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Manafort May No Longer Challenge Mueller’s Allegations That He Lied to Prosecutors

allan7 years ago7 years ago02 mins

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

allan7 years ago01 mins

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

allan7 years ago01 mins

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

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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

allan7 years ago05 mins

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

allan7 years ago02 mins

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.