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…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s the latest political storm in Washington. The Justice Department on Monday directed, a the behest of President Donald Trump, the Inspector General to probe the president’s allegation that his campaign had been “infiltrated or surveilled” by the FBI, NBC News reports. “The Department has asked the Inspector General to expand the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Rudy Giuliani says special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to narrow the scope of a potential interview with President Donald Trump from five topics to two, CNN reports. Giuliani, who has become Trump’s latest TV attorney, tells CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “New Day” that Mueller is not considering asking the President…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sally Yates, the acting Attorney General fired by President Donald Trump last year, says the president’s caustic tweets aimed at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and special counsel Robert Mueller are collectively “tearing down the legitimacy” of the Justice Department, Yahoo! News reports. Yates, speaking at the 2018…
When fired FBI director James Comey sits down in front of the microphone today, he will be bombarded by questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee as the nation watches.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Judicial Watch, a government watchdog group, wants information about the relationship between the FBI and former British spy Christopher Steele, who helped compiled a dossier alleging that Trump advisers colluded with the Russian government and that Trump met up with Russian prostitutes, according to the Daily Caller. A lawsuit seeks all…
