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Could Mueller Drop A Bomb in Manafort Case By Midnight Friday?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Mueller probe has produced endless streams of intriguing information. Can there be more to come on Friday? The Mueller team is set to to file a sentencing memorandum in U.S. District Court in D.C. in the Paul Manafort case before midnight Friday, CNN reports. Sentencing is set for March 13….
MSNBC Grills Andrew McCabe About 3-Week Delay in Weiner-Clinton Emails
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com MSNBC’s Ari Melber grilled former acting director of the FBI Andrew McCabe over the FBI’s three-week delay between discovering Hillary Clinton emails on Anthony Weiner’s laptop and the announcement of their discovery to the public. McCabe tells MSNBC the three-week delay was not ideal, but it was an “acceptable outcome.” He…
Michael James: CNN’s Van Jones Makes Same Mistake As Jussie Smollet
Michael James has spent more than 20 years in sports journalism as a general assignment reporter with the Detroit News, an NBA beat writer for the New York Daily News and as head writer for ESPN’s Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith. He has a blog called The Tribe Sports. By Michael James If only…
FBI’s Top Lawyer Says People Argued Up Until the End Whether to File Charges Against Hillary Clinton
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some people inside the FBI felt strongly that Hillary Clinton should have been prosecuted for email scandal. But there were also plenty who trusted then-Director James Comey’s decision not to push for prosecution. Fox News, citing a transcript of his closed-door testimony before congressional committees last October, reports that FBI’s top lawyer James…
Donny Deutsch, Friend of Michael Cohen, Says Trump Has Plenty to Worry About
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Donny Deutsch, a good friend of embattled lawyer Michael Cohen, says President Trump has a lot to worry about in New York where the U.S. Attorney is dealing with the Cohen case. Deutsch, who considers himself an ex-friend of Trump, appeared Wednesday night on NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers Show,…
Column: Signs of a Deep State or Just The FBI Doing Its Job?
Timothy L. O’Brien is the executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. By Timothy O’Brien Bloomberg Andrew McCabe, who briefly served as acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the tumultuous months in 2017 after President Donald Trump fired James Comey, is making the rounds to promote his new book, “The Threat.” Senior law enforcement…
FBI Had Backup Plan to Protect Evidence in Russia Probe After Comey Firing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Distrust. The FBI had a backup plan to protect evidence in its Russia investigation shortly after FBI Director James Comey was fired, the Associated Press reports, citing “a person with knowledge of the discussions.” The idea was to preserve evidence in case other FBI officials were fired as well. The AP…
FBI Dismantling Unit that Investigates International War Crimes
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Human rights groups are concerned about this latest move by the FBI. The agency is dismantling a special unit that investigates international war crimes and hunts down war criminals, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting has learned. Reveal goes on to report: The unit, which was created a decade ago and has its…