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Fed Judge in Virginia Defends Lighter Sentence for Paul Manafort
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III, a curmudgeonly fellow who’s not shy about speaking his mind, defended his sentencing Thursday of ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. He gave him 48 months, far less than the 20 years Manafort faced under sentencing guidelines. Speaking before a packed courtroom in Alexandria, Va., he…
San Jose Man Charged With Posing As DEA Agent; Pulled Over Motorists
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 49-year-old San Jose man is charged with impersonating a DEA agent after he allegedly donned a gold badge and used a Volkswagen Jetta equipped with police lights to stop drivers, including an actual government official, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Authorities arrested Alex E. Taylor last weekend outside his…
Wife of Missing Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson Feels U.S. Hasn’t Done Enough to Pressure Iran
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The wife of former FBI agent Robert Levinson is expressing frustration about efforts to locate her husband and bring him back home. He vanished in 2007 while on an unauthorized mission in Iran for the CIA. Christine Levinson told a House panel Thursday that she holds Iran responsible for the disappearance…
Retired FBI Agent: After Attending Meeting With Christopher Wray, I’m Confident Bureau Is Headed in Right Direction
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Retired FBI Agent Herman Groman, who attended a meeting Wednesday with FBI Director Christopher Wray and members of the Las Vegas FBI Field Office, said he left with great confidence that the bureau is headed in the right direction. Groman said about 150 people attended the meeting at the Marriott hotel…
Michael Cohen Asked His Lawyer to Inquire About a Pardon Last Year
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Michael Cohen, the former lawyer for President Donald Trump, asked one of his attorneys last summer to inquire about getting a presidential pardon, Cohen’s attorney and spokesman Lanny Davis tells ABC News. Cohen asked his now former attorney Stephen Ryan to meet with Rudy Giuliani about the possibility of a pardon…
Eric Jackson, Head of Dallas FBI, Leaving With Some Politicians Headed For Prison
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Eric Jackson, who began heading up the FBI in Dallas in March 2017, is leaving with a list of accomplishments, particularly in the area of public corruption. He’s leaving behind a list of local public officials who are now facing prison time, NBC5 reports. The station talked with Jackson about his…
Man Charged With Stealing Guns From ATF Facility in West Virginia
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 52-year-old contractor has been arrested after allegedly stealing firearms from an ATF facility in West Virginia. Christopher Lee Yates faces federal charges of theft of government property and possession of a stolen firearm from ATF, the Journal newspaper reports. “Investigation and intelligence reveals that Yates traveled from West Virginia to…