By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s a story that has no good ending. An FBI agent as been has been indicted by a D.C. suburban county grand jury in connection with a fatal drunk driving crash that killed an 18-year-old on Feb. 7 in Brandywine, Md., the Washington Examiner reported. Washington Examiner reporter Emily Babay reported that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s a story that has no good ending. An FBI agent as been has been indicted by a D.C. suburban county grand jury in connection with a fatal drunk driving crash that killed an 18-year-old on Feb. 7 in Brandywine, Md., the Washington Examiner reported. Washington Examiner reporter Emily Babay reported…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s not that Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has to worry about his career. But on Monday, he got some redemption when a federal jury convicted the ever-too chatty ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich on 17 of 20 public corruption charges. It was the second trial. The first had a rather embarrassing outcome….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The wheels are starting to churn in the movement to extend FBI Director Robert S. Mueller’s stay for two years beyond his 10-year term. The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday at 10 a.m. to address the issue. After a search began to replace Mueller, the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Comedians like Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld don’t really have to worry about being dethroned as funny guys — at least if the competition is the straight-laced and often stoic FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III. Still, from time to time, the director slips a little humor into his…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s a good thing that FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III hopped a plane to Arizona to deal with the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed a federal judge and seriously wounded a member of Congress. Sure, Mueller could have stayed back in Washington and gotten briefed regularly…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The often outspoken and never shy late Yankees owner George M. Steinbrenner was not so talkative when it came to an FBI probe into his illegal campaign contributions to President Nixon’s re-election campaign, the New York Daily News reported. Based on FBI documents released Thursday, the Daily News reported…
W. Lee Rawls/ u of va. photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — W. Lee Rawls, who served as chief of staff and senior counsel to FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III until 2009, died earlier this month of acute leukemia in Washington, the Washington Post reported. He was 66. The Post reported that he…
