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Trump Says FBI Raid Gave Us ‘About $5 billion worth of Free Publicity’
By Allan Lengel Leave it to ex-President Donald Trump to find a positive side to the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. “Well, they’ve given us about $5 billion worth of free publicity, I will say,” Trump said Wednesday at a Hispanic Leadership Conference in Miami, according to The Hill. “People said, ‘That’s a nice house.’ If…
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Whistleblower Alleges that 665 People Left FBI to Avoid Accountability
By Allan Lengel A whistleblower is alleging that an internal review found that 665 FBI personnel resigned or retired to avoid accountability in misconduct probes in the past two decades, the Associated Press reports. The whistleblower told Sen. Chuck Grassley’s office that the review was triggered by an Associated Press investigation into sexual misconduct allegations involving at…
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Second Man Pleads Guilty to Impersonating Homeland Security Agent in Complex Scheme
A second man accused of impersonating federal agents and providing expensive gifts to Secret Service officers and agents pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple charges.
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Ex-FBI Agent Convicted of Accepting Bribes from Armenian Mob Figure
A retired FBI agent in California was found guilty by a jury of accepting at least $150,000 in gifts and cash bribes to provide sensitive law enforcement information to a man with ties to Armenian organized crime.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene in Battle over Records Seized at Mar-a-Lago
Former President Trump is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in his legal battle over records seized at his Mar-a-Lago home, arguing that a court-appointed special master should review 100 documents with classified markings.
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Border Patrol Agent Seriously Injured While on Horseback in Tucson
A Border Patrol agent on horseback was seriously injured while on duty last week.
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FBI Official Blasted Peter Strzok in Draft Letter Alleging ‘Sustained Pattern of Bad Judgment’
By Allan Lengel Though Peter Strzok was a star FBI agent in his day, the bureau ultimately was not kind to him. In August 2018, then-FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich drafted a harsh firing letter for Strzok, according to the Washington Times, that said: “It is difficult to fathom the repeated, sustained errors of judgment…
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Former Head of U.S. Marshals Museum Pleads Guilty to Assault Charges
The president and CEO of the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, Ark., received two suspended prison sentences of six years after pleading guilty to two charges of aggravated assault with a firearm.