By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner, whose misbehavior on social media landed him behind bars, has been been released from federal prison and is serving out the rest of his sentence in a halfway house, CNN reports. Weiner was sentenced in 2017 to 21 months in federal prison for sexting with a minor. He…
The FBI is investigating whether a Pennsylvania congressman or his campaign bribed his primary opponent to drop out of a 2012 race against him.
“Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver poked fun at the recent discovery that the Secret Service tried to embarrass a Republican congressman by releasing “unflattering private information.”
By Former Rep. Jim Ross Lightfoot For The Hill The idea of merging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) into the FBI has reared its ugly head once again. This idea is wrong in so many ways. As a former chairman of the old Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Subcommittee in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Texas congressman refused to be kept out of the McAllen Border Patrol station where about 1,000 illegal immigrants, primarily children, in squalid, cramped conditions, the Blaze reports. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat, said the immigrants are squeezed into the facility, and many have infectious diseases like tuberculosis, chickenpox and scabies. “I’ve…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Frustrated with the pace of the investigation into the missing Malaysian airliner, a New York Congressman insisted Sunday that the FBI and NTSB should get more involved, Fox News reports. New York Rep. Peter King, a Republican, said the the Malaysia government is not cooperating. “This has been frustrating for the FBI,”…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, 71, gets out of prison today. The San Diego, eight-term Republican congressman was sentenced to more than eight years in prison in 2006 for accepting $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors that included a luxury house and yacht. He was released early for good behavior….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In a ruling that comes as little surprise, a federal judge on Wednesday in Arizona ruled that Jared L. Loughner, who killed 6 and wounded 13 others including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, is not mentally competent to stand trial, the New York Times reported. U.S. District Judge Larry A. Burns of Tucson…
