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![Trump Rips Into Justice Department/FBI for Not Warning Him About Manafort](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Paul-Manafort-via-twitter.jpg)
Trump Rips Into Justice Department/FBI for Not Warning Him About Manafort
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Donald Trump, continuing on his Twitter tear, on Sunday questioned why the Justice Department or FBI did not notify him during the campaign that Paul Manafort was under investigation, insisting that Manafort would have never been hired if he had known, CNN reports. “As only one of two people left…
Ouch! Off-Duty FBI Agent Dancing at Club, Drops Gun, Accidentally Shoots and Wounds Fellow Customer
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Whatever the facts, we have to assume the off-duty FBI agent has some explaining to do. After midnight on Saturday morning, the agent is seen at Mile High Spirits in Denver on a 32-second video obtained by Denver7 dancing in front of appreciative onlookers and performing the flip. Then, a muzzle…
Off-Duty ATF Agent Accused of Shooting Dog Outside Middle School in Virginia
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A dog owner says an off-duty ATF agent fatally shot his mastiff puppy outside of a middle school in Spotsylvania County, Va., Fox 5 reports. Vance Gibbs said he brings his dogs , four puppies and three adult mastiffs, to a large field at Ni River Middle School several times a…
![Ex-Head of Chicago FBI Rips Trump For Talk About Commuting Rod Blagojevich’s Sentence](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Robert-Grant-Photo-12-17-2008.jpg)
Ex-Head of Chicago FBI Rips Trump For Talk About Commuting Rod Blagojevich’s Sentence
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Robert Grant, a longtime colleague and friend of special counsel Robert Mueller who headed the FBI’s Chicago office at the time of the Rod Blagojevich investigation, blasts President Donald Trump for suggesting he might commute the 14-year sentence of Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor. He accuses Trump of acting out of…
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Rep. Adam Schiff’s Letter to the FBI Praises The “Hard Working Men and Women at the Bureau’
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin writes a column titled: “A letter to the FBI that would be unnecessary under any other president.” She writes about ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.), who wrote an open letter to the FBI on Wednesday, ostensibly voicing his support for the…
![Rudy Giuliani Attacks GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy For Defending FBI](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Rudolph-Giuliani.jpeg)
Rudy Giuliani Attacks GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy For Defending FBI
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Hoping to bowel over anyone who gets in their way, Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s latest attack dog, is going after Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy, who defended the FBI’s use of a confidential source to investigate potential Russian outreach to individuals connected to Trump’s presidential campaign. “He’s drinking the Kool-Aid,” Giuliani tells…
![It’s Only Getting Wilder: Trump Considering Pardoning Martha Stewart and Commuting Rod Blagojevich’s Sentence](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/blago-web-photo-story.jpg)
It’s Only Getting Wilder: Trump Considering Pardoning Martha Stewart and Commuting Rod Blagojevich’s Sentence
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If TV ratings is the real goal, President Donald Trump is killing it. Trump indicated Thursday he’s considering pardoning for TV personality Martha Stewart and commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is serving 14 years for public corruption. Trump also said Thursday that he would offer a…