By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Three Democratic senators want the FBI to evaluate the national security risks at Mar-a-Lago in wake of the recent arrest there of a Chinese national, Mother Jones reports. Yujing Zhang had allegedly gained entry to Donald Trump’s private resort while carrying electronics that included a thumb drive containing malware. “This latest incident raises very…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com And so the plot thickens. Some of Robert S. Mueller III’s investigators have told associates that the findings in the Mueller report were more troubling than Attorney General William P. Barr let on in his summary, the New York Times reports. That revelation will only emboldened Democrats in Congress to push…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Thomas Brandon, who led ATF since 2015, is retiring, the website The Trace reports. Brandon will step down on April 30. “Deputy Director Brandon has faithfully served ATF for 30 years, starting as a Special Agent in 1989,” ATF spokesperson Bradley Engelbert said in an emailed statement to the new site. “He…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service says a Chinese woman carrying four cell phones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive, and a thumb drive containing malware tried to get into President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort Saturday while the president was golfing nearby, NBC reports. The Secret Service issued a statement Tuesday night: “The Secret…
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…
