Attorney General William Barr deserves “the benefit of the doubt,” but questioned Barr’s decision on whether President Donald Trump had committed obstruction of justice. “Bill Barr, our attorney general, deserves the benefit of the doubt,” Comey told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “Give him a chance…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nelson Cunningham is no stranger to federal law enforcement or Capitol Hill. He served as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York under Rudy Giuliani and was general counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee under chair, Sen. Joseph Biden. And oh yes, he was general counsel of the White…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com James Comey for president in 2020? Well, that’s what the former FBI director suggested in a tweet. Then again, it was April Fools Day and yes, he was just having some fun. But could you imagine a president who used this website to make dad jokes rather than to hurl insults?…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department, which enforces civil rights laws, is facing a battle within. The department has grown increasingly hostile toward its own LGBT workers, causing top talent to quit as they experience discrimination and “declining morale,” according to a group of LGBT employees who confronted Attorney General Bill Barr in a…
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Congressman Jerrold Nadler, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, writes in an Op-ed piece in the New York Times, about the urgency of Congress getting the report very soon: Before the formal investigation began, Mr. Trump fired his F.B.I. director. He later fired his attorney general. He reportedly attempted to fire the special…
