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Robert Mueller Is Like ‘Batman’ Capable of Saving America, Former Colleague Says
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller has an unblemished reputation as an investigator with integrity and will conduct a thorough investigation of Trump’s campaign and Russia without regard for politics, his former second-in-charge said Sunday.
America Will Be Glued to the TV When James Comey Testifies Before Congress
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If Americans were given a choice who they’d like to have a one-on-one dinner with, fired FBI Director James Comey would be pretty high on that list for many. Well, the next best thing to that would be to hear Comey publicly testify before Congress. That’s now expected to happen. Comey…
Tearful Anthony Weiner Pleads Guilty, Says He Compulsively Sought Attention From Women
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Troubled Anthony Weiner tearfully admitted Friday in U.S. District Court in New York that he sent sexual material to a 15-year-old high school student in North Carolina. Under a plea agreement he will be forced to register as a sex offender and surrender his cell phone, ABC News reports. Weiner, a…
Ex-Uniformed Secret Service Officer Gets 20 Years for Sexting Teen Girls
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former Secret Service uniformed officer, who was assigned to the White at the time of his arrest in 2015, was sentenced Thursday in Miami federal court to 20 years in prison to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release for sexting teenage girls. Lee Robert Moore, 38, pleaded…
Ex-Sen. Joe Lieberman Emerges As Leading Candidate for FBI Director
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Joe Lieberman, who was the long-time senator from Connecticut, has found himself in some interesting political situations over the years. When Sen. John McCain ran for president in 2008, he seriously considered picking his buddy, Lieberman, as a running mate. In the end, some party loyalists thought that would be a…
Parker: Trump’s Early Influence on the Criminal Justice System and Law Enforcement
Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com President Trump is a media magnet, for better or worse. Debates on public policy and personal peccadilloes whirl so fast that it seems…
Justice Department Vows to Crackdown on Leakers
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Some critics have said President Donald Trump has often been more obsessed with leaks than the substance involving possible improprieties. Now, the the Justice Department is responding, vowing to aggressively prosecute government officials who leak classified information, the Daily Beast reports. “As the Attorney General has said, the Department of…