By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com If anything, ex-Maricopa County Sheriff and congressional candidate Joe Arpaio knows how to grab headlines. The latest: He’s asking the U.S. Justice Department to look into his claim that the agency meddled in his unsuccessful 2016 campaign for sheriff, KTAR News reports. Arpaio alleges that the Justice Department tried to sway…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com James Wolfe, former security director for the Senate Intelligence Committee charged with lying to FBI agents, wants President Donald Trump to shut up. His lawyer filed a motion on Tuesday to prevent anyone involved with his case — up to and including President Donald Trump — from speaking publicly about the…
By Andrew C. McCarthy National Review It has become a refrain among defenders of the FBI and Justice Department that critics are trying to destroy these vital institutions. In point of fact, these agencies are doing yeoman’s work destroying themselves — much to the chagrin of those of us who spent much of our professional…
By The Washington Post Editorial Board THURSDAY BROUGHT a sad moment for the Justice Department. The department filed a brief in a frivolous legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. But instead of following nearly all past practice, the department sided with the challengers. Defending major, duly passed federal statutes is a core Justice…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Matthew Miller, the former director of public affairs for the Department of Justice under the Obama administration, takes a swipe at the Trump Administration, telling the New York Times: “I don’t think people in this administration respect the press’s need to do its job at all. And they couldn’t care less…
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 The lines continue to get blurred in the Trump era. White House chief of staff John Kelly plans to attend two briefings at the Justice Department on Thursday about an FBI informant who interacted with the Trump campaign in the 2016 election. Kelly’s presence comes despite previous White House assurances that…
Matthew Miller was director of the Justice Department’s public affairs office from 2009 to 2011. By Matthew Miller For the Washington Post President Trump on Sunday launched his most direct attack on the Justice Department’s independence since he fired FBI Director James B. Comey, taking to Twitter to “hereby demand” that it open a counter-investigation…
