By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker says that he hasn’t talked to President Donald Trump about the Mueller probe and not interfered with the investigation in anyway. That’s what he told the House Judiciary Committee on Friday, Vox news reports. During intense questioning by House Judiciary Chair Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Whitaker conceded that he…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com For years the hunt was on to find a new location for FBI headquarters, and the likely choices were in Virginia and Maryland. But in 2017, after a five-year search, the FBI abruptly ended the search. It appeared the current spot would be revamped. In August 2018, a report from the Inspector General’s…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Amid cries for his resignation, Democratic Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax is turning to the FBI, The Hill reports. Fairfax is asking the FBI to investigate sexual assault allegations against him that have been made by two women. On Saturday, he released a statement that “all appropriate and impartial investigatory authorities,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort has some big problems. Robert Mueller’s team is accusing Manafort of continuing to minimize the conduct of an associate with alleged ties to Russian intelligence, even after he agreed last year to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors, according to a newly released court…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jack Riley, the former number 2 guy at the DEA, has never been one to mince words. In this case, he’s got some strong ones for actor Sean Penn. He thinks the actor should be behind bars for interfering in the apprehension of the drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. “Oh,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An FBI agent was shot and wounded Thursday while trying to serve a search warrant at a home near the Nez Perce Tribal Fish Hatchery at Cherrylane in rural Nez Perce County in Idaho, The Lewiston Tribune reports. The agent is recovering from non-life threatening injuries, according to a news release…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com How will the Robert Mueller probe play out in the 2020 presidential campaign with Democrats? Good question. For one, it may be too early to tell since the investigation is not yet complete. But that isn’t stopping people from strategizing. Politico’s Darren Samuelsohn writes that the Dems are already trying to…
