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![Madoff Told the FBI He was Expecting Them](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/madoff-facebook-2.jpg)
Madoff Told the FBI He was Expecting Them
By Allan Lengel After pulling off an impressive Ponzi scam for many years, FBI agents finally came knocking on Bernie Madoff’s penthouse door on New York’s Upper East Side on Dec. 11, 2008. And when they did, he wasn’t surprised, telling them he’d been expecting them, Market Watch reports, citing newly released FBI files. Madoff…
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TSA on Pace to Seize Record Number of Guns at Airport Security Checkpoints
The TSA is on track to confiscate a record number of guns at airport security checkpoints in 2022.
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Appeals Court Grants DOJ Access to Mar-a-Lago Records
The Justice Department scored a victory in its investigation of classified material that former President Trump took home to Mar-a-Lago after he left office.
![‘MyPillow Guy’ Mike Lindell Says Vendors Are Bailing on Him Because of FBI Probe](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-21-at-1.49.33-PM.png)
‘MyPillow Guy’ Mike Lindell Says Vendors Are Bailing on Him Because of FBI Probe
By Allan Lengel “MyPillow Guy,” aka CEO Mike Lindell, tells Insider that four businesses that were set to be listed on his MyStore e-commerce platform have pulled out of the plan after the FBI seized his phone at a Hardee’s drive-thru in Mankato, Minnesota last week. “You know, they don’t want to have the connection…
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James Comey to Publish Two Crime Novels ‘Inspired by Real Work’
Former FBI Director James Comey is trying his hand at something new and familiar – fiction writing.
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Arizona Man Indicted After Threatening to Kill Border Patrol Agent
An Arizona man accused of threatening to kill a Border Patrol agent and smuggle undocumented migrants was indicted earlier this month, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
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Congressman Matt Gaetz Asked For Preemptive Pardon
By Allan Lengel Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz said he did nothing wrong. Nonetheless, he sought a preemptive pardon in the final months of the Trump administration regarding an investigation by the Justice Department into whether he violated federal sex trafficking laws, the Washington Post reports. He never got it. Former White House aide Johnny McEntee,…
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FBI Police Officer Charged With Soliciting Minor Online
By Allan Lengel FBI police officer Dale Edward Cheuvront faces a charge in Clarksburg, W. Virginia of soliciting a minor online. Last Friday, he pleaded not guilty in Harrison County and was released on $10,000 bond, according to station WBOY. He was first arrested Aug. 20. The FBI issued a statement to the station: We…