By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In the past year, some people have questioned Rudy Giuliani’s sanity. On Saturday, he was questioning the sanity of the FBI agents and special prosecutors investigating President Trump, saying they should go to the psychiatric ward at Bellevue, The Hill reports. “Instead of investigating President Trump, they should go to Bellevue,”…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The number three position at the Justice Department remains vacant, and for good reason, writes New York Magazine: The Trump administration can’t seem to fill it, probably because the president has made it clear there’s a good risk of becoming the next target of his ire. As President Trump continues to denigrate Attorney…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manfort is getting himself in more trouble. Federal prosecutors on the Robert S. Mueller III team are accusing him of witness tampering and want the judge to consider revoking or revising his release, the Washington Post reports. Prosecutors accuse Manafort and a longtime associate they linked…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Donald Trump, continuing on his Twitter tear, on Sunday questioned why the Justice Department or FBI did not notify him during the campaign that Paul Manafort was under investigation, insisting that Manafort would have never been hired if he had known, CNN reports. “As only one of two people left…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin writes a column titled: “A letter to the FBI that would be unnecessary under any other president.” She writes about ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.), who wrote an open letter to the FBI on Wednesday, ostensibly voicing his support for the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Donald Trump’s attacks on federal law enforcement and the intelligence agencies have been persistent and consistent since taking office. Natasha Bertrand of The Atlantic writes: In the 22 months since the FBI launched its counterintelligence investigation into potential coordination between members of Trump’s campaign and Russia, Trump has attacked his…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former FBI Director James Comey, who headed the agency at the time of the 2016 presidential campaign, defended the bureau against attacks by President Donald Trump and his allies. Comey says the attacks on the U.S. law enforcement agency “will do lasting damage to our country,” Politico reports. “Facts matter. The…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is battling it out in federal court. On Wednesday, he plans to ask a federal judge to suppress evidence seized by FBI agents working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, saying they violated the U.S. Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches and seizures, Reuters reports….
