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Border Patrol Agents Find 76 Immigrants Packed into Tractor-Trailer in Texas
Border Patrol agents made a disturbing discovery inside a tractor-trailer northwest of Laredo, Texas: 76 immigrants, including 13 unaccompanied children, were packed into the bed of truck.
FBI Names Michael McGarrity Assistant DIrector of Counterterrorism Division at Headquarters
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Michael McGarrity, who most recently served as special agent in charge of the Criminal Division in the New York FBI division, has been named assistant director of the Counterterrorism Division at FBI headquarters in Washington. McGarrity joined the FBI in 1996 and began his career in the New York Field Office,…
Deputy FBI Director McCabe, Target of Relentless GOP Attacks, Steps Down
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has come under relentless fire from Republicans and President Trump, has stepped down a month earlier than expected.
Trump Pressed Aides to Smear FBI Officials Who May Testify against Him
President Trump urged aides in June to launch a smear campaign against senior FBI officials after learning that members of his staff likely would be called as witnesses as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of possible obstruction of justice by the president.
GOP Sen. Graham: Firing Mueller Would End Trump’s Presidency
Republicans lawmakers were divided Sunday over passing legislation that would protect the special counsel investigating the Russia scandal, but Sen. Lindsey Graham warned that Donald Trump’s presidency would be over if he fired Robert Mueller.
Memo Reveals President’s DOJ Extended Surveillance of Carter Page on Russian Spy Allegations
A classified, highly disputed Republican memo reveals that the Justice Department under President Trump approved continued surveillance last spring of Trump campaign associate Carter Page because investigators suspected he was a Russian agent.
Why Trump Likely Will Be Charged with Obstruction of Justice
An eight-month special counsel investigation into ties between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia appears to be targeting the president for obstruction of justice in a case that began with the firing of former FBI director James Comey.