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FBI Director: Trump’s Blistering Criticism of Bureau Is Offbase
FBI Director Christopher Wray vigorously defended his agency and its employees Thursday against President Trump’s blistering, histrionic Twitter rants that insisted the bureau’s reputation was “in tatters” and the “worst in history.”
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Two Brothers Questioned in Mysterious Death of Border Patrol Agent
Federal investigators may be closer to solving the mysterious death of a Border Patrol agent who was found at the bottom of a ravine in Texas last month.
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Whistleblower: Flynn Pledged to End Sanctions with Russia on Trump’s Inauguration Day
Donald Trump had just begun delivering his inauguration speech when his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, texted a former business associate to alert him that sections against Russia were ending and a plan was in the works to build nuclear reactors with Russian partners, a whistleblower has told Congress.
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Republicans Scrambled to Discredit Intensifying Trump-Russia Probe
Many Republicans are scrambling to discredit Special Counsel Robert Mueller as the investigation into the cozy relationship between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia intensifies.
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Feds from 3 Agencies Conduct Nighttime Raid at Cleveland City Hall
Federal agents from three agencies conducted a nighttime raid on Cleveland City Hall on Wednesday night as part of a criminal probe.
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ATF to Determine if It has Authority to Ban Bump Stocks on Weapons
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two months after the Las Vegas shooting, ATF said it has begun reviewing whether it has the authority to ban bump stocks, a device that allowed the shooter to essentially convert weapons into automatic ones, the Sacramento Bee reports. Lawmakers have called on ATF officials to determine whether the agency has…
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Bradley Moss: Does An FBI Agent’s Anti-Trump Texts Discredit Russia Probe? Hardly
Bradley P. Moss is a partner at the Washington, D.C. Law Office of Mark S. Zaid, P.C., where he has represented countless individuals (including whistleblowers) serving within the intelligence community, and is also the deputy executive director of the James Madison Project, through which he has represented media outlets such as Politico, Gawker, Daily Caller,…
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Is Trump Immune from Obstruction of Justice Charges? It’s Complicated, Legal Observers Say
Donald Trump’s personal lawyer brazenly declared the president “cannot obstruct justice” because he’s the “chief law enforcement officer.”