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Opinion Piece By Ex-Fed Prosecutor: GOP Committee Seemed Intent on Using Strzok to ‘Cast Doubt on the FBI and Mueller Investigation’
Joseph Moreno is a former federal national security prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice and a former staff member to the FBI 9/11 Review Commission. He is now a white collar litigation partner at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. By Joseph Moreno The Hill The House committees opted to haul (Peter) Strzok before them for multiple days…
Judge Tosses 2 of 5 Counts Against FBI Agent in Oregon Shooting
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Things just improved a little for FBI agent Joseph Astarita. A Portland federal judge on Monday threw out two of the five charges against Astarita, who is accused of lying about firing his weapon during a 2016 confrontation with Oregon occupation spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, who was fatally shot, The Oregonian reports….
Texas Congressman Says FBI Agents Think Peter Strzok Has Gotten Away With Far Too Much
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Rep. Louis Gohmert of Texas says he’s talked to FBI agents who think agent Peter Strzok has gotten away with murder. He tells Fox News: “I heard from more FBI agents saying, ‘If any of us had done a fraction of what Strzok did, we would not only have been…
Justice Department Reopens the Racist 1955 Murder of Emmett Till
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has reopened the racist killing of Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old from Chicago who was visiting family in Mississippi in 1955, NPR reports. The department says it has received “new information” in the case but did not provide specifics. A new book on the killing, The Blood of Emmett Till, combined…
Roger Stone Says He’s Likely the Unnamed Person in the Russian Hacking Indictment
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone could be in big trouble. On Friday, he acknowledged that he’s “probably” the unnamed person mentioned in special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers who allegedly sought to influence the 2016 presidential election, USA Today reports. The indictment refers to a U.S. person who “was in…
FBI Survey Shows Rank-And-File’s Confidence in Leadership Has Declined
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com These have been tough times for the FBI. President Donald Trump fired Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and has continually attacked the integrity of the organization. Then there’s the the texts from FBI agent Peter Strzok. So, this survey comes as little surprise. The bureau’s “climate survey” shows…
Mueller Indicts 12 Russian Nationals for Hacking the Dems During 2016 Election
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Twelve Russian nationals were charged Friday with hacking Democrats to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, prompting some top Democrats to urge President Donald Trump to cancel his meeting with Vladimir Putin. The indictment, which came from the Robert Mueller probe, says that the defendants are members of the GRU, a…