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At Least 11 Employees at Secret Service Training Facility Tested Positive for COVID-19 in August
By Steve Neavling At least 11 employees tested positive for COVID-19 at a Secret Service training facility in Maryland in August, according to a new report. It’s believed the employees were infected during training sessions and a graduation ceremony that lacked social distancing, The New York Times reported on Friday morning. The Times learned about…
Trump Plans to Fire FBI Director Wray If He Is Re-Elected, Report Says
By Steve Neavling FBI Director Christopher Wray’s future at the FBI may depend on who wins the presidential election in November. If President Trump wins a second term, he has privately told “several officials and close associates that he intends to replace Wray near the start of a second term in office,” Daily Beast reports,…
ATF Sued in Effort to Reclassify Ghost Guns As Firearms to Make Them Traceable
By Steve Neavling California’s attorney general and the fathers of two children who were killed in school shootings have sued the ATF over ghost guns, saying the unfinished frames and do-it-yourself firearm kits are untraceable and ending up in the hands of killers. The lawsuit aims to force authorities to classify ghost guns, which are…
Comey Defends FBI’s Trump-Russia Investigation, Takes Aim at Barr
By Steve Neavling Former FBI Director James Comey on Wednesday defended the bureau’s investigation into links between the Trump campaign and Russia, saying it was “essential,” as Republicans dismissed the probe as politically motivated. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is investigating the Trump-Russia probe, Comey also took aim at Attorney General William Barr’s…
Judge Doesn’t Dismiss Michael Flynn Case, Says He’s Not ‘Rubber Stamp’
By Steve Neavling A federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn raised more questions Tuesday about the Justice Department’s decision to drop the case. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said his role “is not intended to serve merely as a rubber stamp” for prosecutors who want to dismiss a…
Michael F. Paul Named Special Agent in Charge of Minneapolis Field Office
Michael F. Paul has been appointed to serve as special agent in charge of the bureau’s Minneapolis Field Office after holding the active role since this summer. Before the appointment, Paul also was serving as a section chief in the Counterterrorism Division at FBI headquarters. Beginning in 1994, Paul was as an honors intern for…
Black ATF Agent Sues ATF Again After Settling Lawsuit over Nazi-Tattooed Colleague
A black ATF supervisor who receive $450,000 to settle a lawsuit in which she claims the agency discriminated against her after she launched complaints about another supervisor with a Nazi-themed tattoo has sued the agency again.
Judge to Hear Arguments about DOJ’s Bid to Dismiss Case against Michael Flynn
A judge may decide today whether to accept the Justice Department’s unusual move to dismiss the criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, a former President Trump appointee who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia.