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ATF Agent Drowns in Alabama
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com ATF agent Hugh Anthony O’Connor died Sunday drowning on the Tennessee River in Marshall County, Ala. Marine patrol troopers say the incident happened around 5:40 p.m. Sunday near Painted Bluff in the vicinity of the Marshall and Madison county lines, station WAFF reports. Authorities say O’Connor jumped into the water from a…
Court Battle Begins in Portland for FBI Agent Accused of Lying About Firing His Weapon
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The court battle began this week between the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Portland, Ore., and FBI agent Joseph Astarita who is charged with lying about firing his rifle at Robert LaVoy Finicum in the moments before the rancher was killed by state police on a rural Oregon highway. In opening statements…
Man Arraigned For Assaulting FBI Agent With His Truck
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fugitive Cedrick Hill, 26, was arraigned in Atlanta on a federal charge of assaulting an FBI agent with his truck while attempting to evade arrest during an incident in January in suburban Atlanta. Hill was wanted at the time on federal drug charges, authorities said Thursday. “The actions of this defendant…
House Committee Approves $5 Billion for Trump’s Border Wall
President Trump’s much-touted border wall is advancing to the full House of Representatives after a committee approved $5 billion in funding for the project.
Group of Conservative Lawmakers Are Trying to Impeach Deputy AG Rosenstein
A group of conservative lawmakers are trying to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the top official overseeing Robert Mueller’s investigation of President Trump and his campaign’s role in Russian interference during the election.
Trump, Giuliani Slam Cohen over Secretly Recording Conversations
President Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani slammed Michael Cohen for secretly recording a conversation about a hush payment to a former Playboy model just two months before the presidential election.
How Hush Payment in Secret Cohen Tape May Show Trump Broke the Law
The secret recording of Donald Trump discussing a hush payment to a former Playboy model who claimed they had an affair strongly suggests the president and his team knew about the payment and lied about it.
Trevor Noah Says Cohen Tape Is ‘Perfect Audiobook for Our Road Trip to Hell’
Late-night hosts had fun with the disclosure of a secretly recorded conversation between Trump attorney Michael Cohen and the president over hush payments to a Playboy playmate.