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Secret Service Billed Excessive Amounts of Money to Stay at Trump Properties
U.S. taxpayers shelled out excessive amounts of money for Secret Service agents to stay at hotels owned by then-President Trump while protecting him and his family.
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Justice Department Recommends 6 Months in Jail for Steve Bannon for Defying Subpoena
By Steve Neavling Steve Bannon should spend six months in jail and pay a $200,000 fine after he was convicted of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said. In a sentencing memo, the Justice Department said…
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Documentary Examines Civil Rights Photographer Who Doubled As FBI Informant
A new documentary examines the life and works of Ernest Withers, a popular civil rights photographer who turned out to be an FBI informant.
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FBI Alerted That Some Agents Were ‘Sympathetic’ to Jan. 6 Capitol Rioters
Some FBI agents may have felt “sympathetic” toward the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters and would not be enthusiastic about bringing cases against the insurrectionists, someone warned the bureau in an email.
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Secret Service Knew of Violent Plot 10 Days Ahead of Jan. 6
The Secret Service was warned about potential violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, earlier than previously known, according to emails and other messages revealed in a congressional hearing Thursday.
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FBI Agent: Releasing Information about Steele Dossier Source Was Damaging And ‘Dangerous’
President Trump’s Justice Department damaged national security when it decided to release sensitive information about an FBI informant in 2020.
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Supreme Court Bounces Trump’s Request in Mar-a-Lago Raid
By Allan Lengel It was a ruling that not only rejected Donald Trump’s legal bid, but also tested the Supreme Court’s integrity. On Thursday, during the Jan. 6 hearings, word surfaced that the Supreme Court refused to reinstate Judge Aileen Cannon’s order that a special master review classified documents taken in an FBI search of…
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Rapid Bang Sounds at FBI HQ Was Not Gunfire
By Allan Lengel Some worried that rapid bang sounds heard at FBI headquarters Tuesday night was gunfire. But the FBI insisted that the sounds heard from 8:30 p.m. until around 3 a.m. Wednesday were far more benign, WUSA reports. “The FBI is aware of reports of loud noises coming from mechanical piping within the J….