Secret Service Spends $1.1M at President Trump’s Properties, Including Hotel That Was Closed
The Secret Service has dished out $1.1 million to President Trump’s properties since he took office.
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Secret Service Racks Up $33,000 Protecting Mnuchin at Trump’s Washington D.C. Hotel
The Secret Service racked up a $33,000 bill at President Trump’s hotel in Washington D.C. while guarding Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin for 137 nights.
Attorney General William Barr Books Holiday Party at Trump Hotel in D.C.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Right or wrong, the optics look bad. Last month, Attorney General William Barr booked a “Family Holiday Party” in President Trump’s D.C. hotel on Dec. 8 that is likely to deliver Trump’s business more than $30,000 in revenue, Jonathan O’Connell and David Fahrenthold of the Washington Post write. The party will…
Judge: FBI Had No Right to Pose As Internet Repairmen to Get Evidence
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents crossed the line when they posed as Internet repairmen to get access to computers in a Las Vegas Strip hotel last summer during an investigation into online gambling, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon in Las Vegas dismissed the evidence collected during the sting, leaving…
Gambling Case Postponed While Judge Decides Wether FBI Overstepped Authority
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal judge has postponed an illegal Internet gambling trial to determine whether FBI agents went beyond the law when they entered Las Vegas hotel suites without a warrant and obtained information from the computers of the suspects, the Associated Press reports. The Jan. 12 trial date was vacated pending a…
Navy Veteran Fired for Posting Photos of Homeland Security Cars on Facebook
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Navy veteran who posted photos to Facebook of Homeland Security vehicles arriving near Ferguson was fired from his job and accused of being a terrorist, CNN reports. Mark Paffrath worked for the Drury hotel chain where the federal vehicles were amassing in a parking lot when he snapped the photos….
FBI Agents Impersonated Repairmen to Gain Access to Computers in Las Vegas Hotel
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents acted against the recommendation of an assistant U.S. attorney and impersonated repair technicians at a Las Vegas hotel to investigate online sports betting, the Associated Press reports. The agents shut off the Internet at a Las Vegas hotel to make it appears as though the computer and hardware needed…
FBI Busts Man Who Secretly Filmed Nude Videos of ESPN Reporter Erin Andrews in Hotel
It’s these little things in life — like this — that make you lose just a little more faith in mankind. Defendant Michael David Barrett may have saw this as a game, but ESPN and the FBI didn’t. The FBI arrested him Friday at O’Hare Airport. Erin Andrews/ espn photo By CAROLINE KYUNGAE SMITH, DAVE…