Last July I wrote a column about the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson before the Jan. 6 Committee. I thought her testimony was consistent and credible. We now know based on recently released transcripts that Hutchinson was encouraged by an attorney hired by Trump loyalists to provide as little information as possible to the committee and to…
By Allan Lengel Former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson says she initially lied to the Jan. 6 panel in a deposition. She first said she had never heard the story about President Trump lunging at a Secret Service agent in the presidential SUV on the day of the Capitol riot, Yahoo! News reports. In a newly…
By Greg Stejskal Last Saturday Former President Donald Trump was acquitted on one article of impeachment charging him with inciting an insurrection. Many aspects of the impeachment process are foreign to me, but during my career as an FBI agent, I was mostly involved with investigating and prosecuting federal crimes. I wondered if the incitement of…
The writer, an FBI agent for 31 years, retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office in 2006. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com Greg Stejskal: “When Flynn was interviewed, he did lie.” I first met Bill Priestap (Edward William Priestap) in the mid-90s. I had been talking to University of Michigan football teams…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Donald Trump, apparently emboldened by his acquittal in the Senate, is dishing out clemencies to some big-time names. On Tuesday, a White House press release said: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Grants of Clemency granting Full Pardons to the following individuals: Edward DeBartolo, Jr., Michael Milken, Ariel Friedler,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI Director James Comey, speaking out for the first time since the Robert Mueller report was completed, say he’s glad the investigation was undertaken, saying there was enough smoke to justify it. Comey said he’s not clear why Robert Mueller didn’t come to a conclusion on the obstruction of justice question,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com No surprise here. President Donald Trump came out swinging Thursday, on Valentine’s Day, after ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who was fired, talked about his new book in an interview with 60 Minutes. Disgraced FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe pretends to be a “poor little Angel” when in fact he was…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former N.Y. Mayor and Rudy Giuliani, who served as U.S. Attorney from 1983-89, is going around telling everyone who will listen that he fears Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III is trying to set a perjury trap for President Donald Trump. “The reality is we’re not going to sit him down…
