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![Michael Cohen Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison, Blaming Blind Loyalty to Trump](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/micahel-cohen.jpg)
Michael Cohen Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison, Blaming Blind Loyalty to Trump
President Trump’s former longtime attorney and self-described fixer was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to nine federal charges, including making secret payments to women who claimed to have had affairs with Trump.
![Manafort May No Longer Challenge Mueller’s Allegations That He Lied to Prosecutors](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/paul-manafort-mug.jpg)
Manafort May No Longer Challenge Mueller’s Allegations That He Lied to Prosecutors
After insisting Paul Manafort did not lie to special counsel Robert Mueller’s team as part of a plea deal, attorneys for the former campaign chief for Donald Trump may no longer contest allegations that Manafort provided false information.
![DEA Agent Indicted on Charges of Decade-Long Affiliation with Deadly Drug Gang](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/DEA-jacket.jpg)
DEA Agent Indicted on Charges of Decade-Long Affiliation with Deadly Drug Gang
A sweeping federal indictment alleges a DEA agent began working with a gang a decade ago while he was a police officer in Illinois and continued the work while at the drug agency’s Chicago field office.
![Michael Flynn Asks for No Prison for Cooperating with Mueller’s Team](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/michael-t-flynn.jpg)
Michael Flynn Asks for No Prison for Cooperating with Mueller’s Team
President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn is asking a judge to spare him prison time for cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller.
![Ex-Illinois Cop Accused of Joining DEA to Run Guns and Drug With Violent Gang](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dea-badge.png)
Ex-Illinois Cop Accused of Joining DEA to Run Guns and Drug With Violent Gang
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds are accusing an ex-Evanston, Ill. cop of joining the DEA so he could conspire to traffic guns and narcotics with a violent international gang responsible for numerous killings, the Chicago Tribune reports. Fernando Gomez, 41, was arrested Tuesday. A superseding indictment unsealed in New York charged Gomez with racketeering conspiracy…
![Robert Mueller Makes Short List for Times’s Person of the Year 2018](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Director-at-Pan-Am-Flight-103-Ceremony.jpg)
Robert Mueller Makes Short List for Times’s Person of the Year 2018
Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russia and Trump’s campaign, made the short list for Time’s Person of the Year 2018.
![FBI Investigating White Supremacists Who Attacked Black DJ at Tavern in Washington](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/aryan-brotherhood-via-sothern-poverty-law-center.jpg)
FBI Investigating White Supremacists Who Attacked Black DJ at Tavern in Washington
A black DJ was minding his own business at a Washington State tavern when a group of suspected white supremacists violently attacked him and shouted racial slurs.
![Alleged Russian Agent Reaches Plea Deal with Federal Prosecutors](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/maria-butina.jpg)
Alleged Russian Agent Reaches Plea Deal with Federal Prosecutors
A gun rights activist and alleged Russian agent has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors, according to several news outlets.