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Who Was the Mysterious Chinese Woman at Mar-a-Lago?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service says a Chinese woman carrying four cell phones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive, and a thumb drive containing malware tried to get into President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort Saturday while the president was golfing nearby, NBC reports. The Secret Service issued a statement Tuesday night: “The Secret…
Comey Says To Give Barr Benefit of the Doubt, But Questions His Call on Obstruction
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that Attorney General William Barr deserves “the benefit of the doubt,” but questioned Barr’s decision on whether President Donald Trump had committed obstruction of justice. “Bill Barr, our attorney general, deserves the benefit of the doubt,” Comey told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “Give him a chance…
Ex-Prosecutor Who Was General Counsel to White House Says Congress Should Get Unredacted Mueller Report
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nelson Cunningham is no stranger to federal law enforcement or Capitol Hill. He served as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York under Rudy Giuliani and was general counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee under chair, Sen. Joseph Biden. And oh yes, he was general counsel of the White…
James Comey for President in 2020?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com James Comey for president in 2020? Well, that’s what the former FBI director suggested in a tweet. Then again, it was April Fools Day and yes, he was just having some fun. But could you imagine a president who used this website to make dad jokes rather than to hurl insults?…
LGBT Workers Claim They’re Facing Increasingly Hostile Environment At Justice Department
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department, which enforces civil rights laws, is facing a battle within. The department has grown increasingly hostile toward its own LGBT workers, causing top talent to quit as they experience discrimination and “declining morale,” according to a group of LGBT employees who confronted Attorney General Bill Barr in a…
Congressman Jerrold Nadler: ‘We Will Not Wait Much Longer’ For Mueller Report
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Congressman Jerrold Nadler, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, writes in an Op-ed piece in the New York Times, about the urgency of Congress getting the report very soon: Before the formal investigation began, Mr. Trump fired his F.B.I. director. He later fired his attorney general. He reportedly attempted to fire the special…
Judge Orders FBI, Justice to Give Him Memos Written By Comey
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of D.C. has ordered the Justice Department and the FBI to turn over to him complete memos written by James Comey about President Donald Trump. Boasberg ordered both full and redacted versions of the memos by Monday so he can decide whether to release them to…