By Allan Lengel Following a years-long investigation into allegations that he violated federal law by paying for sex, including with women under 18, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz will not face prosecution, CNN reports. “We have just spoken with the DOJ and have been informed that they have concluded their investigation into Congressman Gaetz and allegations…
The first person to stand trial in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was found guilty on all charges Tuesday.
Hours after former FBI Director James Comey said on CNN that President Trump would have been charged with obstruction if he weren’t the president, Trump fired back in predictable fashion.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Barrett Lancaster Brown became the public face for Anonymous, a hacking collective that has wrecked havoc on computers nationwide. Now the spokesman-like figure faces up to eight-and-half years in prison for public posts he made on YouTube and Twitter targeting FBI Agent Robert Smith because authorities were threatening to go after his…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A leading California Congressman is threatening to subpoena FBI Director James B. Comey Jr. if the agency isn’t more forthcoming about its investigation into the federal government’s handling of a conservative group, the Washington Times reports. Rep. Darrell E. Issa is accusing the FBI of stonewalling his inquiry about whether the IRS…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA is refusing to answer questions about three of its agents who are still on the federal payroll despite their alleged involvement in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, the Washington Examiner reports. The accusations are serious. DEA agents are accused of paying for a prostitute for a Secret Service supervisor and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com All the riches in the world, and no where to go but prison. A fed jury in Houston on Tuesday convicted wealthy Texan R. Allen Stanford,61, on 13 of 14 counts that involved allegations that he ran a $7 billion fraud through an offshore bank, the Houston Chronicle reported. Family members…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Louisiana Sheriff was arrested on conspiracy, computer fraud, identity theft and obstruction charges, the FBI announced in a statement. Sheriff Royce Edward Toney, 64, of Monroe, La., was arrested on Friday, according to the FBI. The indictment alleges that Toney and another man engaged in a conspiracy to illegally track…
