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![Trump’s Legal Team Shrinks As Mueller Investigation inches Closer](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/white-house-photo-of-donald-trump.jpg)
Trump’s Legal Team Shrinks As Mueller Investigation inches Closer
Donald Trump’s team of lawyers continues to shrink as special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation inches closer to the president.
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$130,000 Payment to Stormy Daniels May Have Violated Campaign Finance Laws
Hush money paid to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels may have amounted to an illegal campaign contribution to Donald Trump’s campaign, according to Trevor Potter, former chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
![Fired FBI Deputy Director McCabe Denies Wrongdoing, Speaks of Trump’s ‘Cruelty’](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Deputy-Director-Andrew-McCabe.jpg)
Fired FBI Deputy Director McCabe Denies Wrongdoing, Speaks of Trump’s ‘Cruelty’
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe spoke out about his termination, denying in a Washington Post op-ed that he did anything wrong.
![FBI Agent Dies at 48 After Exposure to 9/11 Toxins at Pentagon Crash Site](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/melissa-morrow.jpg)
FBI Agent Dies at 48 After Exposure to 9/11 Toxins at Pentagon Crash Site
An FBI informant who was exposed to contaminants while working at the Pentagon crash site in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks died last week of brain cancer.
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House Lawmakers Reject Funding for Trump’s Revised Plan to Build New FBI Headquarters
The long-delayed plan to build a new FBI headquarters has hit yet snag.
![FBI Director Wray Pledges to Run Bureau ‘By the Book’ After Latest Trump Administration Firing](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-12-at-11.57.41-AM.png)
FBI Director Wray Pledges to Run Bureau ‘By the Book’ After Latest Trump Administration Firing
FBI Director Christopher Wray, whose bureau has come under relentless attacks by President Trump, pledged to his staff that he’s committed to leading the agency “objectively and independently, and by the book.”
![Austin Serial Bomber Described Self as ‘Psychopath’ with No Remorse](https://ticklethewire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/mark-conditt-at-fed-ex-shipping-2-packages.jpg)
Austin Serial Bomber Described Self as ‘Psychopath’ with No Remorse
The Austin serial bomber who terrorized the Texas capital in a spate of explosions that killed two people and wounded five others described himself in a cell phone recording as a “psychopath” who felt no remorse.